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Italy-China digital B2B event kicks off amid COVID-19 pandemic

A digital event dedicated to Italy-China trade kicked off Tuesday with a virtual B2B meeting between 26 Chinese buyers and 36 Italian furniture companies. The event, first of the three, runs until J

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UEFA to pick Lisbon as Champions League knockout rounds host

Atletico Madrid's Alvaro Morata celebrates scoring their third goal during their Champions League clash with Liverpool, England, March 11, 2020. /VCG The Champions League final is heading to

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UEFA to pick Lisbon as Champions League knockout rounds host

Atletico Madrid's Alvaro Morata celebrates scoring their third goal during their Champions League clash with Liverpool, England, March 11, 2020. /VCG The Champions League final is heading to

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WHO official says concerned many countries still on upswing of pandemic

World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it's concerned that many countries, particularly the global south, are still on the upswing of the COVID-19 pandemic, and again called for global

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China-ASEAN Year of Digital Economy Cooperation kicks off

02:19 China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) kicked off a new era on Friday as they launched the China-ASEAN Year of Digital Economy Cooperation via teleconferenc

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Amazon stops police using its face-recognition tech

The Amazon logo is seen at a company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, April 22, 2020. /Reuters Amazon on Wednesday announced a one-year ban on police use of its facial reco

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Insurance data analytics platform Planck raises $16 million Series B

Planck, an AI-based data platform for insurance underwriting, announced today that it has raised a $16 million Series B led by Team8 Capital. All of the startup’s existing investors—Viola FinTech, Arb

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The top 4 centers of the 1990s – Patrick Ewing

Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks reacts in the game at Madison Square Garden in New York City, 1995. /VCG Patrick Ewing may be the most unfortunate of the top four centers in the 1990s. He

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Delay in UK lockdown has cost many lives admits government advisor

John Edmunds wishes that the UK had put lockdown measures in place earlier. BBC/The Andrew Marr Show Failure to implement a UK lockdown earlier has cost many lives admits government scientific

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S. Africans stand in solidarity with African Americans in fighting racial injustice: president

South Africans "stand in solidarity with our African-American brothers and sisters" in fighting racial injustice, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday. "The killing of George Floyd has opened

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China, Serbia sign memorandum on space technology

China and Serbia on Friday signed a memorandum on space technology which aims, among other things, to put the Serbian national flag on co-designed spacecraft in the future.The memorandum was signe

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India Moots Drone Ports Across Country in Maiden Policy for Use, Manufacturing of UAVs

The negative public sentiments simmering against China in light of the coronavirus pandemic have taken a turn towards a #BoycottMadeInChina movement in India. Indians a

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WHO says it hopes to continue collaboration with U.S.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that his organization hopes to continue cooperation with the United Stat

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Serie A unveils nightmarish schedule for remainder of the season

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring the second goal during the Serie A game between Juventus and Parma at Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, January 19, 2020. /VCG Cristiano Ronaldo and o

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Manchester United extend Ighalo loan deal from Shanghai Shenhua

Manchester United’s Odion Ighalo trains on his own again in a public park in Cheshire, England, May 15, 2020. /VCG Manchester United on Monday announced an extension of the loan deal for Niger

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Divide rises in White House as protests enter sixth day

Protests continued for a sixth day across the U.S. over the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In total, more than 20 states and about

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PSG splash £52m to sign Mauro Icardi from Inter Milan

Mauro Iardi of PSG celebrates during the Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain and Dijon FCO at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, February 29, 2020. /VCG Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have si