With most businesses suspended, factories remaining closed and residents urged to stay home to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, China's economic growth is hitting the brakes, partic
01:18 The captain of China's national swimming team, Sun Yang, has been training in his hometown of Hangzhou during the ongoing coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak.The 28-year-old reached
The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said it will use reserve funds amounting to 10.3 billion yen (about 93.8 million U.S. dollars) to cover mea
01:14 Leaders in Miami Beach, Florida are grappling with what to do when it comes to the impact of climate change on the city's beaches.One solution is to build a buffer between the oc
What happened in Iowa’s Democratic caucus last week is a textbook example of how applying technological approaches to public sector work can go badly wrong just when we need it to go right.While
Riot Ventures, the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond,
Tesla said Thursday it plans to raise more than $2 billion through a common stock offering and will use the funds to strengthen its balance sheet and for general corporate purposes, despite signaling
Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, an
Europe’s data protection laws are some of the strictest in the world, and have long been a thorn in the side of the data-guzzling Silicon Valley tech giants since they colonized vast swathes of
England threw away the opportunity to defeat South Africa in the first Twenty20 international, losing a dramatic contest by one run in East London.The tourists needed t
England threw away the opportunity to defeat South Africa in the first Twenty20 international, losing a dramatic contest by one run in East London.The tourists needed t
Can a meme be redeemed? That’s the central question in Arthur Jones’ Feels Good Man — a documentary that premiered at Sundance this year charting the course of the creator of Pepe the Frog, a comic b
A meeting with nearly 80 black pastors in Detroit. A speech before a black Democratic organization in Montgomery. A rally at a historically black university. A tour of
The GSMA, the organization behind MWC, the world’s largest mobile trade show, has announced that it is officially canceling the show. MWC usually attracts over 100,000 attendees from 200 countries to
Top U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing forecast Tuesday that Southeast Asia will need 4,500 new planes in the next two decades, with single-aisle jets expected to domin
VCG Photo SoftBank Group Corp reported a near-total wipe out in quarterly profit on Wednesday after the Japanese technology investor was whiplashed for a second consecutive quarter by losses a
Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has shaken up its transportation order.At the center are the West African country’s motorcycle taxis — referred to locally as okadas — which face newly en