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WHO spokesperson: Clear roadmap needed on fight against COVID-19

01:36 All eyes are set on China's fight against the coronavirus, or COVID-19, as the WHO named it on Tuesday. Since the outbreak, more than 44,000 cases have been confirmed in China; O

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China Focus: Employee-sharing helps fix deliverymen shortage amid epidemic outbreak

Tech giant Alibaba's Freshhema, a fresh food retailer that offers delivery service, came up with the idea of "sharing employees" with restaurants and ride-sharing firm

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Israel’s maturing cybersecurity startup ecosystem

It often feels like half of the new security startups that receive funding are from Israel. As YL Ventures’ Yoav Leitersdorf and Ofer Schreiber wrote last month, investments in Israeli cybersecu

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How the UK grapples with an exodus of skilled workers after Brexit

As Brexit becomes a reality on January 31, uncertainty surrounding post-Brexit immigration and labor policies is chasing some skilled workers away from the country. Hospitals reported difficulty in f

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Google’s head of human resources is stepping down

Google’s head of human resources is resigning, the company announced today. Google said Eileen Naughton, who joined Google in 2006 and became its vice president of people operations four years

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China rushes to save pregnant women, newborns from coronavirus

Protecting pregnant women and newborns from the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak is the focus of a recently released strategy paper on the crisis.The issue of maternal and neonatal health risk fl

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China returns to work after extended Lunar New Year holiday

A man wearing a face mask pushes a suitcase through a subway station in Beijing, February 3, 2020. /AP Photo Workers began returning to offices and factories around China on Monday after an ex

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Strikes over coronavirus doesn't help Hong Kong residents

02:48 Hong Kong had been on a reprieve from protests – until the coronavirus strikes in the city.On February 3, the Hospital Authority Employee Alliance launched a strike with the inte

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Daily Crunch: LinkedIn is getting a new CEO

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe her

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Ancestry lays off 6% of staff as consumer genetic testing market continues to decline

Excitement in the consumer genetic testing market continues to show signs of slowing down.In the past two weeks layoffs have hit two of the biggest consumer genetic testing services — 23andme an

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Company-builder Antler passes $75M raised after investment from Schroders and Ferd

Antler is a ‘company builder’ which emerged a couple of years ago, running startup generator programs and investing from an early-stage, bringing together a heady mix of technologists, product builder

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U.S. retailer Macy's says to close 125 stores, lay off 2,000 workers

Leading U.S. department store chain Macy's on Tuesday announced a plan to close 125 stores over the next three years and lay off about 2,000 employees. The 125 stores, about a fifth of its total, cur

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APD | Pakistan’s IT services exports increases by 18.5pct in 7 months

By APD writer Muhammad SohailPakistan’s telecommunication, computer and information services exports increased by 18.5 percent to 517 million U.S. dollars during the first seven months of the current

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APD | Pakistan’s IT services exports increases by 18.5 pct in 7 months

By APD writer Muhammad SohailPakistan’s telecommunication, computer and information services exports increased by 18.5 percent to 517 million U.S. dollars during the fi

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APD | Japan home to nearly 1.66 million foreign workers

By APD AliceJapan housed close to 1.66 million foreign workers as of October last year, a record figure since 2008, up 13.6 percent year on year, as companies increasin

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APD | Car sales of the Philippines recover in 2019

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA – With a market contraction in 2018, the Philippine automotive market ended the year 2019 with a 2.4% growth rate due to the tradition

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APD | Car sales of the Philippines recover in 2019

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA – With a market contraction in 2018, the Philippine automotive market ended the year 2019 with a 2.4% growth rate due to the tradition