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German pub takes novel approach to keep hard cider flowing

How does a traditional German restaurant comply with the untraditional demands of the coronavirus era?Thomas Metzmacher was faced with the prospect of having to shut do

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Crime & punishment in the context of America's COVID-19 crisis

A passenger with face mask is seen on a metro train in Manhattan, New York, the United States, March 4, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst.

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Crime & punishment in the context of America's COVID-19 crisis

A passenger with face mask is seen on a metro train in Manhattan, New York, the United States, March 4, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst.

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Opportunities in crisis: Will online runway shows become new trend?

Last week, Paris men's fashion week and the haute couture shows, which were scheduled for June and July, announced they were canceling their runways over safety and health concerns, becoming the l

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‘Artemis Fowl’ is skipping theaters for Disney+

With movie theaters largely closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney is pushing back its slate of upcoming films. And at least one movie won’t be making it into theaters at all, with “A

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The pendulum will swing away from founder friendly venture raises

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.This morning brought fresh economic bad news for the US economy, with over 700,000

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Chinese vice premier urges resumption of production

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan Tuesday called for efforts to organize spring plowing and help enterprises resume work and production. Leading a central guiding group

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SMB loans platform Kabbage to furlough a ‘significant’ number of staff, close office in Bangalore

Another tech unicorn is feeling the pinch of doing business during the coronavirus pandemic. Today, Kabbage, the Softbank-backed lending startup that uses machine learning to provide speedy and more a

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UEFA boss Ceferin, Kane press for scrapping season if necessary

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin (R) and UEFA General Secretary Theodore Theodoridis attend a press conference during the 44th UEFA Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 3, 2020. /VCG

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Saudi Arabia's radical new oil strategy

Editor's Note:Bernard Haykel is a professor of Near Eastern Studies and director of the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia at Pri

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Daily Crunch: Clearstep’s chatbot offers in-depth COVID-19 screening

We look at an in-depth screener app for COVID-19, U.S. stocks take another tumble and Apple extends its free trial for Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 27, 2020.St

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NASA still tracking towards mid-to-late May SpaceX crew launch despite parachute mishap

NASA provided an official update about the status of its Commercial Crew program, the project it’s working on with partners SpaceX and Boeing to return astronaut launch capabilities to Americ

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Apple extends free trials for its pro creative apps

Apple announced today that they are temporarily extending the free trials on Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X from 30 days to 90 days, giving potential customers stuck at home a longer window of time t

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ULA successfully launches first U.S. Space Force payload

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed its 134th successful launch, continuing its perfect track record with a mission today for the U.S. Space Force. This is the first ever dedicated mission

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Coronavirus watch update, March 26 - Italy's new COVID-19 cases drop as daily death toll fluctuating

Medical personnel work in the ICU of Istituto Clinico Casalpalocco, in Rome, Italy, March 25, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) - Daily new cases in Itay steadily drop while death toll fluctuat

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: Three billion under lockdown

Editor's note: This is the 24th article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is the previous one.More than three billion people are living under lockdown measures as soaring death tolls in Eur

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Death toll in Italy exceeds 7,500, WHO urges countries to seize "second window of opportunity"

The world is now in a battle against COVID-19, a disease caused by a previously unknown coronavirus that has spread to over 190 countries and regions. The following are the updates on the contagious