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WHO should not be used as puck to settle political accounts: Russian deputy FM

The World Health Organization (WHO) should not be used as a puck to settle political accounts, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Tuesday."The WHO shou

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Trump to meet GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill as coronavirus response enters new phase

President Donald Trump plans to come to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to have lunch with Republicans, two GOP sources told NBC News, as the government's response to the coron

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Xilinx launches a new reconfigurable space-grade chip optimized for local machine learning on orbit

Space-specific silicon company Xilinx has developed a new processor for in-space and satellite applications that records a number of firsts: It’s the first 20nm process that’s rated for u

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African countries need ‘startup acts’ more than ever to support innovation

As the fallout from COVID-19 continues to grip Africa’s major economies, the tech ventures in those countries need state support.National legislation that creates clear frameworks and operational supp

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IOC president calls on governments to include sport in COVID-19 recovery plans

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has asked governments to include sport in their COVID-19 recovery plans, particularly because of the economi

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Chinese Athletics Association issues guideline for online running events

Participants at the starting point of the 2019 Beijing Marathon in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 3, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)Chinese Athletics

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How can Tencent Games help reduce poverty in a remote area?

02:29 China is continuing with its mission to alleviate poverty even during the difficult pandemic period. Less developed areas are receiving help from government, social organizations

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Some investors turn to cutting fully remote checks while sheltering in place

By March 16, founder Janine Yancey was tired of playing the waiting game. After watching the stock market take yet another unprecedented nosedive due to coronavirus, she called up a potential investor

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Alternative assets are becoming mainstream

The way we invest is changing. Technology makes investing easy and more accessible than ever. Meanwhile, Millennials and Gen Z are gravitating away from public equity investments.These changes have le

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China urges consistent efforts to keep COVID-19 from rebounding

Chinese authorities on Friday urged efforts to prevent any "new burning point" for the outbreak of COVID-19 from emerging, as no potential risk for another wide spread

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Tesla to debut new secret battery in its Model 3 sedan in China

VCG Electric car maker Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric ve

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Chinese medical experts arrive in Algeria to help fight COVID-19

A team of Chinese medical experts on Thursday arrived in Algiers, capital of Algeria, to help the North African country fight the coronavirus. During their 15-day stay in Algeria, the Chinese expe

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Forerunner Ventures’ Kirsten Green demystifies the COVID-19 consumer

“In general, the consumer has proven to be more resilient than I would have thought,” said Kirsten Green, founder of Forerunner Ventures, which has investments in breakout D2C stars like G

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UK might use sewage to track coronavirus hotspots

By looking at waste water, scientists could be able to track the way the virus moves through communities.

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FeaturePeek moves beyond Y Combinator with $1.8M seed

FeaturePeek’s founders graduated from Y Combinator in Summer 2019, which for an early stage startup must seem like a million years ago right now. Despite the current conditions though, the compa

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93% of Chinese minors are now online

Children and teenagers in China are hyper-connected and using the internet in ways that were unimaginable and inaccessible to earlier generations.As many as 175 million people under the age of 18, or

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Cyprus extends commercial flight ban, hopes to spur tourism

Cyprus on Monday extended a ban on commercial flights into and out of the country until May 28 as the government considers ways to restore the country's tourism industry to meet an anticipated swe