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Chinese vice premier holds phone talk with EU official over COVID-19, policy coordination

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held a telephone conversation on Friday night with Valdis Dombrovskis, executive vice president of the European Commission. During their phone talk, Liu, also a member of

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Premier League goes digital with invitational tournament in FIFA 20

ePremier League Invitational tournament by Premier League. /Photo from Premier League Twitter Account Players of the Premier League are about to compete in EA SPORTS' video game FIFA 20 at the

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Ethiopia lauds China's help in anti-pandemic battle

The Chinese medical team arrived at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 16, to join in the fight against the novel coronavirus. /Xinhua Ethiopia has lauded efforts made by Chinese m

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Former Sri Lankan PM urges U.S. to restore funding to WHO

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to place on hold all funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) will have a colossal and detrimental impact on the programs

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Autofleet raises $7.5M to help fleets put idle vehicles into drive

On-demand mobility, when done successfully, strikes a balance between demand and supply while providing reliable service and making a profit. It’s a sweet spot that can be difficult, if not impo

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Mammoth Biosciences receives first peer-reviewed validation of CRISPR-based COVID-19 test

SF-based CRISPR diagnostics startup Mammoth Biosciences has published the first peer-reviewed study that shows validation of using its testing method to detect the presence of COVID-19 in patients. T

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Original Content: Netflix’s ‘Tigertail’ tells a melancholy immigrant story

“Tigertail,” a new film on Netflix, weaves together the past and the present to tell the life story of Pin-Jui, who we first meet as a Taiwanese boy dreaming of moving to America.We soon s

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Punitive liquidation preferences return to VC — don’t do it

As silently and swiftly as it has devastated families and communities around the world, COVID-19 has also left many startups gasping for air. Emerging companies with strong 2020 revenue forecasts have

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Traditional sales and marketing strategies won’t see you through this crisis

I recently got an email from a company that once sold me a pair of jeans. They wanted to talk about COVID-19. I’ve gotten a lot of these emails over the last few weeks, as more and more companie

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Nigeria disease control agency calls for use of masks to stem COVID-19 spread

LAGOS, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday issued a formal advisory of using face masks by the public to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Head of

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Cannes film festival difficult to hold 'in original form': organizers

It will be difficult to hold the Cannes film festival in its original form in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, organizers said Tuesday, adding they were looking at

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IMF projects global economy to contract by 3 pct in 2020

The global economy is on track to contract "sharply" by 3 percent in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, much worse than during the 2008-09 financial crisis, according to the World Economic

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FDA clears N95 decontamination process that could clean up to 4 million masks per day

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a decontamination process provided by company Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) that could see as

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China optimizes sewage treatment charging mechanism in Yangtze River Economic Belt

China has issued a guideline on improving the sewage treatment charging mechanism to promote green development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The move aims to use

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UK central bank to finance government spending in fighting coronavirus

The Treasury and the Bank of England agreed Thursday to temporarily extend the use of the Ways and Means (WM) facility, enabling the government to borrow from the bank

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UN report warns against backsliding in financing for development amid COVID-19

A UN report has warned against backsliding in financing for sustainable development amid the COVID-19 pandemic and called for remedies. The economic and financial shoc

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says no to 'coronabonds'

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel./Photo by Reuters. Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday rejected demands by Italy for common euro zone bonds to mitigate the economic impact of the