Japan’s economy minister submitted his resignation Monday over ties to the Unification Church after facing mounting criticism in a widening controversy involving dozens
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for human fraternity to address today's challenges.In a message on the International Day of Human Fraternity, whi
The headquarters building of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing, capital of China, January 13, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at the
The Chinese yuan pared some of its earlier gains after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) decided to adjust the foreign exchange (FX) reserve requirement for banks. Movi
Climate change and security in Ethiopia, Sudan and the Sahel are set to top the agenda as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Nairobi on Wednesday to visi
China is not done with curbing the influence local internet services have assumed in the world’s largest populous market. Following a widening series of regulatory crackdowns in recent months, the nat
Automation will displace 85 million jobs while simultaneously creating 97 million new jobs by 2025, according to the World Economic Forum. Although that sounds like good news, the hard reality is that
An electronic advert between terminal buildings at Heathrow Airport on June 1, 2021 in London, England. /CFP The UK government has issued the latest tweaks to its international COVID-19 travel
Yes, developers are a tough crowd. They hate being sold to, and it’s pretty easy for traditional marketing campaigns to fall flat with them because they’d much rather get a recommendation from a colle
The incredible success of the cloud business applications space in recent years has driven up valuations and fundraising across all stages of venture investment. That has in turn increased VC fund siz
More mainstream venture capital firms are jumping on the crypto bandwagon as investors increasingly consider bitcoin an investable asset, despite the recent massive price drops of a few major cryptocu
Neobrokers — startups that are disrupting the investment industry by providing a platform for a wider range of consumers to partake in the stock market by offering them more incremental investme
TechCrunch is thrilled to announce Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian is speaking at our Pittsburgh event on June 29. You can register here. It’s free to participate and hear P
Photo via CFP It seems that some U.S. officials indulge in coming to a conclusion and then finding arguments for the conclusion in tracing COVID-19 origins.Last year, certain American politici
Editor's note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Economic Develo
03:28 A minimum wage hike seems like good news for any worker around the world, except. Not so, say many workers who depend on the minimum wage, in Venezuela. In early May, the Venezuel
Weary Palestinians on Thursday prepared for a somber feast marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as Gaza braced for more Israeli airstrikes and communal