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Pandemic knocks Singapore into recession as GDP plummets 41% in Q2

Singapore's trade-reliant economy plunged into recession in the second quarter with a record contraction, signaling a rough first half globally and an equally challenging outlook as the coronaviru

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WHO: Too many countries 'heading in wrong direction' in COVID-19 fight

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that numerous countries are adopting the wrong approach in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.After a daily record of 230,000 new COVID-19 cases

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Conservative Polish president wins 2nd term after tight race

Polish President Andrzej Duda, a conservative who ran a campaign with homophobic and anti-Semitic overtones, narrowly won a second five-year term in a bitterly fought w

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Trump Vows To Restore Order as Crime Surges in US Cities

US President Donald Trump said federal forces may be sent to major cities to quell a wave of criminal violence, which, as he put it, is already worse than Afghanistan."

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BigCommerce files to go public

As expected, BigCommerce has filed to go public. The Austin, Texas, based e-commerce company raised over $200 million while private. The company’s IPO filing lists a $100 million placeholder fig

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UN chief says more people could slip into hunger as result of COVID-19

Video: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns on July 13, 2020 that many more people could slip into hunger this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Xinhua) "The report is clear: if the c

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Second-quarter VC investing totals appear lackluster

The second quarter’s venture capital results are coming into focus.The Exchange will have more notes on Q2’s venture results this week, but this morning we’re digging into our first

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COVID-19 survivors can suffer damage to almost every major organ

Evidence shows that it is not just the lungs that bear the brunt of the virus, with the kidney, heart and brain also susceptible.

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Exit poll show Poland’s Duda leading in presidential runoff

A late exit poll in Poland’s presidential runoff Sunday showed the conservative, populist incumbent, Andrzej Duda, leading against the liberal, pro-Europe mayor of Wars

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Arizona state governor blamed for failed policy against COVID-19

"The barn is on fire!" Will Humble, a former Arizona Department of Health Services official, said early this month. Humble predicted that the COVID-19 pandemic in the G

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Up to 100 million could be thrown into poverty, predicts World Bank

05:42 The worst global economic crisis since World War II could force up to 100 million people into poverty warns the World Bank, during an interview with CGTN's The Agenda with Stephe

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Virus cases up sharply in Africa, India as inequality stings

South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled in just two weeks to a quarter-million, and South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled in just two

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Opinion: Cruel rules on int'l students disregard public health, damage U.S. reputation

Protesters rally in front of the White House during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Washington D.C., the United States, on May 31, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) Given the plenty of previous poli

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Time for an international currency to replace the greenback

During the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, the United Kingdom economist John Maynard Keynes proposed the establishment of an international clearing house (ICU) using the

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Time for an international currency to replace the greenback

During the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, the United Kingdom economist John Maynard Keynes proposed the establishment of an international clearing house (ICU) using the

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Australia cuts citizen returns as virus surge worsens

Australia will allow only 4,000 citizens or permanent residents back into the country each day as authorities battle a worsening coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne. /Reuters Australia will slas

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Migrant workers struggle in Spanish lockdown city

Fruit picking is a popular job for migrants in Spain. / CGTN A common sight in Lleida is the scores of migrants. They're attracted by the promise of fruit-picking work, however many find thems