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Wing, founded by veterans of Accel and Sequoia, rounds up $450 million for its third fund

Wing, an early-stage, Palo Alto, Ca.-based venture firm that was formed in 2013 by veteran VCs Peter Wagner and Gaurav Garg, has closed its third fund with $450 million in capital commitments. That

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The creation of new history through violence towards statues

The Parliament Square statue of Sir Winston Churchill was sprayed with graffiti. /Reuters Editor's note: Mark Hoskin is a doctorate researcher at the School of African and Oriental Studies in

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The top 4 centers of the 1990s – David Robinson

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Timeline: The UK's arguments against face masks for all

LeoPatrizi| / Getty Creative The science is pretty clear about one thing – COVID-19 is spread by droplets that come out of infected people's mouths while coughing, sneezing, singing, talking a

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DPRK to withdraw from inter-Korean liaison office: KCNA

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will withdraw from the inter-Korean liaison office because South Korea has not acted enough to stop groups from sendin

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South Africa's hotspot limits most testing to above age 55

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Kids now spend nearly as much time watching TikTok as YouTube in U.S., U.K. and Spain

A new study on kids’ app usage and habits indicates a major threat to YouTube’s dominance, as kids now split their time between Google’s online video platform and other apps, like Ti

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DPRK warns S. Korea against sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets

A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has threatened to scrap the military agreement with South Korea unless Seoul stops sending anti-Py

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Challenger bank Varo, soon to become a real bank, raises $241M Series D

Mobile banking startup Varo Money has raised an additional $241 million in Series D funding, the company announced today. The investment was co-led by new investor Gallatin Point Capital and existing

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Across China: Intangible cultural heritage helps farmers weave way out of poverty

A worker makes Shu mat in Qianshan City, eastern China's Anhui Province on May 21, 2020. (Xinhua) Mats made of "water bamboo" were a necessity to survive the scorching

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Nostalgic Chinese beverage makes a comeback

03:28 Many old Chinese brands are trying to make a comeback. Among them is Zhengguanghe, a Shanghai beverage that once took the whole country by storm, with a history of 150 years.Ther

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The top 4 centers of the 1990s – Shaquille O'Neal

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Across China: Free milk nourishes preschoolers in Xinjiang

For over 200,000 families with children under 6 years old in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, there could be no better gift for the upcoming Intern

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Tech talent is flocking to smaller cities, but investors aren’t

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week’s show took a break from regularly scheduled programmi

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COVID-19 leads to dramatic unemployment, young people suffer the most

More than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic while those who remain employed have seen their working hours cut by 23 percent, according to the la

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AP-NORC poll: Less than half of Americans would get a COVID-19 vaccine

VCG Only about half of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if the scientists working furiously to create one succeed, a number that's surprisingly low considering the effort going

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Stackin’ raises $12.6M Series B to help millennials navigate the crowded fintech space

Fintech’s funding boom for the past decade has led to a flurry of new consumer startups tackling a wide range of money-related issues, from saving apps to investing platforms.Should you download Robin