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The pace of startup layoffs may be slowing down

Startups hit the brakes in March as COVID-19 took a toll on the global economy. As certain industries ground to a halt, cohorts of startups made staffing cuts, including those focused on serving resta

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Ancient Roman city revealed using a quad bike and radar

The entire plumbing system of Falerii Novi was uncovered including water pipes and bath houses.

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Protests held in Greece over death of George Floyd

Hundreds of the youth members of the Greek Communist party KKE protested peacefully on Monday outside the U.S. Embassy in Athens and the U.S. Consulate in the northern

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I Can't Breathe: U.S. police brutality against African Americans

BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed 46-year-old black man, in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday evening has sparked waves of outrage across the United

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Japan OKs funds for $1.1T stimulus to fight pandemic woes

Japan’s Cabinet approved a proposed 32 trillion yen ($296 billion) supplementary budget on Wednesday to help fund $1.1 trillion in measures to cushion the blow to the e

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Study: Antibody tests risky in predicting COVID-19 individual immunity

VCG Antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causes COVID-19, are useful for population-level assessments, but risky for predicting individual immunity, according to a new study published in S

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Over 25 pct of UK population may have had COVID-19: study

VCG Over 25 percent of people in Britain are likely to have had COVID-19 already, according to a study released Thursday by the University of Manchester.Researchers from the university, the Sa

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Xi stresses protection of Yungang Grottoes

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed the protection of Yungang Grottoes as they are the "treasure of human civ

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UK plots exit from lockdown but cautions COVID-19 is here to stay

Prime Minister Boris Johnson published his plan for exiting the coronavirus lockdown on Monday, allowing some people back to work but cautioning that all should wear fa

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South China's Guangdong starts repairing coastal forest belts

01:19 South China's Guangdong Province started to recover its forest belts in coastal areas to fend off typhoons in the coming summer.In recent years, the tree belts al

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Coronavirus pandemic likely to last two years: Report

A nurse assists a COVID-19 patient at one of the intensive care units of the hospital in Muehldorf am Inn, Germany, April 29, 2020. /AP The coronavirus pandemic is likely to last as long as tw

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New wave of COVID-19 in Japan comes from EU, U.S.: Government research

The current wave of coronavirus outbreak in Japan is due to imported cases from the U.S. and Europe, according to Japanese researchers.The research, together with a motion graph showing the haplotype

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Germany hints at additional help for struggling businesses, workers

A nurse with a face mask to protect against COVID-19 stands at the registration of the central emergency department during a presentation for media at the University Hospital in Essen, Germany. /

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Expert says UK likely has Europe's highest virus death rate

A leading public health expert said Friday that Britain likely has the highest coronavirus death rate in Europe due to what he described as “system errors,” while the g

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COVID-19 outbreak major test of governance model, capacity: Chinese FM

The COVID-19 outbreak is a major test of the governance model and capacity of all countries, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday. Wang

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Fed's Kashkari says U.S. may face 18 months of rolling shutdowns

Neel Kashkari Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari now says without an effective therapy or a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, th

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson engaged to girlfriend

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie