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Is Japan’s remarkable vaccine drive in time for Olympics?

After months of frustration and delay, Japan has hit the remarkable benchmark of 1 million vaccines a day. But with the Olympics set to start in less than a month, and

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LVMH reopens iconic Paris store after 16 years closed and $890m refurb

03:57 Luxury goods groups LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) has reopened the iconic 150-year-old La Samaritaine department store after 16 years, following an $890 million refurbishment

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Snackpass gobbles up $70M at a $400M+ valuation as its social food ordering platform crosses 500k users

While every food delivery company is trying to get an edge on its rivals with discount codes, faster service, and a turn into the realm of spooky with ghost kitchens and dark stores, a startup built o

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Buy now, pay later startup Kredivo doubles its debt facility from Victory Park Capital to $200M

Kredivo announced today it has secured another $100 million debt facility from Victory Park Capital (VPC). This doubles the Indonesian digital lending and credit platform’s total warehouse financing f

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IR4.0 and Changing Trend in Higher Education

As the world is being plagued with Covid-19 pandemic, China, just like any other countries has accelerated transformation into the online education when the pandemic fi

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Shanghai integrates nurseries into kindergartens to meet demand

Shanghai integrates nurseries into kindergartens to meet demand. /CGTNThe municipality of Shanghai, which has been integrating nursery services for those under the age

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Father's Day: Three 'treasures' Xi Jinping gets from his father

Falling on the third Sunday of June, Father's Day will be celebrated on June 20 this year.Fathers always have a great influence on their children - the same applies to

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Post-90s generation boosts China's cosmetics industry

03:07 Those born after the 1990s are a generation with a growing sense of cultural confidence. As a result, "Made in China" products have become the first choice for th

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Euro 2020: Matchday 4 roundup

Scotland 0 - 2 Czech Republic Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall leaps into his own goal to try and save a shot by Czech Republic's Patrik Schick. /AP] What's worse, being bad or being unlucky

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Megan Rapinoe among group of 'trailblazing' women replacing Victoria's Secret angels

Victoria's Secret marketing is about to look quite different.The embattled lingerie brand announced a new marketing direction on Wednesday featuring a group of faces in

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Megan Rapinoe among group of 'trailblazing' women replacing Victoria's Secret angels

Victoria's Secret marketing is about to look quite different.The embattled lingerie brand announced a new marketing direction on Wednesday featuring a group of faces in

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Messaging social network IRL hits unicorn status with SoftBank-led $170M Series C

Social calendar app IRL has been busy building a messaging-based social network, or what founder and CEO Abraham Shafi calls a “WeChat of the West.” Following its pandemic-fueled growth an

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Golden Gate Ventures forecasts a record number of exits in Southeast Asia

Despite the pandemic’s economic impact, Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem has proven to be very resilient. In fact, a new report from investment firm Golden Gate Ventures predicts a record number of

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EMA official suggests ditching AstraZeneca jab for all age groups

Syringes with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are prepared in Fasano, Italy, April 13, 2021. /Reuters A top official in the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it might be worth abandoning Astr

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Space ride with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sells for £19.8m at auction

The bidder will get to accompany Mr Bezos and his brother Mark on the 11-minute trip on 20 July.

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EMA's new AstraZeneca advice, UK cases rise: COVID-19 Daily Bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced a "non-working" week in the Russian capital, with non-essential workers told to stay home, as COVID-19 cases hit a six-month high.• Saudi Arabia

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SOSV, the global venture firm, just closed a $100 million fund to back its maturing startups

Sean O’Sullivan, the founder of the global venture outfit SOSV, has slowly but steadily built up a sizable operation over the years.SOSV started off as a family office,