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Gillmor Gang: When Doves Cry

Usually we wait a few days until a show has settled. While we stall, our producer and director Tina Chase Gillmor scours the recording for short clips that give a sense of the flavor and tenor of the

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Tennis: Generation shift is coming

At the age of 24, Alexander Zverev of Germany wins the Madrid Open men's singles title in Madrid, Spain, May 9, 2021. /CFP The recent success of younger players on the men's tour points to an

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Kenya's positivity rate at 3.6pc as it records 66 new COVID cases

Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe also reported 12 more deaths but explained that one occurred over the last one month while 11 were late death reports confirmed during the audit of facility records

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Eyeing reelection bid, Macron looks to repair French economy

President Emmanuel Macron’s plans for bringing France out of the pandemic aren't just about resuscitating long-closed restaurants, boutiques and museums. They are also

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Vaccine patent row rages, Germany 'breaks' third wave: COVID Bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized the proposal by the U.S. to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines. She stated it would have "serious implications"

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Billionaires Bill Gates and wife Melinda to get divorced after 27 years

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda are to get divorced, he has said.In a message on the Microsoft founder's Twitter account, the couple said they made the decision after "a great deal of thought and a l

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European roundup: Benzema fires Real Madrid to top, Man City march on

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema celebrates during their La Liga clash with Cadiz at Estadio Ramon de Carranza in Cadiz, Spain, April 21, 2021. /CFP Real Madrid enjoyed temporary respite from their

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Pittsburgh Steelers extend coach Mike Tomlin's contract by three years

Mike Tomlin, head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. /CFP The Pittsburgh Steelers signed a three-year contract extension with their head coach Mike Tomlin on Tuesday. Via that deal, the two sid

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CMG president: A shared language in many voices

08:56 Shen Haixiong, president of China Media Group (CMG), has congratulated the winners and other participants in the first CMG Chinese Language Video Festival while e

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Faster internet improves quality of life in China's remote villages

A worker climbs on a wooden pole to examine optical fiber internet cables. /CGTNAbout 80 residents currently live in Linjiagou village in northeastern China's Fushun Ci

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Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform

Four years ago, MasterClass, a platform that sells celebrity-taught classes, invited chess legend Garry Kasparov to teach a class. He said yes, but soon realized that creating a message that could sat

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Men of the people: Volunteer projectionist brings films to rural areas

Editor's note: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Of the CPC's 90 million members, many have become pioneers in thei

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GV partner Terri Burns is joining us to judge the Startup Battlefield

One of the best parts of TechCrunch Disrupt is the Startup Battlefield competition, and one of the most important pieces of the Startup Battlefield is our lineup of expert judges — they’re the o

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Mind blown: Modern brains evolved much more recently than thought

Skulls of early homo from Dmanisi, Georgia (specimen D4500, L) and Sangiran, Indonesia (specimen S17, R). /AFP Modern brains are younger than originally thought, possibly developing as recentl

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PSG win thriller at Bayern, Chelsea bounce back to outclass Porto

PSG's Kylian Mbappe takes just three minutes to make his mark during their Champions League clash with Bayern Munich at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, April 7, 2021. /CFP Kylian Mbappe insi

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Rare sight of a newly molted horseshoe crab

Beihai City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is one of the few places in the country were horseshoe crabs live and breed. On the intertidal zones in a

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India’s CRED valued at $2.2 billion in new $215 million fundraise

Two-year-old CRED has become the youngest Indian startup to be valued at $2 billion or higher.Bangalore-based CRED said on Tuesday it has raised $215 million in a new funding round — a Series D