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Stocks gain despite 6.6M new US unemployment claims

Domestic stocks rose today in the United States, with all major indices opening higher.TechCrunch has slowed its daily coverage of the US stock market as volatility has receded. We try to avoid cover

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Is Iran teetering on the brink of collapse?

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Bobby Naderi is a journalist, guest contributor in print, radio and televis

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China's biotech firm BGI to open two testing labs in Serbia to help fight pandemic

China's biotech company BGI group will open two COVID-19 testing labs in Serbia to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an agreement it signed with the Serbian government Wednesday. The two

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Biden vs. Trump: General election battle is now set

The stage is set for November.Barring unforeseen disaster, Joe Biden will represent the Democratic Party against President Donald Trump this fall, the former vice presi

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With $8 million to consolidate Amazon’s top marketplace sellers, Perch makes its first deals

After raising $8 million in November to roll up top Amazon marketplace companies, the new New York-based startup Perch has begun putting that money to work in its first few deals.The brainchild of Ch

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TrueNorth raises $3M to make independent trucker operations more seamless

As the COVID-19 pandemic makes health officials urge us all to stay at home, truckers are doing the exact opposite of that to help us live our lives inside. Now, more than ever, package delivery and s

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Facebook to produce 'heat maps' of COVID-19 infections

Users will be given a link to a survey at the top of their news feeds which will inform research about the spread of the virus.

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‘We love you NHS’: UK health service gears up for virus peak

Dr. Nishant Joshi is on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic — and he’s angry.The emergency medicine specialist says he risks his life every time he walks into a

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NASA details how it plans to establish a sustained human presence on the Moon

NASA’s Artemis program aims to bring humans back to the Moon, with the goal of staying there for good in the interest of pursuing additional science and exploration missions, including to Mars.

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In the wake of COVID-19, UK puts up £20M in grants to develop resilience tech for critical industries

Most of the world — despite the canaries in the coal mine — was unprepared to cope with the coronavirus outbreak that’s now besieging us. Now, work is starting to get underway both t

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The necessity for cooperation and a history of division

Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on

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Cloudflare CEO pledges to double 2020 internship class

Internet security company Cloudflare has pledged to double its Summer 2020 internship class, and make the entire program remote if necessary, in response to cancellations of internships programs acro

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Mass testing, empty ICUs: Germany scores early against virus

Late last year — long before most people had heard of the new coronavirus now sweeping the globe — scientists in Germany sprang into action to develop a test for the vi

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'The April Fools' demonize China by fooling themselves

Screenshot of Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson's program blaming the World Health Organization for praising China's fight against COVID-19. Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant com

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Next few weeks are critical for fighting COVID-19 in Latin America

Editor's Note: Pan Deng is a member of the Academic Committee at the Charhar Institute and the executive director of the Latin America and Caribbean Region Law Center of China University of Politi

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Coronavirus pandemic "slowing down": Spanish health minister

Spain's Health Minister Salvador Illa said in a televised press conference on Monday that the spread of the coronavirus is slowing down in his country. Illa spoke after his ministry had confirmed t

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Romanian man rides horse to attend his son's birth in quarantined city

A Romanian man traveled 40km by horse to attend the birth of his son in the quarantined north-eastern city of Iasi. /Razvan Florin Barzic A Romanian man traveled 40 kilometers by horse to atte