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Trump makes 1st public appearance since his hospital stay

President Donald Trump on Saturday made his first public appearance after being hospitalized for the coronavirus, defying public health guidelines to speak to a crowd o

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Mexico queries U.S. on alleged migrant hysterectomies

Dawn Wooten, a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, says authorities performed hysterectomies on detainees without their consent. /AP Mexico said Monday it had requested more inf

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TikTok tells UK hearing about action it has taken to tackle fake news

Theo Bertram from TikTok answered UK politicians' questions about misinformation, security and privacy. /parliamentlive.tv One of TikTok's senior executives in Europe appeared before politicia

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Green Monday Holdings, the business arm of Hong Kong’s vegetarian advocacy group, raises $70 million from TPG, Swire Pacific

Green Monday Holdings, a manufacturer of plant-based pork substitute products and frozen meals and an operator of a chain of vegetarian-focused retail outlets and cafes, said it has raised $70 million

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The WeChat ban puts many American users in anxiety

On August 6, the U.S. government under the Trump administration announced bans on the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat that are due to take effect on the 20th of Septembe

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The WeChat ban puts many American users in anxiety

On August 6, the U.S. government under the Trump administration announced bans on the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat that are due to take effect on the 20th of Septembe

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Outschool, newly profitable, raises a $45M Series B for virtual small group classes

Outschool, which started in 2015 as a platform for homeschooled students to bolster their extracurricular activities, has dramatically widened its customer base since the coronavirus pandemic began.Th

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Senate committee approves new subpoenas in Biden investigation as election nears

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted Wednesday morning to authorize subpoenas for a number of officials -- including former FBI Deputy

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Sophie Hill on the changing face of retail and surviving 2020

Threads is not your average startup and, really, it’s not a startup anymore. It’s over 10 years old, employs more than 150 people, and successfully bridged the Series A gap in Europe closing a round o

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Alert issued to universities about spike in cyber attacks

Ransomware attacks targeting the education sector risk derailing attempts to return students to universities and colleges.

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Berlusconi's back: Italy's Ex-Premier leaves hospital after COVID

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has made a career out of bouncing back from setbacks, was released from the hospital Monday after an “insidious" bout of C

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At least 50 killed in collapsed gold mine in east Congo

At least 50 people were killed after a landslide hit a mining well in Kamituga, South Kivu Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday afternoon, according to a statement

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Brazil resumes zero-tariff ethanol imports from U.S.

A sugar mill in Piracicaba, Brazil. /VCG The United States and Brazil said Friday they had reached a deal for the South American country to temporarily resume tariff-free ethanol imports, a po

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Trump, Biden vie to show leadership on 9/11 anniversary

U.S. President Donald Trump struck a somber tone Friday on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks as his Democratic rival Joe Biden comforted relatives of victims in dueling bids to uni

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Belarus tech industry rallies around arrested PandaDoc colleagues in new video

In the wake of the arrest of four employees of San Francisco-based startup PandaDoc, the tech industry in Belarus has rallied support for the company and the pro-democracy movement in the country.Repr

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Belarus protest leader says she was threatened with expulsion 'alive or in bits'

Belarus opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova said security officers put a bag over her head and threatened to kill her when they tried to forcibly deport her to Ukra

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Yum China shares fall on HK debut amid global markets uncertainty

A sign of KFC seen in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. /VCG Yum China Holdings Inc dropped as much as 6.3 percent on its Hong Kong market debut on Thursday, bucking the recent t