text

Cuba talks on freedom of expression break down after rare protest

Dialogue over freedom of expression between Cuba's government and artists who organized a rare protest last week hit an impasse Friday as communist authorities accused

text

Trump lawyers claim 40,000 double votes in latest Nevada lawsuit

In a last ditch effort to alter the 2020 presidential election results, the Trump campaign filed another lawsuit telling a Nevada judge they had evidence of deceased pe

text

China's global economic importance is not in doubt

Editor's note:Ken Moak taught economic theory, public policy and globalization at the university level for 33 years. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CG

text

Longtime investor and operator Adam Nash says he just launched a new fintech startup

Adam Nash, a Silicon Valley-born-and-bred operator and investor, is back at it again.Today, on his personal blog, he announced that he has started a consumer fintech company that has already garnered

text

Longtime investor and operator Adam Nash says he just launched a new fintech startup

Adam Nash, a Silicon Valley-born-and-bred operator and investor, is back at it again.Today, on his personal blog, he announced that he has started a consumer fintech company that has already garnered

text

Vista acquires Gainsight for $1.1B, adding to its growing enterprise arsenal

Vista Equity Partners hasn’t been shy about scooping up enterprise companies over the years, and today it added to a growing portfolio with its purchase of Gainsight. The company’s softwar

text

El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala stage mass raids on gangs

SAN SALVADOR, El Savador (AP) — The Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have rounded up hundreds of suspected street gang members as part

text

4 UN humanitarian airlifts for Ethiopia refugees lands in Khartoum

Ethiopian refugees gather in the Qadarif region, eastern Sudan, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. /AP An airplane loaded with humanitarian supplies for people fleeing violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region

text

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, while cities and counties set records for coronavirus infections

As the United States heads into the holiday weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving, masses of Americans are choosing to ignore experts’ recommendations to avoid travel and i

text

Kenya records 727 new COVID-19 cases

Kenya's health ministry on Tuesday confirmed 727 new cases of COVID-19 from 4,913 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed positive infections to 78,512. /Getty Image

text

Kenya records 413 new COVID-19 cases

The Kenyan Ministry Of Health on Monday said 413 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 3,489 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 77,785 the total number of confirmed infe

text

Putin Reveals Why He Hasn't Yet Congratulated Biden

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was not guided by ulterior motives when he withheld congratulations for Joe Biden on his projected presidential victory amid Do

text

A bug meant Twitter Fleets could still be seen after they disappear

Twitter is the latest social media site to allow users to experiment with posting disappearing content. Fleets, as Twitter calls them, allows its mobile users post short stories, like photos or video

text

Pompeo Doctrine: A lesson in anti-diplomacy

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) and Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Gabi Ashkenazi visit the Golan Heights, November 19, 2020. / Getty Editor's note:Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-ba

text

50,658 recoveries from COVID-19 as Kenya records 1,459 infections

Health workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) record the details of residents, as they stand at a social distance from each other, during a Covid-19 testing drive at Olympic Primary Schoo

text

Near acquires Teemo to expand its data business into Europe

Two companies in the data business are teaming up, with Near announcing that it has acquired French startup Teemo.Near founder and CEO Anil Mathews told me that his company processes data around the

text

Portugal’s Faber reaches $24.3M for its second fund aimed at data-driven startups from Iberia

Portuguese VC Faber has hit the first close of its Faber Tech II fund at €20.5 million ($24.3 million). The fund will focus on early-stage data-driven startups starting from Southern Europe and the Ib