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Yayoi Kusama in Berlin

People visit ‘A Retrospective’, an exhibition of the Yayoi Kusama, one of the most iconic Japanese contemporary artists worldwide at the museum Gropius-Bau in Berlin.The Museu

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Equity Monday: Elon Musk Elon Musk’s the crypto markets, while Indian startups raise huge rounds

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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China, Norway, and Tunisia meet with press on Middle East crisis

Permanent representatives of China, Norway, and Tunisia to the United Nations meet with the press on the current situation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.After the emergency public meeting of th

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DC Police Asian Liaison Unit reaches out to Asian-American communities

02:50 Some startling numbers about anti-Asian bias incidents in the U.S.In March, they nearly doubled from last year - most of the cases being verbal harassment. Those figures from the

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Chilean voters choose 155 delegates to draft new document

02:28 This weekend, voters in Chile elect delegates who will write the country's new constitution.It's a milestone election - there will be gender parity among the delegates chosen maki

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U.S. truck drivers left industry during COVID-19 pandemic

03:00 The price of fuel in the United States has risen significantly in recent weeks, and it could rise further.It comes amidan ongoing shortage of truck drivers across the nation.Part

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Mexican pork sees more opportunity in China

02:51 As China's domestic market continues to grow, opportunities for global industries to enter into the market are presenting themselves.One large opportunity now is pork, following a

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What happened to the flu season in the U.S.?

02:54 In a normal year, tens of thousands of Americans die of the flu.The 2020-21 flu season just ended with roughly 600 deaths in the U.S.Regular colds also fell dramatically this year

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Scientists develop new inhaled COVID-19 vaccines

02:35 A total of 14 COVID-19 vaccines are now in some degree of use across the world, all of them injected into your arm.But for cold storage requirements and other reasons,​some ofthes

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Brazilian town proud of having mass immunization with China's vaccine

02:48 A unique experiment​is bringing hope to a small town in Brazil, one of the countries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.​While less than eight percent of the country as a whole

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Brazilian authorities find new COVID-19 variant

00:36 Health authorities in Brazil have identified a new COVID-19 variant.Called P.1.2, it's a variant of the hyper contagious strain originally found in Manaus, the capital of Brazil's

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One woman's experience with rare J&J vaccine blood clot

02:28 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says ​a total of 28 people ​are known to have developed blood clots after receiving Johnson Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. Thr

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Cuba aims to vaccinate most citizens by August

02:24 More than 120,000 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Cuba since the start of the pandemic with nearly 800 dead. The numbers are coming down, but health authorities

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Business eager for New York reopening to bring tourists back

02:24 As New York’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout gathers pace, the city’s infection rate continues to drop. The trend has prompted officials to begin lifting some of the restrictions put in

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India passes 24 million confirmed COVID cases

00:43 India passed 24 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, as 4,000 people died from the virus for the third straight day.Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarms of the o

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Protests around the world for Palestinians

In the wake of intensifying violence in East Jerusalem and Gaza, protests in support for the Palestinian people have spread throughout the world this week.The most recent f

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Israeli attack destroys building in Gaza

00:35 This video by @omaralsersawi on Instagram captured the moment the Al-Sharouk Tower in the Gaza Strip was bombed by Israeli fighter jets on Wednesday.Since Monday, more than 100 Pa