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UN chief calls for actions to combat racism and racial discrimination

whereverwheneverSecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on the international community to take action to address racism wherever and whenever it arises and

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UN chief calls for human fraternity to address challenges

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for human fraternity to address today's challenges.In a message on the International Day of Human Fraternity, whi

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Expand your SaaS empire: Network with CrunchMatch at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021

The power of networking will be in full force at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 on October 27. This day-long virtual gathering of the global SaaS community features the sector’s leading voices — established f

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Upgrade launches a credit card with bitcoin rewards

Fintech startup Upgrade is launching a new credit card today. The Upgrade Bitcoin Rewards Card is a classic Visa credit card that works across the Visa network. But you get 1.5% in bitcoin rewards whe

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Does Bloomberg's ranking truly show U.S.'s COVID resilience?

Visitors wear face masks on the boardwalk in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., July 1, 2020. /VCG Editor's note: John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and Econ

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Didomi raises $40 million to help you manage customer consent

French startup Didomi has raised a $40 million Series B funding round led by Elephant and Breega. The company manages consent flows for web publishers and app developers. Didomi is already doing well

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Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats - how much more expensive are they than ordering from restaurants?

With more people ordering through apps during the pandemic, consumers are warned to be wary when it comes to value for money.

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How can the Chinese education system be improved?

71. How can the Chinese education system be improved Julian Edit 1.mp300:00Editor's note: This 100-episode podcast explains how China really works. Exploring Xi Jinping

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin auctions off seat on first human spaceflight for $28M

Blue Origin has its winning bidder for its first ever human spaceflight, and the winner will pay $28 million for the privilege of flying aboard the company’s debut private astronaut mission. The

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Tunisia wants more COVID-19 vaccines in a rush to revive its economy

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General (L) and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi of Tunisia. /AP Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi of Tunisia has receive

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This SPAC is betting that a British healthcare company can shake up the US market

Welcome back to the week, and welcome back to The Exchange. Robinhood has yet to file its IPO, so we’re looking at other companies in the meantime. Today it’s Babylon Health, a British hea

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June makes product analytics more accessible

Meet June, a new startup that wants to make it easier to create analytics dashboards and generate reports even if you’re not a product analytics expert. June is built on top of your Segment data. Like

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Prismic raises $20 million for its headless CMS

Prismic, a company building a content management system, has raised a $20 million Series A funding round. While the startup has been profitable since 2016, it wants to unlock the full potential of its

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SpotOn raises $125M in a16z-led Series D, triples valuation to $1.875B

Certain industries were hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than others, especially in its early days.Small businesses, including retailers and restaurants, were negatively impacted by lockdowns and t

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Microsoft’s Edge browser can now start up faster and put your tabs to sleep

At its annual Build conference today, Microsoft announced a couple of new features for version 91 of its Edge browser that, like so much at Build this year, aren’t earth-shattering (developer ve

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Sinopharm's WHO approval a major step towards containing COVID-19

A close up of a hand holding a medical syringe is displayed in front of the Sinopharm logo. /Getty Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article refle

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U.S. is reviewing short-selling, swap rules after GameStop saga

Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. /Reuters The U.S. securities regulator is considering measures to require big investors to disclose more about short positions, o