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White House: Without funding US will lose COVID treatments

For much of the past two years, America has been first in line for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Now, as drugmakers develop the next generation of therapies, the Wh

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The mutation of vaccine apartheid

Getty Editor's note: Safura Abdool Karim, a public health lawyer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, is a member of the Africa CDC's African Vaccine Delivery Alliance and Partnership for Afric

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Equity Monday: Women’s employment drops, as Delta’s drama continues

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff to catch up on weekend news an

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Private equity giveth, and private equity taketh away

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.Natasha and Alex and Grace and Chris gathered to dig through the week&#

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LastPad is a reusable menstrual pad that does away with disposable towels

Direct to consumer online sales have helped a number of female-focused startups get products to market in recent years — often pitching better designed and generally more thoughtful feminine hyg

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The pure hell of managing your JPEGs

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.Natasha and Alex and Grace and Chris were joined by none other than Tec

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Accounting platform Synder raises $2M to automate e-commerce bookkeeping

As Synder’s two co-founders Michael Astreiko and Ilya Kisel wrap up their time at Y Combinator, they also announced their seed round of $2 million from TMT Investments.Though the round was acquired be

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International community calls for 'safe and orderly departure' of foreign nationals and Afghans

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

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Aug. 07 - Aug. 13)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Biden administration

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US and European stock markets up as the week closes

U.S. stocks had a mixed day, but the SP 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average hit new records, helping Wall Street wrap up the week in the green.Walt Disney’s strong third-quarter profit led the wa

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American politicization has ruined the WHO's credibility

Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offeri

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American politicization has ruined the WHO's credibility

Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offeri

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Canadian judge questions arguments for Huawei CFO's extradition

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, arrives at B.C. Supreme Court to attend her extradition hearing, in Vancouver, British Columbia, August 11, 2021. /CFP A Canadian judge on Thur

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Wisconsin heading toward record $1.7 billion surplus

Wisconsin is on track to end the next two years with an extra $1.7 billion in the bank.The Legislative Fiscal Bureau on Monday said the current state budget, written by

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Daily Crunch: Tiger Global leads $33M Series B for construction tech platform Agora

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 12, 2021. A few things

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Embedded finance won’t make every firm into a fintech company

A short decade after software started eating the world, along came headlines about every company becoming a fintech thanks to innovation and growth in embedded finance business models.This narrative o

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CGTN is having fun reporting Tokyo 2020 on the front line

01:39 CGTN Sports Scene went to Japan and reported a series of exciting, fun stories about the Tokyo Olympics. Many candid and humorous moments were captured while reporter Jiang Mengxi