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Italy to impose night curfew from Thursday amid rising Covid-19 cases

Women wearing face masks walk in downtown Rome, Italy. /VCG Image The Italian government announced a raft of other measures to contain a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which is also

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Xi announces new measures for expanding all-round opening up

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday announced new measures for expanding all-round opening up in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the third China Int

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Xi Jinping: China will open its market even further

04:11 China will take more measures to further open its market, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday in his video speech at the opening of the China International Import Expo

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Analysis: What Xi Jinping said at CIIE has become a reality

Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a keynote speech via video link at the opening ceremony of the third China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on Wednesday. This would be the third

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New policies boost cross-border e-commerce in China amid pandemic

Cross-border e-commerce in China is on track for growth this year despite global lockdowns that constrained shipping capacity and supply chain operations in the early months of the COVID-19 pandem

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Main economic takeaways from CPC's proposals for 14th Five-Year Plan

China has attained decisive achievements in securing a victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, according to the full text of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central

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CIIE – China's gift for the world to bolster open global economy

After achieving success in the "people's war" against the coronavirus pandemic, China is now going to host the third edition of the China International Import Expo (CII

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CIIE – China's gift for the world to bolster open global economy

After achieving success in the "people's war" against the coronavirus pandemic, China is now going to host the third edition of the China International Import Expo (CII

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Beijing set to open up services sector and digital economy

Beijing plans to build a comprehensive demonstration zone to fulfill China's initiative to drive innovation-based development and further open up its services sector and digital economy. Beijing

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The scooter battle for New York City is on

New York City, one of the most coveted shared micromobility markets in the industry, has released its request for interest in its electric scooter pilot, officially kicking off what promises to be a c

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Microsoft announces its first Azure data center region in Taiwan

After announcing its latest data center region in Austria earlier this month and an expansion of its footprint in Brazil, Microsoft today unveiled its plans to open a new region in Taiwan. This new r

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Human Capital: Court ruling could mean trouble for Uber and Lyft as gig workers may finally become employees

Welcome back to Human Capital! As many of you know, Human Capital is a weekly newsletter where I break down the latest in labor, as well as diversity and inclusion in tech. It’s officially avail

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Boston Dynamics’ Spot is getting an arm and self-charging dock next year

Boston Dynamics’ new CEO Rob Playter told TechCrunch that the company has now sold around 260 of its sophisticated Spot robot as of his appearance at Disrupt last month. While the company faced some

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Microsoft Azure announces its first region in Austria

Microsoft today announced its plans to launch a new data center region in Austria, its first in the country. With nearby Azure regions in Switzerland, Germany, France and a planned new region in nort

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New York State sets new record of COVID-19 testing: governor

VCG PhotoNew York State broke a new COVID-19 testing record on Friday, with over 159,000 tests reported, Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted on Saturday."We do more testing t

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Elon Musk’s Las Vegas Loop might only carry a fraction of the passengers it promised

In pandemic-free years, America’s biggest trade show, CES, attracts more than 170,000 attendees, bringing traffic that jams surrounding roads day and night. To help absorb at least some of the congest

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China will "never" be part of arms control talks with U.S. and Russia: Chinese envoy at UN

China's envoy to the UN Geng Shuang said on Monday that China will not join the so-called "trilateral arms control negotiation" with the U.S. and Russia as the U.S. int