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IMF "very concerned" about negative outlook for global growth in 2020: Georgieva

WASHINGTON, March 31 (Xinhua) -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief said Tuesday that the multilateral lender remains "very concerned" about the negative outlook for global growth in 2020 and in

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Brandless founder Tina Sharkey joins the board of PBS

Tina Sharkey, the founder and former CEO of the recently closed D2C brand Brandless, has today been appointed to the board of directors of PBS. Sharkey is an independent board member.Before her time

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Australia's social distancing measures need at least 80 pct adoption rate to work: research

Australia would not be able to contain the spread of COVID-19 unless at least 80 percent of the population adopted social distancing measures, research released by the

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U.S. capital issues "stay-at-home" order due to COVID-19

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday issued an order directing residents in the U.S. capital to stay at home during the coronavirus outbreak unless there is

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Los Angeles-based challenger bank HMBradley officially opens its virtual doors

The Los Angeles-based digital challenger bank, HMBradley, opened its virtual doors to the public today, allowing the thousands of waitlisted would-be users to set up direct deposits and collect their

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Country music star Joe Diffie dies of coronavirus

Joe Diffie, a Grammy award-winning country music singer who had several chart-topping hits in the 1990s, has died of coronavirus. He was 61. Diffie's death was announce

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East China silk town mobilizes face masks to support Italy

The chamber of commerce in eastern China's silk town of Shengze, Jiangsu Province, assembled 40,000 face masks and sent them in air parcels to the city of Milan in Italy to assist the city's fight a

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Bank of China donates 500,000 face masks to Philippines to help fight COVID-19 spread

Bank of China has donated 500,000 disposable medical masks to the Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines to help fight the COVID-19 spread, the Bank's Manila br

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Eight West Ham United players have virus symptoms, says club

West Ham United players celebrate their 3-1 victory over Southampton during a Premier League match in London, UK, February 29, 2020. /VCG English Premier League's football club West Ham United

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Tokyo 2020 chief says new dates for Olympics could be set next week

Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori said on Saturday that the new dates for the postponed Olympic Games could be decided by the end of next week. The Olympic Games, which wi

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Attorney Sophie Alcorn answers readers’ immigration questions

We had a great time hosting noted immigration attorney Sophie Alcorn on a live conference call with Extra Crunch members earlier this week.Sophie writes our “Dear Sophie” column, where she answers que

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Notarize to add 1,000 online notaries to address demand for remote transactions

Notarize, the platform that enables digital notarizations, announced that it is adding 1,000 notaries to address demand as more Americans are ordered to shelter in place because of the COVID-19 pandem

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Olive ridleys come ashore for mass nesting in India's Odisha

Olive ridley sea turtles are seen at the Rushikulya river mouth as they come ashore for mass nesting, known as arribada, at the eastern coast of India, some 140 kilometers from Odisha state's capi

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Apple extends free trials for its pro creative apps

Apple announced today that they are temporarily extending the free trials on Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X from 30 days to 90 days, giving potential customers stuck at home a longer window of time t

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UK spending on battle to beat coronavirus exceeds half bln pounds, says PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday called on G20 leaders to collaborate to speed up the development of a vaccine for coronavirus. During the G20 Extraordinary Leaders' Summit on COVI

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7 passengers on Artania cruise ship test positive for COVID-19

Seven passengers on the Artania cruise ship, held offshore at anchor near Western Australia (WA), have tested positive for the COVID-19. WA Health Department officials boarded the ship on Wednesday a

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France launches marketplace to manage essential products against COVID-19

French startup Mirakl usually works with e-commerce websites in order to help them build out a marketplace with third-party sellers. This time, the company has developed a marketplace called StopCOVID