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The U.S. student-debt crisis – and why it is strange to China

U.S. student debt weighs heavily on the country's economy and young people. /AP Joe Biden may have won the election as a safe centrist, but he is already challenged to a bold move no predecess

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Death in a digital world

/VCG "We used to talk every day but she hasn't been online for a long time. I'm worried she got Covid and died," Humberto said, aimlessly scouring for clues about a friend he had only known on

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Election 2020: Are white Christians new swing voters?

A polling station at a church in West Milton, Ohio, March 16, 2020. /Getty Throughout his first term, one group of Americans who have been reliably in President Donald Trump's corner are white

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Election 2020: Is 'fake news' back for another election?

/AP Social media companies are taking steps to curb online disinformation and fake news on their platforms ahead of the U.S. elections in November when the stakes couldn't be higher.Last week,

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South East Asia's sex workers in coronavirus limbo

The Patpong district of Bangkok has gone dark during COVID-19 pandemic. /Reuters Editor's note:The coronavirus pandemic has infected 13.5 million people and claimed half a million lives. It's

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Is overpopulation to blame for pandemics?

Overpopulation, together with the resulting natural calamities, is an enduring belief in the world of environmental activism. Devastating as it is, COVID-19 is not the first pandemic that has taug

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Why travel bans didn't stop the coronavirus

When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on January 30 the novel coronavirus outbreak "a public health emergency of international concern" (PHEIC), most of the world thought the virus was

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Europe reopens with caution, but questions about early cases remain

Europe is eager to get moving again. After weeks of living under lockdown in a collective effort to flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections, millions of Europeans are going back to work and schoo

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The digital tax dispute: A new front in Trump's trade war?

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump at a welcoming ceremony in Paris, July 13, 2017. /AP Photo As the costly two-year trade standoff between China and the Unit