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Canadian residents struggle with restrictions amid third COVID-19 wave

02:50 In the U.S., where vaccination rates are relatively high, there is optimism that the worst of the pandemic is over. Not so north of the border. Canada is struggling with a third w

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The health data transparency movement is birthing a new generation of startups

In the early 2000s, Jeff Bezos gave a seminal TED Talk titled “The Electricity Metaphor for the Web’s Future.” In it, he argued that the internet will enable innovation on the same scale that electric

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India's COVID Horror: Gov't fails to foresee raging second wave

08:14 As the coronavirus death toll surpasses 20,0000 in India, the country suffered a deadly second wave. What is the ground situation of COVID-19 in India? And how are ordinary people

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India's daily COVID-19 cases spike to new global record

India's COVID-19 infections crossed the 18 million mark on Thursday (Apr 29) with almost 380,000 new cases, breaking another world record for new daily infections./Xinhua India's COVID-19 infe

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The TechCrunch Survey of Dutch tech hubs: Calling Delft, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Utrecht

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UK close to 'bottom level' of COVID-19: Van-Tam

The UK is "at or close to the bottom" of coronavirus levels, according to England's deputy chief medical officer. /VCG The UK is "at or close to the bottom" of coronavirus levels, according to

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China urges Japan to revoke wastewater dump decision and apologize

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday called on the Japanese government to revoke its decision to dump nuclear polluted water into the ocean and apologize, in response to a q

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COVID-19 virus variant from India found in at least 17 countries: WHO

People wait in line at a local COVID-19 vaccination center in the Goregaon suburb of Mumbai, India, April 27, 2021. /CFP The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that a variant of viru

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Peruvians still struggling with COVID deaths, vaccine access

01:41 A slow vaccine rollout and record deaths in a second wave of infections has provoked fears in Peru that the country could face a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Officially, there are

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3rd batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines handed over to Pakistan

Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan (L, front) addresses the handover ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, on April 26, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Hao) The third batch

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China willing to assist India to fight new wave of COVID-19 pandemic

China is willing to provide support and assistance to India to help it combat its new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic once the India side asks for specific demands, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperso

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Bangladesh bans travelers' entry from India

A health worker checks a passenger's temperature and pulse at a railway station platform amid the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2021. /Reuters Bangladesh has imposed a ban on t

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Russia puts U.S. on list of 'unfriendly countries'

Russia has put the U.S. on its list of "unfriendly" states, Russian news agency TASS reported on Monday, quoting Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.The move comes amid an escalating diploma

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Iran to bar travellers from India over COVID-19 variant, officials say

Iran said on Saturday that it would bar travellers from India over a COVID-19 variant to avert its spread in the already stricken country.Officials, however, did not sa

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COVID-19 vaccination moves slowly in Peru

02:32 A slow vaccine rollout and record deaths in a second wave of infections has provoked fears in Peru thatthe countrycould face a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Officially, there are mo

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Oxygen shortage threatens thousands in India as pandemic cases surge

Cases of the coronavirus have skyrocketed in India, with hospitals begging for more supplies, the most important one being oxygen, to help patients struggling to breathe, the Associated Press reports

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The TechCrunch Germany Survey – Calling Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Bielefeld, Frankfurt

TechCrunch is embarking on a major new project to survey European founders and investors in cities outside the larger European capitals.Over the next few weeks, we will ask entrepreneurs in these citi