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Britain to deploy Moderna COVID-19 shot from third week of April - minister

Britain will begin the rollout of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in mid-April, vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Tuesday, adding the vaccination programme w

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Rapid raises $12M for its manufacturing robotics

Bay Area-based Rapid Robotics today announced a $12 million Series A. The new round, led by NEA, brings the company’s total funding up to $17.5 million. It joins a recently closed seed round, announce

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Foreign blogger Raz Galor visits cotton farm in Xinjiang

03:51 What did foreigners who visited a cotton farm in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region think about the locals' living conditions? Blogger Raz Galor told CGTN t

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Brazil: Special Easter celebration for children in favela

02:37 With the daily number COVID-19 deaths reaching nearly 4,000 last week and a surge in new-variant cases, the news in Brazil is bleak. Unemployment remains at historical highs and

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter dropped on Mars' surface ahead of flight

This illustration made available by NASA depicts the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars' surface near the Perseverance rover. /AP NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has been dropped on the surface of

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Apple expands Apple Arcade with classic App Store games

Apple has announced an expansion for its subscription gaming service Apple Arcade. In addition to exclusive game releases, the company is adding two new categories — Timeless Classics and App Store Gr

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Medical experts weigh in on WHO virus origin report

40:27 The World Health Organization released the final report on its investigation into the origins of the pandemic-causing coronavirus on Tuesday, saying COVID-19 introduction through

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Migrants cross the U.S.-Mexico border

01:00 When President Biden took office, he halted construction on former president Trump’s border wall.For the past two months there has been an increase in migrants from Central Ameri

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'The one who causes fear' - Scientists discover new dinosaur in Argentina

The dinosaur lived around 80 million years ago, at the same time as the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the northern hemisphere.

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Updates: WHO releases report on global tracing of COVID-19 origins

SUMMARYThe number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has exceeded 128 million, with over 2.8 million deaths and more than 72 million recoveries, according to data from Johns Hopkins University (JH

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Intranet startup Staffbase raises $145M in growth round led by General Atlantic

Staffbase, which provides an intranet-style internal communications platform for companies, has raised a $145 million (€122 million) financing round led by General Atlantic, a growth equity firm. Exis

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Singapore-based Nimbly gets $4.6M to help businesses automate their standard operating procedures

Many work teams, especially stores and restaurants, rely on manual spreadsheets to ensure their operations are running smoothly. Based in Singapore, Nimbly develops software that automates more of tha

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Deliveroo trims nearly £1bn from top end of valuation amid 'volatile' market conditions

The takeaway delivery firm has narrowed the price range for its much-anticipated IPO at the lower end of its range.

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Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to Resign in April

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that he will resign in April, ahead of early parliamentary elections in the country."Yes, I will resign very soon, in

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IOC to grant Tokyo Olympic accreditation only for essential roles

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Friday its executive board has decided to grant accreditation only to people who have essential and operational roles for the Tokyo Olympics amid the

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DPRK test-fires new tactical guided missiles

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Friday it had test-fired new tactical guided missiles a day earlier, confirming the launch of ballistic missiles for the first time in about a ye

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Vaccine makers should license technology to overcome 'grotesque' inequity: WHO

More producers of COVID-19 vaccines should follow AstraZeneca’s lead and license technology to other manufacturers, the World Health Organization’s head said on Monday,