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How can China help stabilize Afghanistan?

Afghanistan's Taliban delegation arrives for an agreement signing between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar, February 29, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Djoomart Otorbaev is a former prime mi

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Vara raises $4.8M from investors like Go Ventures and Sequoia India’s Surge to digitize Indonesian SMEs’ payrolls

Staff management platform Vara’s teamIf you follow startup news from Indonesia, you know that the country’s estimated 60 million small businesses are a hot target for tech companies. BukuKas and

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Thailand to mix Sinovac, AstraZeneca vaccines to increase protection

Thailand said on Monday it will use AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine as a second dose for those who received Sinovac's shot as their first dose to increase protection

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Florida condo tower death toll rises to 79

A rescue worker at the remaining part of Champlain Towers South complex in Surfside, Florida, U.S. July 5, 2021. /Reuters The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Florida h

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Kids and tax cuts: Why Dems need a sales pitch to seal a major Biden win

Democrats pushed through a landmark new anti-poverty policy just months ago. Now they have to make sure they get credit — and get the whole thing to last.Their victory,

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China to send COVID-19 vaccine doses to El Salvador

A health worker collects a swab sample from a man in downtown San Salvador as El Salvador registers a spike in new positive cases, June 20, 2021. /CFP China will send 1.5 million Sinovac COVID

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Thai virus surge prompts concern over ICUs, vaccine supply

Health authorities in Thailand reported over 6,200 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, setting a record for a third straight day, as concerns mounted over shortages of trea

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Malaysia rushing to vaccinate foreign migrant workers

Some Selangor companies are willing to buy COVID-19 vaccines for their staff and encourage them to get vaccinations, June 30, Selangor, Malaysia. /CGTN The vaccination center, in a gleaming ne

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Documentary pays homage to female Party workers

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, a documentary highlighting outstanding female Party members was aired on the video-sharing platform Mango

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A bank for the creator economy, Karat Financial raises $26M in Series A funding

The creator economy is changing the way that people earn a living, whether you’re an Instagram influencer or a freelance graphic designer. But traditional banks haven’t caught up.Take Alex

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Australia's COVID-19 response team holds urgent meeting amid outbreak

Australia's COVID-19 response committee is due to hold an emergency meeting on Monday as outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant across the country prompted a

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In 1990 a bee learned to clone herself - now her army of millions threaten other species

A subspecies of South African honey bee has been discovered to be comprised of millions of clones from a single individual.

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Britain could face food shortages due to lorry driver crisis

Britain could face gaps on supermarket shelves this summer and an "unimaginable" collapse of supply chains after the pandemic and Brexit led to a shortage of more than

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UN resolution on Cuba embargo shows U.S. unpopularity

Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelance reporter. The article reflects the author's opinions and not n

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UN resolution on Cuba embargo shows U.S. unpopularity

Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelance reporter. The article reflects the author's opinions and not n

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Reform your startup’s meeting culture

Bad meetings are the fast food of the knowledge worker; it’s so deliciously quick and easy to throw a 60-minute default meeting on everyone’s schedule, but the long-term costs are extremel

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Before an exit, founders must get their employment law ducks in a row

Successfully selling a business has much to do with timing. For many entrepreneurs, it’s the high-stakes end game where they cash out and reap the rewards of their efforts. At a certain point, when bo