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The necessity of a global debt standstill that works

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters is seen in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 13, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Patrick Bolton is professor of economics at Imperia

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Seeking coronavirus compensation from China is a political farce

FILE PHOTO: The White House, United States of America./XINHUA. Note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column "The Real Point."As the coronavirus situation in th

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The Lancet editorial shows how the West turns away from the truth

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APD | Poor Asians dying amid Covid-19

By APD writer AliceThe Covid-19 pandemic has greatly affected all spheres of society. The poor laborers are probably the most affected group and they need the sharing a

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What types of economic recovery are expected after COVID-19?

Editor's note: Iain Begg is a professor at the LSE's European Institute and co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum. Jun Qian is a professor of finance and executive dean at Fanhai International School o

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Global economy may experience four types of recession

China is likely looking at a U-shaped recovery, where a prolonged period of stagnation after the downturn is followed by an eventual return to growth as global demand resumes, while some service-orie

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Can remdesivir treat COVID-19? Early test results suggest unlikelyhood

ReutersNot long after the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a medicine named "remdesivir" emerged in news reports. Many hope this drug, an antiviral designed to

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Will U.S. politicians continue their blame game or conquer the virus?

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New bill calls for cannabis companies to be eligible for federal COVID-19 help

With another major round of COVID-19 federal financial assistance around the corner, two lawmakers in states with previously booming cannabis businesses are asking for the federal government to bring

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7 VCs look into the future of fintech

TechCrunch recently asked a number of venture capitalists who invest in fintech to share their thoughts about the state of the industry; they pulled us into the present moment, drawing from their port

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48 crew on cruise ship docked in Japan's Nagasaki test positive for virus

Fourteen more crew members aboard a cruise ship docked in Nagasaki, southwest Japan, have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number to 48, prefect

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U.S. states, public divided over reopening economy amid pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump is at odds with a number of states run by Democratic governors, in a push-and-shove match over reopening the world's biggest economy. Trump

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A digital future: How going online can help business after pandemic

02:53 "The future is digital" are words you might hear quite often but which are only now becoming a fact, thanks in part to the coronavirus pandemic.From classes and lectures to Frida

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Serbia prepares for post-COVID-19 recovery with $5.5bn economic plan

Experts across the globe estimate that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are heading towards the worst economic crisis since the 1929 Great Depression.In the midst of the outbreak, some countries

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Cowboy VC’s Aileen Lee: Your coronavirus scenario planning should be more conservative

The tech industry (and the world at large) is not experiencing temporary anxiety — the uncertainty we’re all coping with is the new normal.Sudden shifts in behavior have made some startups targe

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A new iPhone email security bug may let hackers steal private data

Apple will patch a newly discovered iPhone vulnerability that security researchers say hackers have already used to steal data from their victims’ devices.News of the vulnerability dropped Wedn

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Relive the heady days of crypto with the “Crypto Rush” documentary

When Liliana Pertenava decided to go all-in on crypto by investing $2,000 in a mining rig in 2017, she went so far down the crypto rabbit-hole she decided to make a documentary about it. If you’re loc