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APD | India-China Confrontation and US Involvement

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Founding Chair GSRRA, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, and Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalizatio

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Japan Cabinet minister resigns over Unification Church ties

Japan’s economy minister submitted his resignation Monday over ties to the Unification Church after facing mounting criticism in a widening controversy involving dozens

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UN chief calls for human fraternity to address challenges

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for human fraternity to address today's challenges.In a message on the International Day of Human Fraternity, whi

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AIIB marks 6th anniversary pledging to finance a greener future

The headquarters building of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing, capital of China, January 13, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at the

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PBOC's tweak in FX reserve requirement isn't only factor to curb yuan gains

The Chinese yuan pared some of its earlier gains after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) decided to adjust the foreign exchange (FX) reserve requirement for banks. Movi

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Climate and security to dominate U.S. Secretary of State's maiden Africa tour

Climate change and security in Ethiopia, Sudan and the Sahel are set to top the agenda as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Nairobi on Wednesday to visi

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China proposes strict control of algorithms

China is not done with curbing the influence local internet services have assumed in the world’s largest populous market. Following a widening series of regulatory crackdowns in recent months, the nat

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Employee talent predictor retrain.ai raised another $7M, adds Splunk as strategic investor

Automation will displace 85 million jobs while simultaneously creating 97 million new jobs by 2025, according to the World Economic Forum. Although that sounds like good news, the hard reality is that

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UK Transport Minister updates COVID-19 travel rules

An electronic advert between terminal buildings at Heathrow Airport on June 1, 2021 in London, England. /CFP The UK government has issued the latest tweaks to its international COVID-19 travel

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3 data strategies for selling to developers

Yes, developers are a tough crowd. They hate being sold to, and it’s pretty easy for traditional marketing campaigns to fall flat with them because they’d much rather get a recommendation from a colle

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Seed is not the new Series A

The incredible success of the cloud business applications space in recent years has driven up valuations and fundraising across all stages of venture investment. That has in turn increased VC fund siz

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Crypto finance startup Amber Group raises $100M at $1B valuation

More mainstream venture capital firms are jumping on the crypto bandwagon as investors increasingly consider bitcoin an investable asset, despite the recent massive price drops of a few major cryptocu

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European neobroker Scalable Capital raises $180M+ at a $1.4B valuation

Neobrokers — startups that are disrupting the investment industry by providing a platform for a wider range of consumers to partake in the stock market by offering them more incremental investme

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Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian is speaking at TechCrunch City Spotlight: Pittsburgh

TechCrunch is thrilled to announce Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian is speaking at our Pittsburgh event on June 29. You can register here. It’s free to participate and hear P

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U.S. presuming Chinese lab leak shows ulterior motives

Photo via CFP It seems that some U.S. officials indulge in coming to a conclusion and then finding arguments for the conclusion in tracing COVID-19 origins.Last year, certain American politici

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China-ROK ETF Connect promotes market integration in Asia

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 the Italian Ministry of Economic Develo

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Even with increase in minimum wage, Venezuelans still struggle

03:28 A minimum wage hike seems like good news for any worker around the world, except. Not so, say many workers who depend on the minimum wage, in Venezuela. In early May, the Venezuel