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China says open to India, others to join COVID-19 conference

China is open to participation by India and other South Asian countries in a virtual conference on fighting COVID-19, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday.The foreign min

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Dating app S’More bets on celebrity content with S’More TV

Dating startup S’More has launched a new feature called S’More TV, which CEO Adam Cohen-Aslatei said could give users new ways to talk to each other. It also bringing the startup closer to

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To be frank, I do not know how to value Honest Company

The Honest Company, a heavily venture-backed consumer goods company, announced an IPO price range this morning, telling investors that it expects to sell shares in its debut at $14 to $17 apiece. The

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Egypt's el-Sisi receives COVID-19 vaccines

FILE PHOTO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. /VCG Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi received his first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday as health authorities continue admini

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Biden hosts second day of virtual climate summit

02:14 U.S. President Joe Biden reinforces the message that America is back on track, tackling the climate crisis. A two-day global summit hosted by the White House made bold commitments

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Senate passes hate crime bill against violence on Asian Americans

The U.S Senate passed legislation Thursday targeting anti-Asian hate crimes after an uptick of incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic. /Xinhua The U.S Senate passed legislation Thursday target

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Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola and Unilever join AB Inbev’s sustainable supply chain accelerator

A clutch of the world’s largest consumer products and food companies are joining Budweiser’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev in backing an investment program to support early stage com

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‘Pure’ nutritional supplements startup Feel closes $6.2M investment, led by Fuel Ventures

Earlier this year we covered the launch of Heights, a new supplements startup in an increasingly hot category. Feel, is a year-old UK startup with another twist on this world: pure nutritional supplem

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Australia to hold inquiry to examine military suicides

Australia will hold a Royal Commission to examine suicides among serving and former military personnel, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, bowing to public p

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Payhawk raises $20 million to unify corporate cards, payments and expenses

Fintech startup Payhawk has raised a $20 million funding round. QED Investors is leading the round with existing investor Earlybird Digital East also participating. Payhawk is building a unified syste

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Detroit VCs weigh in on fundraising and building startups in Michigan and the Midwest

TechCrunch just hosted a small virtual meetup with Detroit startups and venture capitals. Like the one we held last month in Miami, the event was a blast and featured a talk with two local VCs on wh

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Tech firms have 'moral duty' to do more to protect children, home secretary to say

The home secretary will speak at a virtual roundtable discussion about end-to-end message encryption hosted by the NSPCC later.

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Why lichens could hold environmental and medicinal secrets

01:49 On the surface, lichens are small, indiscreet and insignificant, but scientists believe they could play an important role in the fight against climate change and pursuit of new m

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Pakistan temporarily blocks social media

Pakistan has temporarily blocked several social media services in the South Asian nation, according to users and a government-issued notice reviewed by TechCrunch.In an order titled “Complete Blocking

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Should Dell have pursued a more aggressive debt-reduction move with VMware?

When Dell announced it was spinning out VMware yesterday, the move itself wasn’t surprising: there had been public speculation for some time. But Dell could have gone a number of ways in this de

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For startups choosing a platform, a decision looms: Build or buy?

Everyone warns you not to build on top of someone else’s platform.When I first started in VC more than 10 years ago, I was told never to invest in a company building on top of another company’s platfo

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Creatively raises $5M to help creative professionals showcase and find work

Creatively — a startup that helps designers, photographers, illustrators and other creative professionals showcase their work and find their next job — is announcing that it has raised in $5 million.F