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Using technology to keep oceans clean

02:27 Did you know an estimated 12.7 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean from land each year? World Oceans Day falls on Tuesday, June 8, and we are looking at efforts across

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Ecuador's new vaccination plan

01:19 Just days into his presidency, Guillermo Lasso, plans to ramp up Ecuador’s vaccination drive. His plan is to inoculate nine million Ecuadoreans in his first 100 days in office.CGT

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Navajo language is disappearing in the U.S.

03:22 The Navajo language now has about 300,000 speakers, but still categorized as “vunerable” by UNICEF.The Navajo language was used by the U.S. military as code, which helped the coun

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Ruling party’s grip on Congress slips in Mexico election

02:19 Mexico iscounting ballots following itslargest election in history, after a long day of voting across the country on Sunday.And as results are delivered, CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstoc

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See how nail and hair salons are reopening in California

04:17 Nail and hair salons were turned upside down when the COVID-19 pandemic first started in Los Angeles.Unlike other businesses, they weren’t able to move their operations online. Wi

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Free month of Extra Crunch included with TC Sessions: Mobility tickets

TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 is coming up soon, and we’ve decided to sweeten the deal for what’s included with your event pass. Buy your ticket now and you’ll get a free month of access to Extra Crunch,

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Apple to introduce A/B testing and in-app events to the App Store

Apple today announced a number of coming changes and improvements to the App Store that will help developers better target their apps to users, get their apps discovered by more people, and even highl

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Patients in need of transplants in Venezuela

01:36 Why are Venezuela’s transplant patients having to struggle to survive?Some are waiting for an organ, while others are at risk of compromising their transplants, due to the scarcit

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Equity Monday: Jeff’s going to space, and everyone wants a piece of Flipkart

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private

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Peruvians voting for a new president

02:21 Peruvians are voting for a new president on Sunday. They must choose between two starkly different candidates from opposite ends of the political spectrum.Check outThe China Repor

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Mexicans vote to decide thousands of public positions

02:42 Mexico is holding its midterm elections today, in a broad-ranging vote that will decide thousands of public positions for the next six years. And while President Lopez Obrador isn

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Heat is leading weather-related killer in U.S.

02:37 Florida is a clear flashpoint of the climate change crisis in North America.Sea levels are rising, beaches are disappearing, Atlantic Hurricanes are getting stronger.But, until re

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Peruvians to vote for the country's new leader Sunday

02:18 Peruvians will go to the polls Sunday to elect their fifth president in five years but whoever wins, the country's ongoing political crisis is unlikely to end.Polls show the two c

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Mexicans vote on Sunday in largest elections ever

02:02 Mexicans head to the pollsthis weekend, ​for elections historic in size with thousands of positions on the line. But they're historic, too, for the violence that's accompanied the

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Mass shootings surge in the U.S.

01:34 This weekend,demonstrators plan to create a sea of orange across the U.S. to lobby for an end to gun violence.They have the backing of President Joe Biden, the latest president to

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Summer vacations expected to spike as states lift COVID restrictions

02:55 Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial kick-off to the summer travel season in the U.S.By many accounts, it was a busy one with millions of Americansflying and drivingto visit

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See how COVID-19 has impacted organ transplantation in Venezuela

03:20 Venezuela’s organ transplant crisis has been deepening for years.Even before thecoronaviruspandemic, the wait list for transplant patients meant an agonizing daily reality for tho