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China: U.S. call for boycott against Beijing Winter Olympics a 'farce'

China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposed to certain people in the U.S. attempting to interrupt, impede and sabotage the preparations and hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 o

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South Africa starts vaccination drive for those 60 and older

South Africa has started its mass vaccination drive with the goal of inoculating nearly 5 million citizens aged 60 and above by the end of June.Shots of the Pfizer vacc

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UK's COVID-19 alert level lowered as further lockdown easing expected

17,856,550 people in the United Kingdom are now fully inoculated, while 35,472,295 have had at least one shot. /Getty Images Chief medical officers for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and

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Multicoin Capital debuts new $100M fund to bet on crypto startups and tokens

Crypto startups couldn’t be hotter as currencies push past all-time-highs and investor appetite reaches mania for new projects. Crypto investment firms that have been investing in blockchain sta

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How one founder made the most of Y Combinator in a pandemic year

This week, we welcome guest Hana Mohan to our podcast Found. Hana is the co-founder and CEO of MagicBell, a new startup she created with Josue Montano that just recently graduated from Y Combinator

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Disneyland fans cheer as theme park finally reopens to Californians

Visitors walk into Disneyland in California as it reopened, April 30, 2021. /VCG Fans wearing Mickey Mouse ears lined up as Disneyland in California finally reopened Friday, more than 400 days

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Obesity 'a major factor' in risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID - study

A study looking at seven million UK people finds the impact of a high BMI on the severity of COVID is worse at younger ages.

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MagicBell raises $1.9M to build a plug-and-play notification platform for product teams

One of the key ingredients in effective product development is receiving timely and relevant notifications about customer use, engagement, potential issues and more. Engineers, developers and product

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Super, an Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce startup, raises $28M led by SoftBank Ventures Asia

Super’s founding team on Mount Bromo in East JavaIn Indonesia, daily necessities often cost more in smaller cities and rural areas. Super co-founder and chief executive officer Steven Wongsoredj

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Today’s big tech earnings in a mere 700 words

Today was yet another day of earnings from tech’s biggest names. To keep you up to speed without burying you in an endless crush of numbers we’ve pulled out the key data from each of the major reports

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UK close to 'bottom level' of COVID-19: Van-Tam

The UK is "at or close to the bottom" of coronavirus levels, according to England's deputy chief medical officer. /VCG The UK is "at or close to the bottom" of coronavirus levels, according to

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No Darwin port in a storm

VCG Editor's note: Daryl Guppy is an international financial technical analysis expert. He has provided weekly Shanghai Index analysis for media for the Chinese mainland for more than a decade

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AI startup Faculty wins contract to predict future requirements for the UK’s NHS

Faculty, a VC-backed artificial intelligence start-up, has won a tender to work with the NHS to make better predictions about its future requirements for patients, based on data drawn from how it hand

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The Changing Climate: A look at the historic Texas winter storm

05:28 During the historic winter storm in February that hit the U.S. state of Texas, freezing temperatures knocked out power for days, leaving millions of people in the bitter cold and

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Tchaikovsky to replace Russian national anthem at Tokyo Olympics

A gala concert marking the 50th anniversary of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Russia, June 1, 2008. /CFP Russia's renowned later composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Piano Concer

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Cusp Capital launches with a $361M fund for early stage startups in Germany and Europe

In the past ten years, an investment team led by Christian Winter, Jan Sessenhausen, Helmut Klawitter and Wilken Engelbracht worked principally with German family offices, investing in startups such a

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It is way too early to talk about the politics of digital currency

03:30 Editor's note: The video column does what the name says – take note of ideas that may make people uncomfortable. By taking notes and breaking down various opinions, we try to pro