The West Is Split on China. It Needs to Come Together.

America and the European Union each have one fruitless approach to China. They should combine them. HAMBURG, Germany — Maybe it was no coincidence that the German government chose Leipzig as the location for the special E.U.-China summit, scheduled to take place later this year.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/europe-china-united-states.html
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Lauren Boebert, Gun-Rights Activist, Upsets House G.O.P. Incumbent in Colorado

The political novice, who has defied pandemic restrictions to keep her restaurant open and has spoken approvingly of the QAnon conspiracy theory, challenged Scott Tipton on his conservative credentials.

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Senate Approves Extending Small-Business Program

The Senate granted five additional weeks for the remaining money left in the program to be spent.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/politics/ppp-extension.html
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Fauci Says U.S. Could Reach 100,000 Virus Cases a Day as Warnings Grow Darker

The government’s top infectious disease expert told a Senate panel that bars needed to be closed, and the Fed chairman cautioned that “a full recovery is unlikely” until safety is restored. Dr. Anthony S.

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Senate Approves Extending Small-Business Program

The Senate granted five additional weeks for the remaining money left in the program to be spent.

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This Should Be Biden’s Bumper Sticker

He will need a simple, clear message to counter Trump’s “Make America Great Again” trope. I almost — but not quite — feel sorry for Donald Trump.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/opinion/biden-trump-respect.html
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Why Does Trump Put Russia First?

It’s exceedingly difficult to believe that no one told the president about the intelligence on Russian efforts to harm Americans in Afghanistan. Ms. Rice is a former national security adviser.

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Cendana Capital, which has been backing seed funds for a decade, has $278 million more to invest

When in 2010, former VC Michael Kim set out to raise a fund that he would invest in a spate of micro VC managers, the investors to which he turned didn’t get it. Why pay Kim and his firm, Cendana Capital,  a management fee on top of the management fees that the VC managers themselves charge?

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/cendana-capital-which-has-been-backing-seed-funds-for-a-decade-has-278-million-more-to-invest/
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Facebook shuts down Hobbi, its experimental app for documenting personal projects

Facebook’s recently launched app, Hobbi, an experiment in short-form content creation around personal projects, hobbies, and other Pinterest-y content, is already shutting down.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/facebook-shuts-down-hobbi-its-experimental-app-for-documenting-personal-projects/
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Lyft’s self-driving test vehicles are back on public roads in California

Lyft’s self-driving vehicle division has restarted testing on public roads in California, several months after pausing operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Lyft’s Level 5 program said Tuesday some of its autonomous vehicles are back on the road in Palo Alto and at its closed test track.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/lyfts-self-driving-test-vehicles-are-back-on-public-roads-in-california/
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TransferWise to offer investment products but has ‘no plans’ to become a bank

TransferWise, the London-headquartered international money transfer service recently valued at $3.5 billion, has secured an additional license with U.K. regulators to enable it to offer investment products in the future. This will mean that U.K.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/dont-bank-on-it/
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Elementary Robotics is making its quality assurance robots commercially available

Two years and over $17 million after it first began working on its robots for quality assurance, the Los Angeles-based Elementary Robotics has finally made its products commercially available.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/elementary-robotics-is-making-its-quality-assurance-robots-commercially-available/
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A Major Ruling on Abortion

Hosted by Michael Barbaro; produced by Luke Vander Ploeg and Michael Simon Johnson; with help from Asthaa Chaturvedi; and edited by M.J.

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Four Creative Ways to Save Failing Companies

Mergers and buyouts work, but they can exacerbate economic inequality. Here are some different strategies. Many companies in the United States are currently in a particular kind of distress.

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Is Statue-Toppling a Monumental Error?

Where you place yourself along the vanguard-to-vandals spectrum says a lot about how you see the past — and the future. Ms. Collins and Mr. Stephens are opinion columnists. They converse every week.

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The Invisible Essential Workers

Even as states reopen, Covid-19 continues to lay waste to the elderly and those who care for them. This country has a long tradition of banishing ailing seniors, and this neglect extends to the workers who help them eat and dress and nourish their minds and souls.

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The Ghost of Woodrow Wilson

The debts our institutions owe to the problematic past can’t just be canceled. When it comes to hating Woodrow Wilson, I was an early adopter.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/opinion/woodrow-wilson-princeton.html
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Where the Powerful Can Kill the Weak, as Long as They Pay

The Quran introduced blood money as a path to “mercy” and to end tribal conflicts — not as impunity for the rich. Mr. Akyol is a contributing Op-Ed writer.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/opinion/saudi-arabia-Jamal-Khashoggi.html
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Berlin’s DeepSpin raises seed funding for its ‘portable, ultra-low-cost’ MRI system

DeepSpin, a Berlin-based startup that is developing what it describes as a “next-generation, AI-powered MRI imaging machine”, has raised €600,000 in seed funding.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/deepspin/
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Business Embraces Hong Kong’s Security Law. The Money Helps.

A flood of investment from China has tempered worries that Beijing’s tightening grip on the Asian financial capital would end its status as a lucrative place to do business.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/business/china-hong-kong-security-law-business.html
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Facebook launches Avatars, its Bitmoji competitor, in India

Facebook Avatars, which lets users customize a virtual lookalike of themselves for use as stickers in chat and comments, is now available in India, the social juggernaut’s biggest market by users account.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/facebook-launches-avatars-its-bitmoji-competitor-in-india/
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Rethinking Indoor Dining in N.Y.C.

It’s Tuesday. The New York Public Library’s marble lions, Patience and Fortitude, are now wearing giant blue masks to “set an example.” Weather: A high of around 80, with a slight chance of morning showers and thunderstorms later in the day.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/nyregion/coronavirus-restaurants-nyc.html
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Indian ride-hailing giant Ola adds tipping option to its app globally

You can now tip your Ola driver. The Indian ride-hailing giant said on Tuesday that it has rolled out this feature to its users in India, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom — all the nations where it currently operates.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/29/indian-ride-hailing-giant-ola-adds-tipping-option-to-its-app-globally/
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Strap in — a virtual Tour de France kicks off this weekend on the online racing platform Zwift

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on all manner of professional sports this year, and cycling has not been immune. For example, the best-known race on the planet, the Tour de France, normally staged in July, has had to be pushed back to August 29 through September 20.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/29/strap-in-a-virtual-tour-de-france-kicks-off-this-weekend-on-the-online-racing-platform-zwift/
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China’s New National Security Law Looms Over Hong Kong

Chinese lawmakers have approved the law, threatening to curb free speech and protest in Hong Kong after a year of political tumult.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/world/asia/china-hong-kong-national-security-law.html
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Watch the first videoconference, which took place 50 years ago today

In 1964, AT&T unveiled its Picturephone—a telephone with video as well as audio—at the New York World’s Fair and at Disneyland. It was an iconic moment for personal technology.

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After losing Grubhub, Uber reportedly hails Postmates

Uber has reportedly made an offer to buy food delivery service Postmates, according to The New York Times. According to the Times, the talks are still ongoing and the deal could fall through.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/29/after-losing-grubhub-uber-reportedly-hails-postmates/
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N.Y.C., Facing Fiscal Crisis Over Virus, Agrees on Budget With Big Cuts

The mayor and City Council pared $1 billion from the N.Y.P.D., but nearly half of that would come from budgetary sleight of hand.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/nyregion/nyc-budget-police.html
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U.S. suspends export of sensitive tech to Hong Kong as China passes new national security law

The United States government began measures today to end its special status with Hong Kong, one month after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told Congress that Hong Kong should no longer be considered autonomous from China. These include suspending export license exceptions for sensitive U.S.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/29/u-s-suspends-export-of-sensitive-tech-to-hong-kong-as-china-passes-new-national-security-law/
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Banking platform solarisBank raises $67.5 million at $360 million valuation

Despite the Wirecard fallout, German fintech startup solarisBank has raised a Series C funding round of $67.5 million (€60 million). Following today’s funding round, solarisBank is now valued at $360 million (€320 million). solarisBank doesn't have any consumer product directly.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/29/banking-platform-solarisbank-raises-67-5-million-at-360-million-valuation/
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China Passes Security Law With Sweeping Powers Over Hong Kong

Lawmakers in Beijing voted in a process that has been criticized for its secrecy and haste. The law will extend the Communist Party’s reach into Hong Kong.

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Trump Got Written Briefing in February on Possible Russian Bounties, Officials Say

The investigation into Russia’s suspected operation is said to focus in part on the killings of three Marines in a truck bombing last year, officials said.

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How Not to Outlaw Abortion

The restiveness of abortion opponents is working against them. Professor Ziegler teaches at the College of Law at Florida State University.

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Remote School Is a Nightmare. Few in Power Care.

Government should treat the need to reopen schools as an emergency. Scott Stringer, the comptroller of New York City, has sons who are 7 and 8 years old.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/opinion/coronavirus-school-reopening.html
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The Supreme Court Stopped Anti-Abortion Momentum. For Now.

The movement has a long pipeline of new cases that, if taken up by the Supreme Court, could present a more direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. For anti-abortion activists, Monday’s Supreme Court ruling against a Louisiana law delivered a stinging and surprising setback. But perhaps not for long.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/us/abortion-supreme-court.html
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Public Spaces Weren’t Designed for Pandemics. N.Y.C. Is Trying to Adapt.

New rules and design will try to keep New Yorkers safe in the usually crowded plazas, parks and streets. There are calls for one-way sidewalks on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where the concrete is too narrow to keep people six feet apart.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/nyregion/nyc-parks-playgrounds-plazas-coronavirus.html
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‘Feeling Like Death’: Inside a Houston Hospital Bracing for a Virus Peak

As young patients fill new virus wards, Houston Methodist is calling nurses to work extra shifts and ramping up its testing efforts. HOUSTON — Melissa Estrada had tried to be so careful about the coronavirus.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/us/coronavirus-hospital-houston.html
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Coronavirus Is Battering Africa’s Growing Middle Class

From Kenya to Nigeria, South Africa to Rwanda, the pandemic is decimating the livelihoods of the once-stable workers who were helping to drive Africa’s economic expansion.

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Trump’s Self-Inflicted Wound: Losing Swing Voters As He Plays to His Base

The president’s support among bedrock Republicans is almost certainly not enough to win him a second term in the White House, as even some G.O.P. leaders concede.

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Republicans Play Hardball on Judges. Can Democrats Give It a Shot Too?

President Trump’s promises to evangelicals on judges were a key part of shoring up support in 2016. Some Biden backers want to see him run on the courts this time, too.

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American Exceptionalism on the Virus

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A Conversation With a Police Union Leader

Subscribe:transcriptbars0:00/53:28-0:00More episodes ofThe DailyJune 29, 2020  •  53:28A Conversation With a Police Union LeaderJune 28, 2020  •  1:04:14The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Saw America’June 27, 2020  •  15:30A Bit of Relief: The Long Distance ChorusJune 26, 2020A Dilemma

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Mayor de Blasio, Bring Back Summer Jobs

There is still time, and it can be done safely. The economic and social payoff is totally worth it. Dr. Heller and Dr. Kessler are economists who have studied the impact of summer jobs programs for young people in New York City and elsewhere.

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If We Don’t Fix Voting, It Will Be Hard to Fix Anything

Efforts by Trump and his allies to suppress the vote are only part of the problem. What if we made voting an agent of equality, not inequality? And how can we get there?

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Latin America Is Ready for Its Black Lives Matter Reckoning

The systemic racism that goes hand in hand with police brutality in the region is often overlooked. Professor Carvalho is a historian specializing in urbanization.

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Chinese online learning app Zuoyebang raises $750M

Zuoyebang, a Beijing-headquartered startup that runs an online learning app, said on Monday it has raised $750 million in a new financing round as investors demonstrate their continued trust in — and focus on — Asia’s booming edtech market. U.S.

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Celebrating Pride in a Time of Protests and Pandemic

It’s Monday. Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks will offer smaller, unannounced displays in every borough of New York City this week. Weather: Sunny in the high 80s with a small chance of thunderstorms.

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Is It Basketball … or Socialism?

While nobody was looking, the N.B.A. figured out how to fight inequality. Professional sports — the pinnacle of pure competition. Thirty N.B.A. teams stocked with the world’s best basketball players, all vying for one championship trophy.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/opinion/income-inequality-nba-socialism.html
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Americans Need Health Care. It Can’t Be Tied to Their Jobs.

The dual crises of mass unemployment and the coronavirus have laid bare a central flaw of the U.S. health care system. Ms. Interlandi is a member of the editorial board.

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How Republicans Can Take the Lead in the Coronavirus Fight

The Senate can take a page from the market economies around the world that managed to fight the pandemic and safely restore normalcy. Mr. Wilkinson is a Contributing Opinion Writer. Ms. Ohlhaver is the chief executive of ClearPath Surgical.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/opinion/republicans-coronavirus.html
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