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Pandemic pushes Iraqis into extreme poverty

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven dozens of families in Iraq into a worse poverty situation, and people short of income have been skimping on food.The scene of shuttering stores in Baghdad district is

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UK expert: Novel coronavirus is of natural origin

01:03 A UK biomedical science expert stated that the novel coronavirus is of natural origin, and did not come from a Wuhan laboratory."My view is very clear, it's a zoonotic transfer f

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How the world's sole superpower became the pandemic's epicenter

by Xinhua writer Zhang Xin In a heart-wrenching move, the U.S. federal government recently ordered 100,000 new body bags for what it feared the "worst-case" scenario as the coronavirus pandemic co

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Ambassador Cui: 'Always blame China' is 'dirty politics'

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai's article "Ignoring the facts to blame China will only make things worse" was published on the Washington Post on We

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Planning for an American bankruptcy epidemic

A woman checks job application information in front of IDES (Illinois Department of Employment Security)/WorkNet center in Arlington Heights, Ill., April 9, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Ben Iverso

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The rise of the human-centric CEO

Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO by Ben Horowitz is one of the most commonly cited management think pieces of the last decade.And for good reason; Horowitz surfaced a fundamental distinction in operating phi

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Creatively helps designers and other creative talent showcase their work

Creatively was supposed to launch this summer, according to CEO Greg Gittrich. And then COVID-19 happened.“We made the decision to fast-track the launch when the pandemic hit, because we felt li

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Unpacking why Wayfair’s stock popped 23.7% today

In the midst of the day’s news chaos both political and business-oriented, you might have missed Wayfair’s big moment: In regular trading today, shares of the online home goods retailer sh

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: The situation in India

Editor's note:This is the 53rd article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone.Six weeks into the world's largest lockdown, India has paid a huge economic price and endured exce

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Scapegoating does nothing for governance

02:44 Editor's note: China has become the West's favorite target to blame for the spread of COVID-19. Jacques Cheminade, former French presidential candidate and head ofSolidarity and

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The U.S. is deflecting by blaming China

04:07 Editor's note: Since the coronavirus situation escalated in the U.S., the administration has stepped up its criticisms towards China and the WHO over their handlings of the COVID

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NWU researchers develop a throat-worn wearable that could offer early warnings for COVID-19 patients

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is resulting in big shifts across industries, but the development of more long-term solutions that address a future in which what we need to do is mitigate the impact of

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Judge rules against U.S. women's soccer team in equal pay lawsuit

The stars of the U.S. women's soccer team have been dealt a crushing legal defeat in their bid for equal pay. /VCG A federal judge dismissed the United States women's soccer team's bid for equ

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Federalism can't explain America's COVID-19 failures

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, April 15, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Zhu Zheng is an assistant professor focusing on const

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UK backpedals on COVID-19 death toll comparison with Italy

The death toll in the UK was 28,131 as of May 1, just short of the Italian total, increasing pressure on the conservative government which has been accused by the opposition of having acted too s

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Hong Kong reports no new local COVID-19 infection cases for 14 consecutive days

Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported no new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with the total number remaining at 1,039. Hong Kong has no new local infection

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Warren Buffett has something to say about COVID-19 and economy

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, talked about coronavirus and the economic outlook, and answered questions from investors at the company's first-ever virtual share