China's Tiangong space station welcomed its first female astronaut Wang Yaping, on October 16. Wang, who has drawn much attention at home and abroad, will become the fi
Athletes, officials and other prominent figures in sports have paid tribute to Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop, who was found stabbed to death on Wednesday at her ho
Angela Merkel urged Germans on Sunday to forge a common future that draws on their diverse backgrounds, harking back to the 2015 decision to admit 1 million refugees th
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The Pentagon is directing military service members, civilian employees and contractors to report when they have symptoms of the so-called "Havana syndrome," The New Yor
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Meetings are an inevitable part of the work day, but as workplaces became more distributed over the past 18 months, Vowel CEO Andy Berman says we are steadily moving toward “death by meeting.”His virt
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Washington D.C’s Howard University has canceled classes after becoming the latest educational institution to be hit by a ransomware attack.The incident was discovered on September 3, just weeks after
HoneyBee, a startup that aims to help companies provide access to financial support for their employees, announced today it has raised $5.7 million in equity in a round led by FFVC.Resolute Ventures,
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The Simatai section of the Great Wall in Beijing. /CFPEndless mountains, an ancient brick fortification that runs along the ridge, is this still the only picture in you
Dukaan, a one-year-old Bangalore-based startup that enables merchants to set up online stores and sell products digitally, said on Monday it has raised $11 million in a new financing round as it looks
Karlis Skrastins (#3) of the Nashville Predators and Craig Conroy of the St. Louis Blues challenge for the puck in the NHL pre-season game at the Savvis Center Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.,