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U.S. stocks join global rout on virus, Dow drops by 3.6%

A specialist trader works at the New York Stock Exchange, New York, U.S., February 24, 2020. /Reuters Wall Street stocks finished with steep losses on Monday, joining a global rout as worries

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Roundup: U.S. equities plunge amid risk-averse sentiment

U.S. equities saw steep market sell-off on Monday, with all three major indexes plunging more than 3 percent amid investors' rising risk aversion. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,031.61 poin

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The COVID-19 is not a laughing matter

A medical worker checks diagnosis record of a patient with his colleague in Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, January 24, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's n

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The outbreak in ROK reminds us that COVID-19 is a global challenge

A video cheering for China in fighting against the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) is played outside the building of the Seoul Metropolitan Government in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, February.

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Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein convicted of sexual assault, rape in New York

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault and rape in a New York courtroom on Monday, sealing a long-awaited and high-profile trial which started in January. Weinstein, 67, was

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A boom, a bust, a reckoning, a race: Four takes on today’s startup market

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Today let’s try to figure out where the startup and private markets stand, a

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The Plaid ‘mafia’ begins with John Whitfield joining student loan fintech startup Summer

So far this year, one of the most eye-popping startup exits has been Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of fintech data services platform Plaid. It’s a major exit in the white-hot fintech space, and whi

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Will Americans elect a socialist?

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during his first presidential campaign rally in Brooklyn College, New York, March 2, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note: Chris Hawke is a graduate of the Columbia

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Capitals snap skid, beat Penguins to vault into first place

Braden Holtby #70, goaltender of the Washington Capitals battle for the puck with Evgeni Malkin #71 of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the game at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., February 23

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BharatPe raises $75M to help Indian merchants accept digital payments and secure working capital

BharatPe, a New Delhi-based startup that is enabling hundreds of thousands of merchants to accept digital payments for the first time and also providing them with access to working capital, has raise

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As COVID-19 spreads, the world shares the failures and the triumphs

Editor's note:CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on t

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Ovechkin scores 700th career goal, Devils beat Capitals 3-2

Alex Ovechkin (C) of the Washington Capitals celebrates the 700th goal scored in his career in the game against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, February 22,

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Sanders projected to win Nevada Democratic caucuses

With votes still being counted, Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator from the state of Vermont and a Democratic presidential candidate, obtained 47.1 percent of the county del

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Victoria's Secret sold amid shrinking profits and controversies

Victoria's Secret, the world-famous American lingerie brand, has been struggling of late.The underwear firm's parent company L Brands (LB) sold a controlling stake of the lingerie-maker to pri

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Trump administration should take more care of U.S. big tech's thieving

Ryan Ding, Executive Director of the Board and President of Huawei's Carrier BG (business group), speaks at a Huawei product and solution launch event in London, U.K., February 20, 2020. /Xinhua

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70th Berlin film fest opens amid shootings, diversity row

Europe's first major film festival of 2020 opens in Berlin Thursday, with Helen Mirren and Hillary Clinton among those expected on the red carpet, even as a deadly shooting and diversity row threat

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Trump's national security adviser denies evidence of Russia helping Trump reelected

U.S. President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said that he had not seen any evidence that Russia will help Trump get reelected, according to U.S. media on Saturday. ABC News