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Collapse of global tax talks could cost $100 billion, OECD says

Reuters The global economy could shed more than one percent of its output if international talks to rewrite cross-border tax rules break down and trigger a trade war, the OECD said on Monday,

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International media see China's economy advancing on right trajectory

Tourists seen visiting Qingzhou Ancient City in east China's Shandong Province, October 8, 2020. /VCG The Chinese economy has been ahead of the world in emerging from the coronavirus-induced s

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Tuberculosis vaccine could help in fight against coronavirus

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin boosts immunity in a generalised way, which may offer some protection against the pandemic, experts say.

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Has COVID-19 created a global mental health problem?

04:04 The global fight against COVID-19 hasn't just affected the physical health of millions of people but also the mental wellness of people around the world.Some have struggled to ad

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How Roblox completely transformed its tech stack

Picture yourself in the role of CIO at Roblox in 2017.At that point, the gaming platform and publishing system that launched in 2005 was growing fast, but its underlying technology was aging, consisti

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Porsche is researching synthetic fuels to make gas-powered cars sustainable

The road to sustainable vehicles likely ends at electric cars, yet the route to this goal isn’t clear. There are multiple ways to get there, and Porsche is looking at synthetic fuels as a poten

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APD | Gaming - the next target of US-China technology war

By APD writer AliceTikTok is said to be a battlefield that "initiates" debates regarding the "Balkanization" strategy, which can be simply understood as "divide and rul

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More restrictions in France as COVID-19 infections hit all-time high

A waiter checks a customer's temperature at a cafe in Paris, October 6, 2020./CFP French President Emmanuel Macron is mulling more restrictions to contain the COVID-19 epidemic as the country

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Tencent-backed Miniso Group looks to raise up to $562.4 million in IPO

Customers seen shopping in a Miniso store in Shanghai, China, April 30, 2020. /VCG Chinese budget retailer Miniso Group Holding Ltd. is looking to raise up to 562.4 million U.S. dollars in its

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Spain unveils huge economic recovery plan amid pandemic

Spain’s prime minister unveiled a major plan Wednesday to boost his country out of recession by spending 140 billion euros ($162 billion) of European Union aid to resha

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YouTube Premium subscribers get a new perk with launch of testing program

YouTube has long allowed its users to test new features and products before they go live to a wider audience. But in a recent change, YouTube’s latest series of experiments are being limited to

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European antitrust regulators settle with Broadcom a year after ‘interim measures’ flex

A European antitrust probe of chipmaker Broadcom has been settled at an impressive clip, a little over a year after formally kicking off.The Commission announced today it has accepted commitments from

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This September was the hottest on record, scientists find

Surface temperatures were 0.05C higher than last year, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said.

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Trump urges Americans to 'get out' after return from hospital

04:08 U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday appealed Americans to "get out there" and not be afraid of coronavirus after he returned to the White House following four days of treatment

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Trump's COVID tweet hidden and branded 'potentially harmful information'

An earlier tweet from the president has been flagged by Twitter for "spreading misleading information".

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Despite pandemic, Amazon Prime Day expected to generate nearly $10B in global sales

A new forecast released today estimates Amazon’s delayed Prime Day sales event will top last year’s by bringing in an estimated nearly $10 billion in worldwide sales when it runs later th

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WTO sees softer-than-expected global trade drop

VCG Global trade, devastated by the coronavirus crisis, will shrink by less than expected this year but the rebound will also be much weaker than previously forecast, the WTO said on Tuesday.R