Activists protest against Guantanamo Bay prison outside of the White House on May 17, 2013. /AFP Editor's note: Bobby Naderi is a journalist, guest contributor in print, radio and television,
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic forcing a number of Olympic qualifiers to be canceled or postponed, China's preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have not been s
Does having one of the oldest populations in the world put Italy at higher risk of coronavirus infection? Analysts said it is still too early to tell. With more than 30,000 people having been infe
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday that the 2021 China FIFA Club World Cup should be moved to "later in 2021, in 2022 or in 2023" as Euro 2020 Championship and the Copa America have bee
If you didn’t know that Reno 911! is coming back, no one could really blame you. There’ve been rumblings about it since early December, but… well, things have been a little bananas s
China on Wednesday announced countermeasures against restrictive measures on Chinese media agencies in the United States, according to an official statement. The state
In another example for the farreaching effects of the coronavirus outbreak, the FAA today said that it is temporarily closing the tower at Midway Airport, the second largest airport in the Chicago are
While few things may me feel more like social distancing than suiting up in a haptic feedback suit and strapping a computer to your face, location-based virtual reality startups have begun closing up
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As China continues to handle the fallout of the novel coronavirus that first originated in Wuhan in Hubei province in early-to-mid December, the Chinese Communist Party announced today that it would r
As the U.S. flirts with extreme market volatility and the possibility of its first recession since the 2008 financial crisis, it’s amazing to think how much consumer financial services have changed in
Google this week warned Android developers that Play Store app review times will be much longer than normal due to the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Developers should expect app reviews to take up t
Spain set up police checks at its land borders with France and Portugal on Tuesday and turned back foreigners attempting to enter, part of strict measures to prevent th
Iraqi President Barham Salih on Tuesday called on the new prime minister-designate Adnan al-Zurfi to hold early elections and carry out comprehensive reforms to meet th
Addapptation, a startup that wants to build a practical design layer on top of Salesforce and other enterprise tools, announced a $1.3 million seed investment today.2048 Ventures led the round with p
The sounds of cars honking were nowhere to be heard. In a city like Jakarta, with more than 10 million people, that's highly unusual. But it has become the norm as the city administration encourag