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Homebound aims to help solve Austin’s housing shortage problem

The sheer volume of people migrating to Austin from all over the country, but particularly from the San Francisco Bay Area, has been making headlines for a while now.One result of this continued migra

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Rare wild animals captured out and about on China's Mount Emei

00:53 Infrared cameras installed at the Golden Summit, the peak of Mount Emei in southwest China's Sichuan Province, have captured footage of rare wild animal species,

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UK urged to focus on its own problems by Chinese embassy

The British government should turn its attention to tackling racial discrimination in its own country, rather than interfering in the affairs of Hong Kong, China's emba

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On-demand pediatrics app Biloba adds prescriptions and raises $1.7 million

French startup Biloba has raised a $1.7 million funding round (€1.4 million) a few months after launching its pediatrics app that lets you chat with a doctor whenever you have a question. In addition

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Austrian health minister says he is stepping down, exhausted

Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober of the Greens, the junior partner in the country's conservative-led coalition, said on Tuesday he is stepping down as he is overworked because of the COVID-1

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Coronavirus pandemic 'a long way from over', WHO's Tedros says

HO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus./Getty Images Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in

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Iris flowers after a spring shower in NW China

April to June is the blooming season for iris flowers. After a spring shower, the wild iris flowers with raindrops on it manifest more vivid colors while blossoming by

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Hainan's largest fishing port transforms fishermen's lives

03:44 Sanya'sYazhou Central Fishing Port is the largest fishing port in south China's island province of Hainan. Opened in 2016, it is already playing a vital role in t

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Qinghai Lake thaws as spring breeze blows

01:12 Starting from March 27, Qinghai Lake, the largest lake in China, has shown signs of thawing. Qinghai Lake sits on the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plate

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Australians protest against Aboriginal deaths in custody

Protesters rally to mark a national day of action, protesting against Aboriginal deaths in police custody, in Sydney, Australia, April 10, 2021. /Reuters Hundreds of people demonstrated in Aus

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Building the right team for a billion-dollar startup

From building out Facebook’s first office in Austin to putting together most of Quora’s team, Bain Capital Ventures managing director Sarah Smith has done a bit of everything when it comes

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Last call for Detroit startups to apply for TechCrunch’s Detroit City Spotlight pitch-off

TechCrunch is hosting a small virtual event on April 15 for startups in Detroit and we’re still looking for a few startups to pitch at the event. The deadline is today, Friday, April 9th. Apply

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Vybe raises $2.9 million for its challenger bank for teens

French startup Vybe has raised a $2.9 million funding round (€2.4 million) to build a challenger bank for teens. The company is currently testing its product with a soft launch. Users get a Mastercard

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Meet the Forbidden City in spring time

Beautiful flowers bloom in the Forbidden City, a cultural icon in China. While it used to be the imperial court between 1420 and 1912, today the Forbidden City is a nat

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'What if we are actually the bad guys?'

01:32 "Imagine, your leaders told you to fight for freedom. But everywhere the military went, people only saw destruction and chaos, even after the troops moved out.""Since 2001, the w

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Spring rolls in Beijing's Mentougou District

00:57 In western Beijing's Mentougou District, spring has rolled in with blooming apricot and peach blossoms, giving the mountains a layer of beautiful white and pink.V

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Bootstrapping, managing product-led growth and knowing when to fundraise

Product-led growth is all the rage in the Valley these days, and we had two leading thinkers discuss how to incorporate it into a startup at TechCrunch Early Stage 2021. Tope Awotona is the CEO and fo