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Granting UBS a digital banking license could be a win-win for China

UBS in Shanghai, May 22, 2019. /CFP Editor's note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at

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Spotlight: As COVID-19 recession deepens, over 30 million Americans have sought jobless aid

More than 30 million Americans have applied for jobless claims during the six-week period since mid-March, indicating the ballooning economic cost of COVID-19 shutdown

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Wise locks down $5.7 million to scale its challenger bank designed for small businesses

Stripe and Shopify have transformed the face of commerce for small business users, yet when it comes to putting that cash somewhere, SMBs have found that the banking options aren’t quite as tran

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Judge's Decision to Postpone Julian Assange's Extradition Case is 'Very Wise', His Father Says

Julian Assange's lawyers renewed their application to adjourn the second part of his extradition proceedings on the basis that it would be impossible to have a fair hea

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The West is trying to put pressure on Chinese culture

Confucius Institute Headquarters in Beijing China. /VCG Editor's Note: Seymur Mammadov is the director of the international expert club EurAsiaAz and editor-in-chief of Azerbaijan news agency

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China's people-centered approach proves instrumental against COVID-19

Editor's note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column "The Real Point."All the COVID-19 patients in hospitals in Wuhan, the Chinese city hit hardest by the pandemi

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Economic Boost: German medical firm to continue China investment

02:42 Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the largest family-owned pharmaceutical companies in the world based in Germany, said withdrawing production lines from China would not be wise durin

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The dangers of questioning China's UNSC compliance

A view from the top of a two-story building in Fagatogo village overlooking the Port of Pago Pago, as the North Korean cargo ship, Wise Honest, docks at the main docking section of Pago Pago Harb

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Keeping France's arts and culture going amid COVID-19 lockdown

02:31 France is the most-visited country in the world, with a history of refined culture drawing in millions of tourists every year.That image has changed dramatically, with arts and e

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FDA clears N95 decontamination process that could clean up to 4 million masks per day

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a decontamination process provided by company Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) that could see as

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Trump sees the WHO as a convenient scapegoat for his own failures

Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, and

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New guidance on SBA loans means most startups are still excluded from $349 billion stimulus

Under new guidance issued by the Small Business Administration it seems non-profits and faith-based groups can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program loans designed to keep small business afloat du

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White House extends social distancing guidelines to April 30

Only a few days after saying that he would like to see the country “opened up and raring to go by Easter” and maybe relax rules for at least some parts of the U.S. sooner than later, Presi

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Trump gives up quarantine on New York amid rapid spread of COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he has dropped the idea of quarantining the New York state, the hardest-hit region by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, despite a rapid increase in

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ISA backs IOC decision on Tokyo 2020 postponement

International Surfing Association (ISA) president Fernando Aguerre said that the ISA fully support the postponement of Tokyo 2020, according to its offical website. Ag

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Xi says China backs Egypt's fight against COVID-19

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday night that China supports Egypt's epidemic prevention and control efforts and stands ready to jointly fight the COVID-19 outbreak. Xi made the remarks in a

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Feature: California residents support "stay at home" order to stop COVID-19

California Governor Gavin Newsom's order for the state's nearly 40 million residents to "stay at home" and "shelter in place" was met with a positive response in California (CA) during its first loc