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The Mom Project raises $25M for its job site aimed at women returning to work

Women have long had the short end of the stick when it comes to employment, regularly finding themselves struggling to break through the glass ceiling for promotions and on average getting paid less t

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Pompeo's old tricks against China will fool no sober mind

At a time when the pandemic situation in the United States is getting drastically worse, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began to play a fresh round of old, clumsy tricks against China. However,

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Pompeo's old tricks against China will fool no sober mind

At a time when the pandemic situation in the United States is getting drastically worse, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began to play a fresh round of old, clumsy tricks against China. However,

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Japan business confidence at lowest since 2009: survey

People wearing protective masks are seen in the Shibuya shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, February 24, 2020. /Reuters Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has tumbled to the lowest

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The latest: IMF revises down forecast for Asian economy, warns of "clouds on the horizon"

Visitors are seen at the sightseeing spot Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi) "Projections for 2020 have been revised down for most of the countries in the (Asian) region due t

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To promote diversity, rewire your broken corporate culture

We have a problem. In tech, our companies are not diverse.This is something we’ve known for a long time, but in an industry where we’ve innovated and solved some of the world’s most challenging proble

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Commentary: Grim 10 million mark sounds global wake-up call for stronger pandemic cooperation

People spend their Sunday afternoon on the National Mall in Washington D.C., the United States, on June 28, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)Across the globe, the coron

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S. African president warns against stigmatization of COVID-19 patients

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday urged South Africans to stamp out the stigmatization of people who have proven positive with coronavirus. The stigmatization of COV

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Japan's retail sales extend slump as virus curbs keep shoppers away

Retail sales in Japan tumbled at a double-digit pace for the second straight month in May as the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown measures delivered a heavy blow to consumer confidence and econom

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Global COVID-19 Roundup: 10 million infections and 500,000 deaths

An employee takes the fingerprints of a woman who died from the new coronavirus before her remains are cremated at La Recoleta crematorium in Santiago, Chile, June 27, 2020. /AP The world surp

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Original Content podcast: ‘The Politician’ returns for an entertaining but pointless Season 2

When “The Politician” debuted on Netflix last year, it divided the hosts of the Original Content podcast. After season two, we were more united: The show is not good.To be clear, “Th

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EU narrows down border list, US unlikely to make the cut

European Union envoys are close to finalizing a list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter Europe again, possibly from late next week, EU diplomats confi

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Argentina extends coronavirus lockdown: 'Worse is to come'

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced on Friday a re-tightening of coronavirus-induced lockdown measures in the country's capital Buenos Aires as the city's COVID-19 caseload has risen shar

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EU holds off decision on borders, Americans set to be excluded

European Union countries failed to settle on Friday on a final "safe list" of countries whose residents could travel to the bloc from July, with the United States, Brazil and Russia set to be excl

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APD | Russia only credible power to defuse Sino-India tension

By APD writer Imdad HussainAmid the border tension between India and China Russian role has attained great importance, more so, because it has exceptionally good ties w

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IMF revises down global economy forecast amid COVID-19 fallout, warning of record debt levels

File photo taken on Oct. 15, 2019 shows International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath speaking during a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) Chi

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IMF predicts deeper global recession due to coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic is causing wider and deeper damage to economic activity than first thought, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, prompting the in