03:02 China has come a long way when it comes to saving people whose lives are at risk. For rescue operations at sea, the country dispatches helicopter teams along its
Peter Thiel’s AI company Palantir, whose clients have included the CIA and US immigration agency ICE, is back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. A new report claims a glitch in its secr
Marathon Education was created after its founders realized after-school education in Vietnam hadn’t evolved much since they were kids. Some of the most popular tuition centers in big cities teach hund
When Salesforce acquired Slack at the end of last year for almost $28 billion, the deal seemed on its face to make sense, given that the coronavirus pandemic accelerated already growing demand for too
The surveillance video shows inmates fighting, being hit by guards and dragged along the floor, and in one scene smashing a bathroom mirror in an attempt to use the glass to self-harm.
Newly-released U.S. death records show that the first deaths related to COVID-19 in the country dated back to January 2020, weeks earlier than previously officially rep
A local hospital in Houston, Texas, has to treat patients in hallways and corridors as the emergency rooms are being overwhelmed due to the sharp increase in Delta variant cases, August 18, 2021.
Syrian businesswoman Rama Khalil at her house in Damascus, Syria. /CGTN After a decade-long war in Syria, life has changed for Syrian women whose sufferings continue unabated due to a never-en
Turkey is facing a new wave of immigration from Afghanistan. /CGTN Migrant smugglers might see a booming demand in face of thousands of Afghans trying to flee the Taliban as the group has take
FILE PHOTO: A security guard opens the door for a customer exiting Awolowo glass house in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday, March 29, 2021. (Adetona Omokanye/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Africa's numb
Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.“Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge t
Research indicates that episodic memory does not decline with age in cuttlefish, which is very different to what we see in humans as they get older.
Aurora Propulsion Technologies, a Finnish company that develops thrusters and de-orbiting modules for small satellites, will be sending its technology to space for the first time. The company has sign
More than 60 members of the international community called for the "safe and orderly departure" from Afghanistan of foreign nationals and Afghans on Sunday, hours after
Oh, how the tables have turned.It used to be that if you were a fintech startup or, for lack of a better term, a digitally native financial services business, you might be eyeing an acquisition from a
Swiftarc Ventures announced its $10 million Swiftarc Beauty Fund to support female founders leading the next wave of beauty and wellness brands.Swiftarc started in 2019 and this is its fourth fund, Si
A 7.2 magnitudeearthquake struck Haiti at around 8:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, according to the American Seismological Center. Significant damage has already been reported from the quake, whos