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Basketball: Canada, Australia pulling out won't send China to Tokyo

Chinese basketball players get together before the FIBA Basketball World Cup game against South Korea in Gaungzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, September 6, 2019. /VCG Bo

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‘The Lovebirds’ reportedly skipping theaters and heading to Netflix

Netflix is picking up “The Lovebirds,” an upcoming romantic comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae.“The Lovebirds” reunites Nanjiani with director Michael Showalter. The

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No, American government did not help China

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a White House press briefing in Washington DC, United States, on June 7, 2018. /VCG Editor's Note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and intern

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COVID-19 puts Utah Jazz in difficulty over Gobert and Mitchell

Rudy Gobert #27 and Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz stand together in a game against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 26, 2019. /V

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Veteran VC Mike Volpi discusses investing and fundraising in ‘a very difficult time’

Last week, I talked with Mike Volpi, longtime Index Ventures partner and the former head of MA at Cisco for many years before that. We originally planned to talk about Index and general market trends,

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Where’s the Zoom of VR?

Remote collaboration tools like Zoom are gathering massive amounts of attention as people begin working from home en masse. But, as with most trends, virtual reality seems to be sitting out this boom.

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Apple fined record $1.2B in France over anti-competitive sales practices

The wheels of the regulatory machine continue to turn, and today Apple, along with two of its wholesale partners, was dealt a major blow in France over antitrust violations, by receiving the biggest-e

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Coronavirus: 'In this current dark reality, sport doesn't matter but it does'

It's only when something disappears that you realise quite how much you miss it. It's only when something close to you goes that you understand how much has changed.No-

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Coronavirus: 'In this current dark reality, sport doesn't matter but it does'

It's only when something disappears that you realise quite how much you miss it. It's only when something close to you goes that you understand how much has changed.No-

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Mexico: Number of monarch butterflies falls 53% in wintering areas

The number of monarch butterflies that showed up at their winter resting grounds decreased about 53 percent this year, Mexican officials said Friday.Some activists called the decline "heartbreakin

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Are masked palm civets scapegoats of the reservoir of SARS virus?

Many Chinese people still remember the strong smell of disinfectants and Chinese herbal medicine, Ban Lan Gen granules, which was said to be able to prevent the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SAR

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With a string of hits behind it, Felicis Ventures wraps up its newest fund with $510 million

Felicis Ventures, the early-stage, Menlo Park-based venture firmed founded nearly 15 years ago by Aydin Senkut, has closed its seventh and newest fund with $510 million in capital commitments.ThatR

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Sequoia is giving away $21 million to a payments startup it recently funded as it walks away from deal

In the world of venture capital, where trust between investors and founders is paramount to the success of both, investing in a company that competes with another startup in a firm’s portfolio i

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Oil price crash may have severe consequences for global economy

Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's opinion and not necessarily the views of CGTN.Oil dropped by roughly 30percentonMarch 9

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CIA's cyber espionage scandal says a lot about U.S.' strategy

Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.It's no secret that countries spy on one

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Lizzo hits out at TikTok for 'removing bathing suit videos - but not other girls'

Best known for hits including Juice and Good As Hell, US singer Lizzo is also a role model for promoting body positivity.

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Brewers reportedly offer $200mln-extension deal to Christian Yelich

Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers poses to take a photo for MLB spring training in Phoenix, Arizona, February 19, 2020. /AP If you wonder why the Milwaukee Brewers have been "economizi