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Tech’s coveted internships are getting canceled due to COVID-19

Victoria Stafford, a third-year student at UC Berkeley, was set to begin working at Yelp in June as a sales intern — the only internship she applied to. And then it was canceled because of the C

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French fashion houses to produce coronavirus face masks

French design houses Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga will shift their attention from high fashion to producing surgical face masks to aid the global coronavirus assau

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MIT Solve launches global challenge around health security and pandemics

There is an immediate need for startups to handle the crisis around the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, from diagnostics to identify potential carriers of the virus to assisting the treatment of pa

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Remote Year, which helps you work while traveling the world, lays off 50% of staff

Remote Year wants to help people travel around the world and keep their job while doing so. The Chicago startup relies on the idea that “great work can be done anywhere.” And to prove it, it brings pe

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Spotlight: Israel strives to keep citizens at home amid spread of COVID-19

Israeli authorities are urging the residents of the country to stay at home and to avoid physical contact with the outside world if not necessary. Israeli President Re

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Ancient copper smelting remains unearthed in north China's Shanxi

Archaeologists have excavated a part of a copper smelting site dating from the late Xia Dynasty to the early Shang Dynasty in northern China's Shanxi Province, which i

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China turns to online college recruitment amid COVID-19 outbreak

Spring is usually the season for job recruitment in China, particularly in March and April. This year's COVID-19 outbreak, however, disrupted the pace, especially for college graduates.It also pos

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On high alert of COVID-19, Myanmar to restrict public events until late April

Myanmar government Friday announced the restriction of mass gatherings and public events including the traditional Thingyan water festival until the end of April, acco

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Palestine declares state of emergency amid fears of COVID-19 spread

A state of emergency took effect on Friday in Palestine amid fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared on Thursday a s

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Palestinian health ministry takes measures against novel coronavirus in Bethlehem

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that it had decided to take urgent precautionary measures against the novel coronavirus in the West Bank city

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China relocates 9.3 million poor people to more inhabitable areas

China has relocated 9.3 million poor residents to more inhabitable areas over the past four years, the country's top economic planning body said Wednesday. Among them,

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Factbox: Emerging business modes spring out amid China's fight against COVID-19

As many people across China have reduced outdoor activity and stayed indoors to curb the spread of the epidemic during the past month, emerging business modes have bee

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Chinese shadow puppetry exhibition enchants visitors in New York

(Video by Xinhua Reporters Zhou Saang and Wei Ying) "Shadow puppetry is a wonderful way to tell interesting tales from Chinese history and tradition." NEW YORK, March 3 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition,

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Shasta Ventures debuts ‘Ignite,’ a collection of help and services to drive its startups to $10M ARR

Shasta Ventures, a venture capital firm that has raised more than a half-dozen funds in its life, announced a new program this morning designed to help its portfolio companies scale to $10 million of

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Grab your ticket: Only one week to TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020

It’s T-minus one week to the big day, March 3, when more than 1,000 startuppers will convene in San Jose, Calif. for TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020. We’re talking a hefty cross-section representing

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COVID-19: China vows to alleviate poverty through employment

The country saw a decline of the number of impoverished rural residents from nearly 100 million in late 2012 to 16.6 million by the end of 2018, according to the data from China's National Bureau

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China vows to enhance poverty alleviation through employment

Chinese authorities stressed unremitting efforts to win the tough battle against poverty by securing employment of the poor population amid the novel coronavirus outbr