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Governments have failed to meet internationally agreed goals to protect global biodiversity, revealed a UN report released on Tuesday.In 2010, under Aichi Biodiversity Targets, governments agreed
For founders who have a startup idea — but few engineering skills to make it a reality — making the team’s first technical hire can be a daunting task.Nontechnical founders will face greater cha
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. /VCG Image A proposal by the Republican Party to tackle the health and economic crises caused by the coronavirus pandemic failed to adv
Typically, institutional investors favor managers who’ve spun out of an established firm over those who’ve broken into venture from outside. Spin-outs are seen as a lower-risk, safer bet.On the surfac
TOP HEADLINES- The UK's 2,948 recorded cases over the 24 hours to Monday is its second biggest daily tally since May. England's deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said the rise was of grea
More than 25 million people around the world have been infected with COVID-19 and 842,702 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.While Europe is no longer the
Protestors against coronavirus restrictions gather around the Victory column in Berlin, Germany. /John MacDougall/AFP TOP HEADLINES- More than 25 million people around the world have been inf
U.S. consumer confidence dropped to a more than six-year low in August as households worried about the labor market and incomes, casting doubts on the sustainability of the economy's recovery from th
VCG U.S. schools are facing shortages and long delays of laptops and other equipment required for online learning of up to several months, as the Trump administration's sanctions on Chinese su
On August 13, 2020, the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil dispatched troops to disinfect major tourist attractions ahead of their reopening. /CFP Latin America has assumed the undesirable mantl
We are still walking through Palantir’s leaked S-1, which as of the time of this writing, hasn’t yet been filed and published by the SEC. This morning, we discussed some of Palantir’
Experts have voiced concerns over the U.S.' inaction in joining the international community to help Africa amid the pandemic, the continent hit hardest by COVID-19. "T
A "Clean Plate Campaign" has been launched across China as the country steps up measures to reduce wastage of food.In response to the nationwide campaign, catering serv
"I expect growth to turn positive in the July-September quarter. But globally, the rebound is sluggish everywhere except for China."Hopeful words from Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Japan's Norin
TOP HEADLINES:- Russia has started to manufacture its new COVID-19 vaccine, despite many countries urging more testing. The first vaccine to go into production, it will be rolled out by the end of th
Paris and the Bouches-du-Rhone area around Marseille are classified as high-risk zone for coronavirus infection, said a government decree published on Friday, a move t
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