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Musical drama 'The Wings of Songs' showcases beautiful Xinjiang

01:00 The musical drama "The Wings of Songs" reveals the diverse culture and beautiful scenery of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Released on Sunday,

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Wonders of Sanxingdui: Gold ornaments

The much anticipated archaeological excavation of Sanxingdui Ruins in southwest China's Sichuan Province is underway and multiple gold leaves have been extracted from t

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Pink robin: A plump bundle of cuteness

The pink robin, endemic to southeastern Australia, is a cute plump little bird that is adored by many. Only the male pink robin has the distinctive pink breast which contrasts with the black colored

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Global-e files to go public as e-commerce startups enjoy a renaissance

Global-e, an e-commerce platform that helps online sellers reach global consumers, filed to go public this morning. The company’s F-1 filing is here, if you’d like to read along.While Glob

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Daily Crunch: PayPal acquires Curv

PayPal acquires a cryptocurrency startup, Apple discontinues the iMac Pro and McAfee sells its enterprise business. This is your Daily Crunch for March 8, 2021.The big story: PayPal acquires CurvThis

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MIT’s insect-sized drones are built to survive collisions

Insects are a lot of things – but fragile they’re not. Sure, most can’t withstand the full force of a human foot, but for their size, they’re evolve to be extremely rugged and resilient. Insect-

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Confucius Museum keeps tradition alive

Modern approach to cultural heritage proves popular. Patissier Zhou Chuanmei (right) makes tangyuan, a type of stuffed dumpling ball made of glutinous rice flour for Lantern Festival, with one of

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Joby Aviation takes flight into the public markets via a SPAC merger

Joby Aviation, a startup that has spent a more than a decade developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft, will become a public company through a merger with Reinvent T

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UEFA Champions League: Porto sucker punch Juventus – twice

As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Serie A's Juventus must have felt brutally ashamed of themselves upon returning to Italy after they got made fool of, no

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Locus Robotics has raised a $150M Series E

Massachusetts-based Locus Robotics today announced a $150 million Series E. The round, led by Tiger Global Management and Bond, brings the firm’s total to around $250 to date, and values the robotics

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'Once-in-a-lifetime moment' as one of UK's rarest types of bees discovered

The insect used to be widespread throughout the country, but its numbers have declined by 80% over the last century.

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Equity Monday: The electric car boom, tech regulation, and some sad American VC data

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private

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Coupang files for mega US IPO

Earlier today, South Korean e-commerce and delivery giant Coupang filed to go public in the United States. As a private company, Coupang has raised billions, including capital from American venture ca

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How will investors value MetroMile and Oscar Health?

Last night, MetroMile and SPAC INSU Acquisition Corp. II completed their combination, putting the per-mile auto insurance startup up for regular trading today for the first time.In the wake of last ye

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Mystery of butterfly flight finally cracked by scientists

The "fascinating" and "elegant" mechanism "is far more advanced than we imagined" said one of the scientists behind the findings.

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Wall Street hugs Affirm as it starts life as a public company

And we’re off to the races!Last night, Affirm priced its IPO above its raised range at $49 per share, a sign that the public markets remain hungry for new listings. Provided that Affirm today tr

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New U.S. tariffs hit French, German aircraft parts, wines

A barman pours a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau wine in a bistro in Paris, France, November 20, 2019. /Reuters The U.S. government has begun collecting new duties on aircraft parts and other prod