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Commentary: Novel coronavirus leaves limited infection on world economy

With most businesses suspended, factories remaining closed and residents urged to stay home to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, China's economic growth is hitting the brakes, partic

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Chinese swimming icon Sun Yang practicing in hometown Hangzhou

01:18 The captain of China's national swimming team, Sun Yang, has been training in his hometown of Hangzhou during the ongoing coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak.The 28-year-old reached

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Japan allocates 94 million USD to combat novel coronavirus

The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said it will use reserve funds amounting to 10.3 billion yen (about 93.8 million U.S. dollars) to cover mea

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New sand dumped on Miami Beach to prevent erosion

01:14 Leaders in Miami Beach, Florida are grappling with what to do when it comes to the impact of climate change on the city's beaches.One solution is to build a buffer between the oc

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Getting tech right in Iowa and elsewhere requires insight into data, human behavior

What happened in Iowa’s Democratic caucus last week is a textbook example of how applying technological approaches to public sector work can go badly wrong just when we need it to go right.While

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Los Angeles-based ‘deep tech’ investment firm Riot Ventures is raising a $75M fund

Riot Ventures, the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond,

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Tesla is going back to the markets to raise more than $2B through stock offering

Tesla said Thursday it plans to raise more than $2 billion through a common stock offering and will use the funds to strengthen its balance sheet and for general corporate purposes, despite signaling

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China's role in Uganda's oil development strategy

Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, an

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A new senate bill would create a US data protection agency

Europe’s data protection laws are some of the strictest in the world, and have long been a thorn in the side of the data-guzzling Silicon Valley tech giants since they colonized vast swathes of

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England in South Africa: Tourists lose first Twenty20 by one run

England threw away the opportunity to defeat South Africa in the first Twenty20 international, losing a dramatic contest by one run in East London.The tourists needed t

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England in South Africa: Tourists lose first Twenty20 by one run

England threw away the opportunity to defeat South Africa in the first Twenty20 international, losing a dramatic contest by one run in East London.The tourists needed t

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Sundance: Feels Good Man charts a path of redemption for Pepe

Can a meme be redeemed? That’s the central question in Arthur Jones’ Feels Good Man — a documentary that premiered at Sundance this year charting the course of the creator of Pepe the Frog, a comic b

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Inside Mike Bloomberg’s big play for black voters

A meeting with nearly 80 black pastors in Detroit. A speech before a black Democratic organization in Montgomery. A rally at a historically black university. A tour of

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GMSA cancels Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus concerns

The GSMA, the organization behind MWC, the world’s largest mobile trade show, has announced that it is officially canceling the show. MWC usually attracts over 100,000 attendees from 200 countries to

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Boeing says Southeast Asia needs 4,500 new aircraft in next 20 years

Top U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing forecast Tuesday that Southeast Asia will need 4,500 new planes in the next two decades, with single-aisle jets expected to domin

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SoftBank Group quarterly profit wiped out by Vision Fund losses

VCG Photo SoftBank Group Corp reported a near-total wipe out in quarterly profit on Wednesday after the Japanese technology investor was whiplashed for a second consecutive quarter by losses a

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After VCs spend millions Nigeria restricts ride-hail motorbike taxis

Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has shaken up its transportation order.At the center are the West African country’s motorcycle taxis — referred to locally as okadas — which face newly en