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Is China's poverty standard low?

Editor's note: Decision Makers is a global platform for decision makers to share their insights on events shaping today's world. Li Xin is the Deputy Director-General of the International Poverty

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Exhibition features artistic creations inspired by COVID-19

02:34 The COVID-19 pandemic has been an important inspiration to many artists in the past year. The Wind H Art Center has collected some of their creations and is displ

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Japan says Olympics must not burden health systems amid nurses protest

Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto attends a conference in Tokyo, Japan, April 30, 2021. /CFP The Olympics must not be a burden on medical systems, Japan's chief government spokesman said on

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No Darwin port in a storm

VCG Editor's note: Daryl Guppy is an international financial technical analysis expert. He has provided weekly Shanghai Index analysis for media for the Chinese mainland for more than a decade

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Anger in Bilbao after UEFA ditches the city for soccer's summer Euros

02:32 UEFA dropped Dublin and Bilbao as Euro 2020 hosts over a failure to guarantee that fans could attend, with matches originally scheduled for the Irish capital switched to St Peters

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Thousands attend funeral of Chad's Deby, Macron pledges French support

Chadian soldiers carry the coffin of the late Chadian president Idriss Deby during the state funeral in N'Djamena, Chad, Friday, April, 23, 2021. /AP Thousands of people attended the funeral o

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FIFA quotes Wang Shuang: 'We were able to get the better of them'

Wang Shuang (#7) of China celebrates after scoring a goal in the second-leg game of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament against South Korea in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Apr

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China's decarbonization an opportunity for Michelin: China CEO

02:48 Editor's note: The 2021 Boao Forum for Asia will be held from April 18 to 21 in Boao, Hainan Province. Over 150 elite entrepreneurs from various business circles around the world

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Notre Dame fire: Rebuilding 2 years later

01:54 On April 15th, 2019, a massive blaze razed the iconic Parisian cathedral. It took 400 firefighters and 14 hours to control the flames.Now the work is to rebuild the cathedral.Fre

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Outschool is the newest edtech unicorn

Outschool, a marketplace providing small-group, virtual after-school activities for children has raised a $75 million Series C led by Coatue and Tiger Global Management. TechCrunch first learned of th

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Biden Republicans? Some in GOP open to president’s agenda

Jay Copan doesn’t hide his disregard for the modern Republican Party.A solid Republican voter for the past four decades, the 69-year-old quickly regretted casting his 2

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Apple and Google will both attend Senate hearing on app store competition

After it looked like Apple might no-show, the company has committed to sending a representative to a Senate antitrust hearing on app store competition later this month.Last week, Senators Amy Klobucha

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Global manufacturing activity further expands in March: index

The global manufacturing sector expanded at a faster pace last month, according to an index published by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP).The global manufacturing purchasing ma

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Last call for Detroit startups to apply for TechCrunch’s Detroit City Spotlight pitch-off

TechCrunch is hosting a small virtual event on April 15 for startups in Detroit and we’re still looking for a few startups to pitch at the event. The deadline is today, Friday, April 9th. Apply

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EU agency to share results of probe into AstraZeneca shot

The European Union’s drug regulator will announce the conclusions of its investigation into the possible connection between AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine and rare b

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Have a startup in Detroit? Apply to pitch at TechCrunch’s Detroit virtual meetup!

TechCrunch is coming to Detroit — virtually, at least. On April 15, TechCrunch is hosting a small online event with local venture capitalists, founders and those curious about the growing ecosystem. T

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Brexit 'played into UK favor' on vaccine roll-out - ex-Johnson adviser

04:04 A key former adviser to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told CGTN Europe Brexit "played to the government's favor" as it allowed the UK to act alone when procuring COVID-19 vacci