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A sabre is not an instrument of peace

The very name of the military exercise currently being held around Australia captures the difference in approach to international relations by the West and China. The e

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Angola drops COVID-19 test requirement for travellers

The Angolan government has eliminated the requirement of presenting a vaccination certificate or a negative COVID-19 test result for travellers entering or leaving the

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Biden health officials grilled over state of pandemic

A top Biden administration health official delivered a stark assessment on the state of the pandemic Tuesday: “Most people are going to get covid.”The remark from Janet

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The authoritarianism of liberal democracy in a global pandemic

A sign for a COVID-19 testing center opposite a job center plus employment office in Coalville, U.K., December 14, 2020. /CFP Editor's note: Fiona Sim is a London-based freelance political com

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A new paradigm: China takes 14th Five-Year Plan as bold step into 2022

Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) leave the Great Hall of the People after the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 13th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 20

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Schools reopen in Florida as COVID-19 cases surge

03:34 After 18 months of virtual and hybrid learning, millions of children returned to school this Monday across the U.S.While their parentsraised concerns about returning to in-person

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Texas school officials stick with mask mandate, despite court setback

Cheerleaders at Louise High School perform in the auditorium as other students watch during a pep rally, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Louise, Texas, U.S., November 20, 2020. /Reuters

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Record number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in U.S.

A child is given receiving a COVID-19 test at a back-to-school clinic in South Gate, Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 12, 2021. /Reuters A record number of more than 1,900 children were h

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Kickstarter’s CEO on the future of crowdfunding

Kickstarter announced on Wednesday that backers have pledged $6 billion to more than 200,000 projects over the course of the crowdfunding site’s history. The milestone comes a little over a year after

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Instacart hires Facebook executive as new CEO ahead of expected IPO

Instacart has appointed Facebook executive Fidji Simo as its new CEO, just seven months after she joined the grocery delivery company’s board of directors. Simo, formerly the vice president and head o

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Germany's female gymnastics team wears unitards in 'sexualization' row

03:32 With toes pointed, back straight and hair pinned up, Sarah Voss waved to the cheering crowd at Munich's Olympic Halle Stadium as her name was announced across the loudspeakers.The

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Osso VR raises $27 million to turn surgery into a video game

Virtual reality did not turn into the ultimate office replacement telepresence machine during the pandemic — and it wasn’t for lack of trying — but some startups focused on employee

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Common mistakes Indian startups make when relocating to the US

When considering a move to the United States, Indian startup founders first need to make a mental pivot to face the market they want to sell into and ask themselves how much risk they are willing to o

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Germany’s icon group VC bets $30M to back startups enabling traditional companies to pivot

Icon group is a new $30M VC fund being launched out of Germany’s iconmobile group, a WPP network agency. This means a reorganization of the company from a full-service innovation agency into als

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Space log: How do astronauts do laundry in space?

01:03 Actually, they do not do laundry."It is impossible to wash clothes on board the ISS (International Space Station)! Quite simply, it would take too much water," sa

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See this Spanish company's new biodegradable facemasks

01:01 Face masks have become a part of life.But many people aren’t disposing of them responsibly. Facemasks are being littered in the streets, oceans, and clogging landfills.The Spanish

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Apple Watch accessory maker Wristcam raises $25M

Last week word got out that Facebook was taking another big step into first-party hardware with the planned launch of its own smartwatch. The most intriguing part of the report was the inclusion of no