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Dance launches its e-bike subscription service in Berlin

German startup Dance is launching its subscription service in its hometown Berlin. For a flat monthly fee of €79 (around $93 at today’s exchange rate), users will get a custom-designed electric bike a

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Restoration of ancient grottoes begins in China's Gansu

Northwest China's Gansu Province has launched a restoration project in a key part of the Mati Temple Grottoes in Zhangye City, a national key cultural relic protection site, local authorities said

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Coronavirus may have come to Wuhan via cold chain: China CDC expert

COVID-19 cases reported in Huanan seafood market in central China's Wuhan City in late 2019 could be attributable to viruses brought via cold-chain logistics, Ma Huilai

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Square to launch a new paid subscription, Invoices Plus

Square’s popular free invoicing software is becoming the company’s next big subscription service. The company is poised to announced a paid subscription offering called Invoices Plus, whic

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Apple buys classical music service, Primephonic

In a bid to expand its classical music offering, Apple today announced that it has Primephonic. The Amsterdam-based service, which launched in 2014, will bring a laser focus on a music genre that’s be

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WHO calls for action to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in Europe

Passengers wait to receive COVID-19 vaccine at the Fiumicino airport in Rome, Italy, July 29, 2021. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Eu

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How one founder turned painful personal experience into the solution for a huge gap in healthcare

A lot of startup founders think there’s a dire need for their product in the market, but Liya Shuster-Bier knew for sure that there was one, because she’d required it herself prior to buil

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Chinese FM talks with U.S. secretary of state about Afghanistan, bilateral ties

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday held a phone talk and exchanged views on the situation in Afgh

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Expedition crew believe they've accidentally discovered world's northernmost island

Scientists thought they had set foot on another island, but only later discovered they had in fact discovered a new stretch of land 780m further northwest.

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UK, Germany seek common G7 approach on Taliban

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the situation in Afghanistan on Saturday, according to Johnson's office.Both two leaders agreed on the need for inte

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Automobiles restrain U.S. consumer spending, monthly inflation slowing

Shoppers carry bags of purchased merchandise at the King of Prussia Mall, the largest retail shopping space in the U.S., in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 8, 2018. /Reuters U.S.

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Shenzhen announces construction of world's largest LEGOLAND resort

Construction of the world's largest LEGOLAND resort has begun in Shenzhen, parent company Merlin Entertainments announced on Thursday.Located on the Dapeng Peninsula on the eastern edge of Shenzhe

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Egypt unearths remains of Greco-Roman town in Alexandria

An Egyptian archeological mission has unearthed on Friday remains of a residential and commercial town dating back to the Greco-Roman era in the north coast city of Alexandria.During the excavation wo

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Linux 5.14 set to boost future enterprise application security

Linux is set for a big release this Sunday August 29, setting the stage for enterprise and cloud applications for months to come. The 5.14 kernel update will include security and performance improveme

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Egypt unearths remains of Greco-Roman town in Alexandria

FILE PIC: An Egyptian archeological mission has unearthed on Friday remains of a residential and commercial town dating back to the Greco-Roman era in the north coast city of Alexandria. /Xinhua

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Twitter experiencing widespread outages

Twitter users in Canada and parts of the U.S. appear to be having trouble accessing the social media platform on Friday morning. Reports from third-party web monitoring service Downdetector indicate t

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Ancient woman's DNA challenges scientists' long-held theories about early humans

The discovery of the teenager's remains in Indonesia is believed to be the first time ancient human DNA has been discovered in the region, challenging previous theories around the migration of early humans.