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Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations around world

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Happy Chinese Lunar New Year! Have a look at the celebrations around the world:The Vessel on Hudson Yards is illuminated with red lights t

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Feature: Celebrating art across globe at NYC's Winter Show

A George I Red "Japanned" Bureau Bookcase (C, Top) is showcased at the preview event of the Winter Show 2020 in New York City, the United States, on Jan. 23, 2020. (Xin

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Scientists recreate sound of 3000-year-old Egyptian mummy

06 September 2019, Great Britain, London: Visitors to the exhibition look at Egyptian mummies, sarcophagi and the cult of the dead in the Pharaonic Empire. (Photo by Waltraud Grubitzsch via Getty

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Daily Crunch: Goldman Sachs calls for diverse boards

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe her

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NBA highlights on Jan. 23: 3-pointer storm at Moda Center

Dallas Mavericks 133-125 Portland Trail Blazers Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks and Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers stand together in the NBA game at the Moda Center in Po

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Feature: New York City rings in Chinese New Year with lavish displays

A dazzling show of fireworks lit up the night sky over the Hudson River in New York City on Thursday as part of the celebrations ringing in the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Saturday. Prior

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Roundup: On 3rd day of impeachment trial, Democrats try to convince Senate Trump abused power

U.S. House managers, a group of seven Democrats acting as prosecutors, tried on Thursday to convince senators that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office, as his impeachment trial ent

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Chinese diplomat calls for coordinated, cooperative, stable U.S.-China relationship

Now that 2020 is underway, China and the United States are expected to "work towards a relationship of coordination, cooperation, and stability," a senior Chinese diplomat has said. In a welcome spe

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (Jan. 24)

BEIJING, Jan. 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua. Foreign ministers or representatives from Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Nige

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Boarding schools offer more educational opportunities in Xinjiang

A teacher and preschoolers play games at a bilingual kindergarten in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 13, 2017. /CFP Photo "The same reporter would claim the Chinese g

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Ding Junhui knocked out of Snooker European Masters

China's top snooker player Ding Junhui has ended his journey at the snooker European Masters after losing to Scott Donaldson of Scotland 2-5 in the second round on Friday.Ding, who clinched his th

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Weinstein trial turns to accusers, starting with Sciorra

For years, actress Annabella Sciorra felt powerless against Harvey Weinstein, keeping to all but a few friends the allegation that the once-revered Hollywood honcho pin

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Uber’s Shin-pei Tsay is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility

Government and policy experts are among the most important people in the future of transportation. Any company pursuing the shared scooters and bikes business, ride-hailing, on-demand shuttles and eve

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It’s time for tech startups to get political

Between 2005 and 2018, the five biggest U.S. tech firms collectively spent more than half a billion dollars lobbying federal policymakers. But they shelled out even more in 2019: Facebook boosted its

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Layoffs hit Q&A startup Quora

Quora, a ten-year-old question-and-answer startup based in Mountain View, is laying off staff in its Bay Area and New York offices, the company’s CEO announced on the site today.Like other start

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Eli Manning retires with two Super Bowls titles for Giants in 16 years

Eli Manning, quarterback of the New York Giants holds the Super Bowl trophy during the Victory Parade along the Canyon of Heroes on the streets of Manhattan, New York City, February 7, 2012. T

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NBA highlights on Jan. 22: Zion Williamson makes NBA debut

San Antonio Spurs 121-117 New Orleans Pelicans Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans in his first NBA game against the San Antonio Spurs at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisian