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Total confirmed COVID-19 cases exceed 100 in United States

U.S. health authorities on Tuesday reported a total of 108 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and a death toll of nine in the country. New Hampshire, Georgia and North Caroli

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Coronavirus cases rise to 24 in Austria

Six more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Austria on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Alpine country to 24, according to the Ministry of Health. There

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Baby bumblebees brain damaged by insecticide

The chemical studied is banned from use on field crops in the EU but not in other parts of the world.

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Dow closes down over 780 points despite Fed's interest-rate cut

A trader works at New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, Feb. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying) U.S. stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, with the Dow closing down more than 780 points, despite

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WHO chief calls for more production of personal protective equipment

A medical technology company staffer works beside a surgical dressing production line in Changxing County of Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 6, 2020.(Photo by Tan Yunfeng/Xinhua)For each

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Sensel raises a $28M Series A to bring pressure sensing tech to more mobile devices

I was honestly a surprised to find out from Sensel that the company is only just recently raising its Series A. The Sunnyvale-based hardware startup has been around since 2013, bringing its first prod

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Girl, 11, gets R2-D2 bionic arm - and shows it off to Luke Skywalker

Bella Tadlock, who was born with defects in her arms and hands, is the first person in the US to receive the Star Wars arm.

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Challenges loom as Afghan peace process enters critical phase

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,

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EU vows to help nationals 'outside the mainstream' stay in UK

Prisoners and members of the Roma community, along with elderly people and the poorest in society, will be the focus of a new EU push to help Europeans “outside the mai

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Trump campaign turning MAGA rallies into slick, locally targeted TV ads

While President Donald Trump delivered a fiery speech at his South Carolina rally Friday night, blasting Democrats and defending his administration’s coronavirus respon

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Pixel phones updated with new gesture controls, emoji, AR effects & more

One of the benefits of owning a Pixel smartphone is that it improves over time as Pixels are first to receive updates that deliver the latest fixes and improvements. The first round of new features ar

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Podium rolls out payments for its customer-focused local business SaaS service

Podium, a Utah-based SaaS company focused on small business customer interactions, added payments technology to its product suite today. The move accretes a new income stream to the company’s qu

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Could lessons from the challenger bank revolution kick-start innovation on the climate crisis?

Now that the world is swimming in data we may be able to address the climate and environmental risks to the planet. But while there is plenty of capital to invest in things like ClimateTech, a lot of

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China offers further support for young writers, artists

The China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) has launched a program to further support the country's young literary and artistic workers, according to the

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SpaceX and Tesla documents leaked online by hackers

Cyber extortionists hacked into of the company's suppliers, Visser Precision, and stole the commercial information.

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British Council and Embassy applaud China's fighting COVID-19 effort

04:37 In an effort to show British people's support for China in its fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak, with the support of the British Embassy, the British

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France closes the Louvre as virus spreads to new fronts

Coronavirus cases surged in Italy, and France closed the world-famous Louvre Museum as the epidemic that began in China sent fear rising across Western Europe, threaten