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Fernando Alonso escapes car-rolling accident in Dakar Rally unhurt

Journalists shoot when Fernando Alonso's vehicle rolls over in Dakar Rally Stage 10 in Saudi Arabia, January 15, 2020. /CGTN Sports Scene Screenshot Dakar Rally finished the race of stage 10 o

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NBA highlights on Jan. 15: Anthony gets best vengeance on Rockets

Portland Trail Blazers 117-107 Houston Rockets Carmelo Anthony #00 of the Portland Trail Blazers tussles with James Harden of the Houston Rockets in the game at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texa

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Bolt raises €50M in venture debt from the EU to expand its ride-hailing business

Bolt, the billion-dollar startup out of Estonia that’s building a ride-hailing, scooter and food delivery business across Europe and Africa, has picked up a tranche of funding in its bid to tak

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China starts pilot program to boost civil litigation efficiency

China's Supreme People's Court on Wednesday issued a plan on a pilot program to explore new ways to handle simple civil cases after separating such cases from those co

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Getsafe, the German insurtech, brings its contents insurance app to UK

Getsafe, the German insurtech that offers home contents insurance via an app, has launched in the U.K., despite an increasingly competitive market for insurance in the country, and the thorny regulato

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Partisan fight on Trump impeachment moves to Republican-led Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday evening sent impeachment articles against President Donald Trump to the Senate, making Trump the third president in U.S. history to face trial in the

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Rashford injury overshadows Man Utd win, Juventus cruise

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted his decision to risk Marcus Rashford as a second half substitute "backfired" despite seeing his side progress to the fourth round of the FA

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Zhu Ting fires Tianjin to 12th Chinese Volleyball Super League title

Tianjin Bohai Bank's Zhu Ting (L2) celebrates with teammates on the podium after winning the Chinese Volleyball Super League title in Shanghai on January 14, 2020. Chinese volleyball superstar

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Russian parliament to review Putin PM pick after shock overhaul

Russian lawmakers will begin reviewing President Vladimir Putin's nomination of a little-known tax chief as the new prime minister Thursday after his announcement of a

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China-U.S. trade dispute timeline

China and the U.S. have come a long way to sign the phase one economic and trade deal on Wednesday. Trade ties between the world's two largest economies have been on a rollercoaster since March 23, 2

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UNICEF: South Africa now a major destination for migrant children

FILE PHOTO: A group of children are seen posing in their classroom for a photo./Getty Images In its latest report released on Wednesday the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said South A

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The US government should stop demanding tech companies compromise on encryption

In a tweet late Tuesday, President Trump criticized Apple for refusing “to unlock phones used by killers, drug dealers and other violent criminal elements.” Trump was specifically referrin

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Save over $200 with discounted student tickets to Robotics + AI 2020

If you’re a current student and you love robots — and the AI that drives them — you do not want to miss out on TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020. Our day-long deep dive into these two life-altering tech

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NextNav raises $120M to deploy its indoor positioning tech to find people in skyscrapers

NextNav LLC has raised $120 million in equity and debt to commercially deploy an indoor-positioning system that can pinpoint a device’s location — including what floor it’s on — without GP

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China set their worst record at AFC U-23 Championship

Players of China leave the field after their 1-0 loss to Iran at the AFC U-23 Championship at Tinsulanon Stadium in Songkhla, Thailand, January 15, 2020. China lost 1-0 to Iran in their last g

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Rethinking Australian support to Trump's maximum pressure campaign

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (R) chats with U.S. President Donald Trump (C) prior to the session at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is

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Zinier raises $90M to automate field service management

Zinier, a startup that is bringing automation to the field service management realm, announced today that it has raised $90 million in fresh funding as it looks to tackle new categories and court more