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The new school

Higher education is being transformed by COVID-19, but it goes beyond universities simply “going remote” to try and cope. The changes afoot are holistic, transformative and a long time com

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Funds raised at China's "new third board" surge 17.43% in H1

China's National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ), or the "new third board," saw total funds raised climb 17.43 percent in the first half of this year (H1) compared to the preceding six-mon

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Funds raised at China's "new third board" rise in H1 amid reform

China's National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ), or the "new third board," saw total funds raised climb 17.43 percent in the first half of this year (H1) comp

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Chinese, Ghanaian leaders exchange congratulations on 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages on Sunday with his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-Ghana diplom

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Moving forward with digital agriculture

Editor's note: Michael Kremer is a 2019 Nobel laureate in economics, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a co-founder and board member of Precision Agriculture for Development. Gilber

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This public spreadsheet lists Black founders who have raised VC, and the investors backing them

Finding out how many Black founders have successfully raised venture capital, and which venture capital firms invested in their startups hasn’t been an easy task, historically. Venture capital d

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China continues anti-desertification drive, sees positive results

People make straw checkerboard sand barriers in Gulang County, northwest China's Gansu Province, March 5, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Rachana Gupta is an Indian blogger, poet and freelance wri

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Cambodia, China sign protocol on phytosanitary requirements for fresh mango exports

Cambodia and China on Tuesday signed a protocol on phytosanitary requirements that will pave the way for the exports of fresh mangoes from Cambodia to China. The proto

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USGA scraps qualifying for U.S. Open for first time in 96 years

The U.S. Golf Association (USGA) has canceled qualifying for the U.S. Open. /VCG The U.S. Open will not have qualifying for the first time since 1924.The COVID-19 pandemic, which already has p

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European Space Agency telescope on a mission to study 'exoplanets'

Measuring about 1.5 meters in height and a maximum 1.6 meters on its side, Europe's latest space telescope may appear somewhat small. But what it lacks in size, CHEOPS more than compensates for with

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Equities tumble as Trump revives trade war fears

VCG Stock markets suffered steep losses Monday, tracking a selloff in New York after Donald Trump sparked fears of a renewed trade war with China over its role in the coronavirus pandemic.Clai

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Sri Lanka prepares five year global tourism promotion initiative

COLOMBO, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka is preparing a five year global tourism promotion initiative to target an early revival of the island's tourism sector following the COVID-19 pandemic, local m

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Turkey expects peak of COVID-19 outbreak in coming weeks: minister

The peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey is expected to come in one or two weeks, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Tuesday. "I predict that we will see the peak of the outbreak in

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Spotlight: Sailors cheer for outgoing captain of coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier

A cheering crowd of sailors on board the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt bid farewell to their captain as he disembarked the ship Friday,

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‘Cloud-first’ game studio Mainframe raises $8.1M led by Andreessen Horowitz

With most new social media startups seeming to dial in on specific communities to thrive in a still Facebook-dominated sphere, some of the more broadly focused social investments from top VCs are goin

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COVID-19 vaccine to start clinical trials in mid-April: report

An mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 is expected to enter clinical trials in mid-April, a health official in Shanghai was quoted by Tuesday's Science and Technology Daily as sa

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No room for racism in global response to COVID-19, says Chinese diplomat

At a time when the world is working hard to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, people should also be guarding against the spread of political and racist viruses, a Chinese diplomat said Su