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Steven Yang and Sonny Vu discuss COVID-19’s impact on tech manufacturing

Like most of the rest of the world, COVID-19 hit the manufacturing sector by surprise. That China — which continues to comprise the vast majority of electronics manufacturing — was the first global ep

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Trump's white death cult

Black Lives Matter protestors march on streets after President Donald Trump visit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States, September 15, 2020. /Getty Editor's note: Joel Wendland-Liu

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Top Glove plans for Hong Kong IPO as demand spikes during the pandemic

A worker inspects disposable gloves at the Top Glove factory production line in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, August 26, 2020. /VCG The world's largest gloves manufacturer Top Gl

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Uber wants to help its drivers and delivery workers register to vote

With the 2020 general election coming up in November, Uber has partnered with TurboVote to launch an in-app feature designed to help riders, eaters, drivers and delivery workers register to vote. Thi

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Why 'dual circulation' policy makes sense

China's "dual circulation" policy of making domestic consumption the driver of economic growth while promoting closer relations with other countries in enhancing and su

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Austria's second wave of virus has begun as COVID-19 cases spike

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic attend a press conference in Vienna. /AFP Austria is seeing the start of a second w

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'Jumping for joy': Japanese welcome Osaka forcing discussion on racism

As they celebrated Naomi Osaka's victory in the final of the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows on Saturday, Tokyoites were eager to embrace their heroines' stand against ra

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Daily Crunch: Apple revises App Store rules

Apple’s making App Store changes, China might stop TikTok’s acquisition and we talk to Polish venture capitalists about the startup scene. This is your Daily Crunch for September 11, 2020

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Facebook launches poll worker recruitment push in the News Feed

With the election looming and a pandemic still raging through the U.S., a shortage of poll workers is just one of many threats to voting this November — but it’s a big one.In a Facebook post Fri

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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 1.32 million

A health worker collects a sample from a person to test for the coronavirus in South Africa. /VCG Image The number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across the African continent reached 1,3

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13 health workers test positive for COVID-19 in Uganda

FILE PHOTO: A health worker collects swab samples from a truck driver to be tested for coronavirus at the Elegu border point. /Getty Images Uganda's Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported 124

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Economy crippled, India now world's second-worst-hit country by virus

India's increasing coronavirus caseload made the Asian giant the world's second-worst-hit country behind the United States on Monday.The 90,802 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India's total p

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This Labor Day, spare a thought for the workers who made your doorstep delivery possible

A few weeks ago, I bought a used paperback mystery for $3 via a small online bookseller. Intrigued that the book came with free shipping, I dug in a bit and was shocked to see that my little impulse p

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Search for survivor in Beirut rubble grips grieving nation

Rescue workers used cranes, shovels and their bare hands in search operations that resumed early Friday in the rubble of a building that collapsed last month in Beirut’

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Election 2020: 'It's the economy, stupid' still rings true?

A woman holds a sign at a demonstration in Boston, Massachusetts, May 30, 2020. /Reuters "It's the economy, stupid" - a popular catchphrase coined by Bill Clinton's campaign strategist during

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Study suggests a time frame for COVID-19 retest

There has been a lot of speculation about the timing for the second swab test for patients infected with the new coronavirus. While the time frame varies from country to country, a new study sugge

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Spot the robot dog could be used to monitor coronavirus patients

The robot dog has been used to measure temperature, rate of breathing, pulse and blood oxygen saturation in healthy volunteers.