01:42 Working from home and paid-time off are 'social distancing' options for some office workers. But, street vendors need face-to-face contact, or they lose their daily incomes. In C
French startup October wants to reduce the pressure on small and medium companies going through the Coronavirus crisis. In order to give them some headroom, companies that have borrowed money on Octob
Conservation efforts are slowly boosting the numbers of critically endangered African black rhinos, new data released on Thursday shows.The rhino population increased at an annual rate of 2.5 perc
Since the COVID-19 outbreak in China from January, the art world has come to a sudden halt. With major museums, fairs, and galleries canceling events and exhibitions al
Many in China have tried online medical platforms during the COVID-19 outbreak, and the providers of free remote consultation are hoping to further boost their business even after the pandemic is ove
Instagram is finally preparing to copy Snapchat’s most popular feature, and one of the few it hasn’t already cloned. Instagram has prototyped an unreleased ephemeral text messaging featur
Neighborhood social networking app Nextdoor has introduced two new features, Help Maps and Groups, to give people a way to better support one another during the coronavirus outbreak. The Help Map offe
The modest handover ceremony took place at the marble Panathinaic Stadium of Athens, which hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896. The ceremony was closed to spectat
With a high-speed railway train carrying 551 migrant workers departing central China's Hubei Province Thursday, the province hard-hit by the coronavirus are sending mo
Editor's Note: This article is an edited version of Carl Johnson's answer to the question of "As someone who lives in China, how do you feel they are combating COVID-19?" on Quora on March 19, 202
Editor's note: Azhar Azam works in a private organization as a market and business analyst and writes about geopolitical issues and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opinions,
Dozens of startups have stepped up in India in recent quarters to improve banking experience for millions of users and businesses in the country. As a result, tens of thousands of people who could not
00:59 Despite the coronavirus pandemic forcing several Tokyo 2020 qualifiers to be canceled or postponed, the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) said their preparations for the Summer Gam
Editor's note:Ji Xianbai, PhD, is a research fellow with the International Political Economy Program of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Detroit’s big three automakers are to shut down all factories due to fears over the coronavirus. Details are still in the works and will be announced shortly.Over the last few days, United Auto Worker
Deliveroo says it is committed to providing financial support for riders during the coronavirus outbreak.
Many companies have been designed to optimize productivity when everybody is in the office. As offices close due to the coronavirus outbreak, many people are experimenting with remote work at scale fo