FILE PIC: In the south of Madagascar, known as the Grand Sud, hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from one of the worst droughts in the region in 40 years. /UN In the south of Madaga
02:32 African Americans are less likely than Whites or Hispanics in the U.S. to get a COVID-19 vaccine.Many issues contribute to this, including wariness of the U.S. healthcare system i
PSG star Kylian Mbappe scored his first goal of the season during their league win over Brest at Francis-Le Ble Stadium in Brest, France, August 20, 2021. /CFP Kylian Mbappe and Angel di Maria
Disrupt is right around the corner, and this year the show is packed to the brim with incredible panels and conversations, an absolutely stacked Startup Battlefield cohort of companies launching on ou
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 20, 2021. The week is f
Newly reported financial data from Bird, an American scooter sharing service, shows a company with an improving economic model, and a multi-year path to profitability. However, that path is fraught un
Poland-based healthtech AI startup Cardiomatics has announced a $3.2M seed raise to expand use of its electrocardiogram (ECG) reading automation technology.The round is led by Central and Eastern Euro
China has passed a personal data protection law, state media Xinhua reports (via Reuters).The law, called the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), is set to take effect on November 1.It was pro
The process of digitizing the operations of mom and pop stores in Nigeria is serious business right now. In fact, it might be the second-best thing after fintech at the moment.Today’s news is fr
00:39 A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to police on Thursday after a standoff that paralyzed a swath of Washington for more than five
Forty-seven migrants were found dead on August 16 off the coast of Nouadhibou, northwest Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) a
02:00 The oil painting entitled, “Occupying Presidential Palace” was created by Chinese artists Chen Yifei and Wei Jingshan in 1977.It depicts the moment when the Chine
OnlyFans has announced that it will ban sexually explicit content starting in October. The platform was not built specifically for porn but that has grown to be its most popular and visible use case,
A screen-grab taken from Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television on August 16, shows Taliban members taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul after Afghanistan's president flew out of the cou
Australian actress Nicole Kidman attends the 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, U.S., January 12, 2020. /CFP Australian actress Nicole Kidman was exempted from qua
Tabletop gaming is in the middle of a historic boom, despite recent restrictions imposed on in-person gatherings by COVID. The tools adopted by game masters and casual players to play remotely are pow
San Francisco-based Ample has raised a $160 million Series C to scale its battery swapping service, the largest round yet for the 8-year-old startup that wants to completely rethink how we use electri
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