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Pinterest announces first Black board member

Pinterest has appointed Andrea Wishom, President of real estate company Skywalker Holdings* and former Harpo Studios executive, to its board of directors. The appointment makes her Pinterest’s

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Harris bringing energy, dollars and more to Biden’s campaign

In her first two days as Joe Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris has fired off the campaign’s sharpest criticism of President Donald Trump’s shortcomings. She has vouch

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Human Capital: A timeline of Uber and Lyft’s fight against AB 5 and Pinterest’s fall from grace

Welcome back to Human Capital, where we look at all things labor and diversity, equity and inclusion. This week, Uber and Lyft’s legal battle against a California law pertaining to independent c

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Pinterest employees are walking out today in light of discrimination allegations

Pinterest employees are walking out today to demand change at the company. The walkout is directly in response to recent accusations of racial and gender discrimination at Pinterest.Organizers of the

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Daily Crunch: Uber CEO says CA shutdown may be necessary

Uber’s CEO pushes back against a potential reclassification of drivers, a former COO sues Pinterest and Microsoft reveals details about the Surface Duo. This is your Daily Crunch for August 12,

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U.S. not qualified to build coalition of "clean countries": Chinese FM

The United States is not qualified to build a coalition of "clean countries" because the country itself is dirty all over, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister

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China corrects wrongful criminal cases involving property rights

Courts across China have corrected 190 wrongful criminal cases involving property rights since 2017, China's top court said Friday. A total of 237 people were involved

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Global Business Daily: Santander posts $13bn Q2 loss, Kodak pivots

"The domino effect has been unprecedented. Two million cancellations … because of the uncertainty the announcement has created."That's the answer given by Gloria Guevara of the World Travel and Touri

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Hong Kong suspends legal assistance deals on criminal matters with Canada, Australia, Britain

Hong Kong has suspended the implementation of agreements on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters with Canada, Australia and Britain, respectively. The Hong Kong

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China firmly opposes U.S. visa restrictions over Hong Kong-related issues: embassy

The Chinese embassy in the United States said on Friday that China firmly opposes the U.S. wrongful decision to impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Hong

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The creation of new history through violence towards statues

The Parliament Square statue of Sir Winston Churchill was sprayed with graffiti. /Reuters Editor's note: Mark Hoskin is a doctorate researcher at the School of African and Oriental Studies in

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China opposes United States adding Chinese entities to export control list: spokesperson

China is firmly opposed to the United States adding 33 Chinese entities to its "entity list" of export controls, a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said Friday. In re

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It's time for the U.S. to put people before profits

08:11 Editor's note: The Trump administration has unleashed its attacks on the World Health Organization, threatening to permanently freeze funding and withdraw U.S.' membership. Alfre

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Commentary: U.S. politicians' smear attacks on China reveal irresponsibility, incompetence

The practice of some U.S. politicians to cast blame on others when problems arise is not rare. Under domestic criticism on their sloppy response to the worsening situation of COVID-19, it is not bey

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Senior Chinese diplomat talks with U.S. state secretary by phone, urges anti-epidemic cooperation

Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, held a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pomp

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China firmly opposes Pompeo's groundless accusation of COVID-19 control: spokesperson

Medical worker Kang Liyuan (3rd R) and her colleagues cheer themselves up at Wuhan No. 7 Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Photo by Xiong Fang/Xinhua) "Since Mr. Po

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Michael Jordan and fellow stars pay touching tribute to Kobe Bryant

Michael Jordan has struggled saying goodbye."When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died, and as I look in this arena, across the globe, a piece of you died," so declared the 57-year-old legend with