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COVID-19 travel bans bleed European airlines

A number of European carriers are slashing routes, as passenger traffic crumbles. /John Thys/AFP The US flight ban on Europe did not stop scheduled flights from departing Brussels Airport in B

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Doctor says Trump tests negative for coronavirus

President Donald Trump has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to the president’s personal physician.The White House released the test results Saturday n

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Cultural industry in China blossoming online despite COVID-19

03:35 Editor's note: With COVID-19 spanning across the world, CGTN has introduced a five-episode series "Adapting in Adversity" to explore China's endeavors and strides

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An aid agreement with a hidden agenda

Editor's note: Ge Anna is a staff reporter at China Plus. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.Be careful about free lunches. Sri Lanka was happy at fi

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Raising money in a bear market, and what happened with Sequoia and Finix?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.Today was something a bit special. We’d originally hoped to have

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Science behind the virus: How did the storm of fear hit us?

05:14 In the past two months, we have been experiencing two epidemics at the same time: The COVID-19 epidemic and a fear epidemic. The disease is new, but the fear is not. But what mak

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Early decision needed for any delay, Olympics organizing member says

Any decision to delay the 2020 Tokyo Olympics should be made before May, an organizing committee board member told Japanese broadcaster TBS late on Wednesday."If you think about the athletes, May

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Establishing an emergency relief fund, Amazon commits to two-week pay for workers affected by COVID-19

Amazon has instituted a new policy which will see all Amazon employees diagnosed with COVID-19 or placed into quarantine receiving up to two-weeks of pay.The additional pay is to “ensure employ

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Across China: Expats in Beijing join hands to defend "second hometown" against virus

Holding an electronic thermometer, 56-year-old Syed Zulfiqar Hussain Abbasi from Pakistan, carefully tests the body temperature of each person who enters a compound in

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France struggles to contain coronavirus with proportional, progressive strategy

An electric screen displaying epidemic prevention and control knowledge is seen at a university in Metz, northeast France, March 9, 2020. (Photo by Martin Lelievre/Xin

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Weinstein lawyers seek mercy after his ‘historic’ fall

With prosecutors seeking a severe punishment for Harvey Weinstein in his landmark #MeToo case, his lawyers argued on Monday that he deserves mercy for his already “hist

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Italian economy suffering multiple blows as coronavirus outbreak grows

The blue-chip index on the Italian Stock Exchange plunged by 11.2 percent Monday over fears of an economic slowdown due to the country's outbreak of the coronavirus. Analysts said it could be just t

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SaaS stocks drop over 8%, reaching bear-market territory

Today was an awful day for the stock market, with global and domestic equities falling sharply as the world digested a collapse in oil prices, and yet another weekend of the spread of COVID-19. All ma

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Equity Monday: Circuit breakers, seed rounds and startup valuations

Good morning friends, and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a short-form audio hit to kickstart your week. Regular Equity episodes still drop Friday morning, so if you’ve listened to the sho

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Calmer You fills in the gaps in meditation apps for anxiety sufferers

Meditation and mindfulness apps are booming. The top 10 apps pulled in $195 million in 2019, up 52% from the year before. Now, top meditation app Headspace’s former head of research, Nick Begley

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Frontline doctor in Wuhan: How does the coronavirus attack our bodies?

02:55 Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, has seen the number of new infections declining and that of recovered patients growing steadily after more than two mon

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Despite virus risk, 2020 hopefuls keep up campaigns for now

As the coronavirus hits more states, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Sunday his campaign is gauging when it may become necessary to cancel the lar