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Fashion brand Esprit closes all China stores

02:22 The struggling international fashion giant Esprit has closed all of its shops in China as it struggles to regain the sales it enjoyed in the 1990s and mid 2000s and its losses en

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ASEAN, China, Japan, S.Korea vow to keep open markets against COVID-19 epidemic

Economic ministers of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea on Thursday reaffirmed the importance of

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"Historic commitments" at Global Vaccine Summit as 8.8 bln USD pledged

The Global Vaccine Summit hosted by Britain virtually on Thursday drew pledges of 8.8 billion U.S. dollars, far more than its target of 7.4 billion dollars, showing "historic commitments" made by wo

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As Americans look to escape, this peer-to-peer RV rental startup is happy to accommodate them

The world feels as fragile as ever, and those with any options at all are looking to get away this summer.For many, planes and hotel rooms won’t be an option they consider owing to continued con

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South, Southeast Asia on high alert amid spikes of COVID-19 cases

The spread of the coronavirus has been accelerating in South and Southeast Asia on Thursday as India reported 9,304 more positive cases and a peak could still be weeks away in the world's second-mos

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Nanox, maker of a low-cost scanning service to replace X-rays, expands Series B to $51M

A lot of the attention in medical technology today has been focused on tools and innovations that might help the world better fight the COVID-19 global health pandemic. Today comes news of another sta

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A COVID-19 response for the world's poor

Health officials escort an elderly woman back home under hot sun after she had a coronavirus test at a wet market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 5, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Erik Berglöf, a for

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Kitty Hawk ends Flyer program, shifts focus to once-secret autonomous aircraft

Kitty Hawk is shutting down its Flyer program, the aviation startup’s inaugural moonshot to develop an ultralight electric flying car designed for anyone to use.The company, backed by Google co

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PM: New Zealand could return to normal life as early as next week

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a news conference prior to the one-year anniversary of the mosque terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 13, 2020. /Reuters New

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Across China: Foreign restaurants in Shanghai serve up tastes of the world

As the catering industry resumes business amid the subdued COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai, foreign restaurants are finding ways back into people's lives in the gastrono

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Anti-racism demonstrations held in several New Zealand cities

Thousands of New Zealanders joined Black Lives Matter protesters in the United States on Monday by demonstrating peacefully in several Kiwi cities. Protests were seen

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Singapore’s micromobility startup Beam raises $26 million

Beam, a Singapore-headquartered micromobility firm that offers shared e-scooters, has raised $26 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its footprint in Korea, Australia, Malaysia, New

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Greece clarifies policy, to allow tourists from all nations

Greek officials said Saturday that the country will not limit arriving airline passengers next month to people coming from 29 countries but that travelers who departed

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Greece and Bulgaria to open for tourists; some nations are uninvited

Greece announced on Friday that it will open to visitors from 29 worldwide countries – on the same day plans emerged in Bulgaria to lift a mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers from 26 European s

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Greece releases first list of 29 countries allowed to send tourists as of mid-June

Greece's government released on Friday the first list of 29 countries allowed to send tourists to the country as of June 15 by flights to the airports of Athens and The

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US layoffs climb to 41 million, despite business reopenings

An estimated 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country, bringing the running tota

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S.Korea central bank cuts rates to record low as pandemic hits economy

South Korea's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points in a bid to cushion the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic.The interest rate was lowered from 0.75