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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Sep 10- Sep 16)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Biden to nominate ca

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Harris criticizes 'extremist' Republican leaders

With the midterm elections less than two months away, Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday said the "stakes could not be higher" as both parties wrestle for control

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U.S. gymnast Simone Biles quits two more Olympics finals

Simone Biles withdrew from the vault and uneven bar apparatus finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday as the U.S. gymnast continued to wrestle with mental health issues."Today, after further consult

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Biden’s $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

President Joe Biden is proposing a $6 trillion budget for next year that’s piled high with new safety net programs for the poor and middle class, but his generosity dep

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Emergence Capital cofounder Jason Green on transitioning out of the firm, and what’s next

Succession is a major issue for many venture firms. Institutional investors, founders — even reporters — often get attached to individual members of a team, and when one of those individua

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From pickup basketball to market domination: My wild ride with Coupang

A month ago, Coupang arrived on Wall Street with a bang. The South Korean e-commerce giant — buoyed by $12 billion in 2020 revenue — raised $4.55 billion in its IPO and hit a valuation as high as $109

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Indoor studios reopen but face competition from at-home equipment

02:38 Indoor fitness studios in New York City have been allowed to reopen marking a big step forward for a sector hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.But over the past year fitness habit

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Brussels faux pas: Sanctions on China are outside EU's jurisdiction

Head of the EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell appears at a press conference during a visit to the headquarters of the EU's Irini naval operation in Rome, Italy, March 18, 2021.

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A glimpse inside the minds of tech’s DEI leaders

Diversity and inclusion as an idea has been on the agenda of tech companies for years now. But the industry still lacks true inclusion, despite best efforts put forth by heads of diversity, equity and

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Sidelines | Hanging by a thread of hair no longer

Sidelines is a column by CGTN's Social Media DeskBy the time I got my second haircut in March 2020, I'd looked like Grundgetta of Sesame Street.Spring was forging on in

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Zambia default 'test case' for Africa debt relief

President Edgar Lungu has to wrestle with conflicting pressures for economic reform and popular infrastructure projects as Zambia negotiates on debt relief with the IMF. /AFP Zambia and the In

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Somali government intercepts weapons, ammunitions

Somali government said Monday it has launched investigations into the origin of the sophisticated weapons and ammunitions which it intercepted while being smuggled into the country. /VCG Somal

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'On a knife-edge': Britain, EU in last-ditch trade talks

Britain and the European Union will make a last-ditch attempt to strike a post-Brexit trade deal this week, with probably just days left for negotiators to avert a chaotic parting of ways at the end

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Former Facebook and Pinterest exec Tim Kendall traces “extractive business models” to VCs

Last month, former Facebook and Pinterest executive Tim Kendall told Congress during a House hearing on the dangers of social media that Facebook made its products so addictive because its ad-driven

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Australia's march to a new 'yellow peril'

Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain and

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Biden campaign calls out Facebook for spreading Team Trump’s dangerous voting lies

In a new letter to its chief executive on the eve of the first presidential debate, the Biden campaign slammed Facebook for its failure to act on false claims about voting in the U.S. election.In the

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COVID-19: What is mobility data?

02:34 In these pandemic times, U.S. state and local officials wrestle with making decisions on social restrictions, business operations and when-and-if to open schools.They'reweighinga