Apple and Google reveal a joint effort to track the spread of COVID-19, a new study shows how fringe coronavirus theories are making their way to the mainstream and — in happier news — we get some hi
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.TechCrunch is taking a closer look at a few markets as the world changes. Followin
China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, dropped 1.5 percent year on year in March, compared with a 0.4-percent decline
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The number of initial jobless claims in the United States soared to reach 6.65 million last week, doubling the record set a week earlier, as the economic impact of the
Singapore confirmed 23 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, of which 18 are imported and five are local cases. This brings the national total to 455 cases, said the Minist
Japan continues to prepare to host the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday, despite widening concern about the viability of t
In the United States, "the persistence of extreme poverty is a political choice made by those in power," said the report, citing Philip G. Alston, United Nation special rapporteur on extreme povert
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden will deliver a speech on the country's response to the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday, one day after he canceled upcomi
For the second time this week trading on the New York Stock Exchange halted for 15 minutes this morning when a market drop triggered the exchange’s internal circuit breaker, shortly after 9:30am.The c
Five new cases of COVID-19 were detected during the night of Monday in Belgium, bringing the total number of cases to 13, according to a press release issued on Tuesday by the Federal Public Health
Mauritian officials hold a meeting to discuss the country’s COVID-19 response./Photo Courtesy: Government of Mauritius In response to the widening coronavirus outbreak, Mauritius enacted a ban
Fears over the potential impact of the coronavirus spreading in Europe, Asia and the Middle East have sent stocks plummeting in Monday’s open — with tech stocks among the hardest hit.The r
The rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak in China is emerging as a potentially major new risk to the global economy and leaving policymakers around the world, still grappling with the impact of
By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA, Jan. 26 (APD) – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has lowered Taal Volcano’s alert level from hazardous eruption
The Chinese economy is in a good position for future growth as the country is making headway in further reform and opening-up at an appropriate pace, a senior U.S. economist has said. "China is in a