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Ex-Australia coach Lehmann to have heart bypass surgery

Former Australia batsman and coach Darren Lehmann will have a heart bypass operation after falling ill on Wednesday, his 50th birthday.Lehmann suffered chest pains whil

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Experts: Facebook must stop encryption roll-out to keep children safe

There are fears encryption would damage Facebook's ability to identify and stop grooming behaviour on its platforms.

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Hong Kong's restaurants sector registers first annual decline in 16 years

The total revenue of Hong Kong's restaurants sector in 2019 decreased by 5.9 percent from the previous year, the first annual decline in 16 years, according to statisti

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News Analysis: Israel, Russia play delicate balancing act in maintaining tricky relationship

Just days after Russia released Israeli prisoner Naama Issachar, the nature of the relations between Israel and Russia have been brought to the forefront, prompting a

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Trump State of Union address focuses on economy, Neo-Monroe politics

Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, an

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Mo Farah withdraws from Big Half race in London

British runner Mo Farah wins the men's elite race during the Simplyhealth Great North Run in Newcastle, UK, September 8, 2019. /VCG Photo Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah of Britain has wit

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Indonesia's 'chickenization' program aimed at building character

Children as young as 10 years old are required to raise chickens and care for plants. /CGTN Photo It's a misty morning in Bandung, West Java and Ujang is getting his son, Adyaksha, ready for s

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Company-builder Antler passes $75M raised after investment from Schroders and Ferd

Antler is a ‘company builder’ which emerged a couple of years ago, running startup generator programs and investing from an early-stage, bringing together a heady mix of technologists, product builder

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Airliner skids, breaks open in Istanbul; 3 dead, 179 injured

A Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, crashed into a ditch and broke apart while landing in bad weather in Istanbul Wednesday, killing three people and injuring doze

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Rhode Island governor backs Michael Bloomberg for president

Billionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg snagged his first endorsement from a governor on Wednesday, as Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo called him the right

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Pelosi shreds Trump’s speech. Right there on the podium.

And then she tore up the speech.No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped the paper it was pri

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Former British PM Cameron’s bodyguard forgets loaded gun in plane toilet

A passenger found a loaded pistol and David Cameron’s passport in an airplane toilet after the former British prime minister’s bodyguard forgot them there, the British

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EU sets out new criteria on enlargement post-Brexit

Down one country with the departure of Britain, the European Union set out new criteria for adding new countries in a move made all the more urgent by the recent French

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Trump barrels into 2020 campaign, emboldened after acquittal

With the final gavel banging down Wednesday on impeachment, President Donald Trump barreled ahead in his reelection fight with a united Republican Party behind him, and

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Whatnot wants to be the GOAT of collectible toys, starting with Funko Pops

Funko Pops. You’ve probably noticed them at your local GameStop, Hot Topic, or spread out all over your coworker’s desk. These lil’ vinyl figurines and their big ol’ heads hav

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Where top VCs are investing in open source and dev tools (Part 1 of 2)

The once-polarizing world of open-source software has recently become one of the hotter destinations for VCs.As the popularity of open source increases among organizations and developers, startups in

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Porsche NA CEO Klaus Zellmer is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility

The name Porsche has been synonymous with gas-powered high performance sports cars and racing for nearly three quarters of a century. Now, the sports car manufacturer that is owned by Volkswagen Grou