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Stocks drop as unemployment spikes

Stocks fell in regular trading Friday, as all major American indices fell in the wake of a broadly negative jobs report. With more than 700,000 jobs lost in the March data, unemployment in the United

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Spurning China's gift of experience

Chinese medical experts share their experience in COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment with their Lao counterparts in Vientiane, Laos, March 30, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Daryl Guppy

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Democrats delay presidential convention until August, citing COVID-19

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 12, 2020. /

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Coronavirus batters steel sector, Europe hardest hit

The coronavirus pandemic is battering the global steel sector as huge swathes of industry that use steel shut down, with Europe hardest hit since steel demand and company margins were already anaemic

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Iran's coronavirus death toll tops 3,000; Turkey's total COVID-19 cases surpass 15,000

Iran on Wednesday reported 138 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 3,036. Meanwhile, the total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Turkey surpassed 15,000. A tot

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Venture debt’s new reality: ‘The last thing we want is management walking away from a company’

Maurice Werdegar is the longtime CEO of venture debt shop Western Technology Investment, one of the most active venture debt lenders in the U.S.It’s also one of the older firms, having loaned ou

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Death toll from COVID-19 passes 40,000 worldwide -- Johns Hopkins University

The death toll from COVID-19 has passed 40,000 worldwide, according to the tally from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) on T

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US outlines plan for Venezuela transition, sanctions relief

The Trump administration is prepared to lift sanctions on Venezuela in support of a new proposal to form a transitional government representing allies of both Nicolas M

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Facebook launches a global version of its Community Help feature in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Facebook first launched its Community Help feature in 2017, to give users a way to offer assistance, search for and receive help in the wake of a crisis. The feature has since been used to connect Fac

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Dining and takeout startup Allset raises $8.25M as it adapts to life under lockdown

Even though this might seem to be the absolute worst time to try to round up funding for a restaurant-related startup, Allset is announcing that it’s raised an $8.25 million Series B.It was not,

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Italy's health minister says coronavirus lockdown to be extended "at least" until April 12

Italy's top health official said on Monday the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in place since March 10 would be extended until "at least" April 12, nine days beyond it

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U.S. retailers turn to mass furloughs as virus crisis deepens

Macy's flagship store on 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan in New York, U.S., February 25, 2020. /VCG Major U.S. retailers Macy's Inc, Kohl's Corp and Gap Inc said on Monday they would furlough

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Despite pandemic, gaming is well-positioned to withstand recession

Efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 have led to a global economic downturn, but the gaming industry is booming.With hundreds of millions of people sequestered in their homes, game usage has spiked.

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FDA grants emergency authorization to system that decontaminates N95 respirator masks for re-use

The global coronavirus pandemic has meant that there’s a widespread effort to develop and advance creative solutions to new problems, like worldwide shortages of necessary front-line medical equ

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Can Africa withstand COVID-19?

Editor's note: Denis Chopera is a medical virologist and Program Executive Manager for the Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence (SANTHE), based at the Africa Health Research

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Putin urges G20 to lift sanctions on essential goods due to COVID-19

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Thursday the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) to lift all sanctions on supplies of essential goods until the COVID-19 pandemic is

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US now has the world’s most coronavirus cases

On Thursday, the United States crossed an unfortunate milestone in the global fight against the novel coronavirus: leading the world in confirmed cases.By Thursday afternoon around 3 p.m. PT, the U.S.