Like most of the rest of the world, COVID-19 hit the manufacturing sector by surprise. That China — which continues to comprise the vast majority of electronics manufacturing — was the first global ep
Black Lives Matter protestors march on streets after President Donald Trump visit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States, September 15, 2020. /Getty Editor's note: Joel Wendland-Liu
A worker inspects disposable gloves at the Top Glove factory production line in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, August 26, 2020. /VCG The world's largest gloves manufacturer Top Gl
With the 2020 general election coming up in November, Uber has partnered with TurboVote to launch an in-app feature designed to help riders, eaters, drivers and delivery workers register to vote. Thi
China's "dual circulation" policy of making domestic consumption the driver of economic growth while promoting closer relations with other countries in enhancing and su
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic attend a press conference in Vienna. /AFP Austria is seeing the start of a second w
As they celebrated Naomi Osaka's victory in the final of the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows on Saturday, Tokyoites were eager to embrace their heroines' stand against ra
Apple’s making App Store changes, China might stop TikTok’s acquisition and we talk to Polish venture capitalists about the startup scene. This is your Daily Crunch for September 11, 2020
With the election looming and a pandemic still raging through the U.S., a shortage of poll workers is just one of many threats to voting this November — but it’s a big one.In a Facebook post Fri
A health worker collects a sample from a person to test for the coronavirus in South Africa. /VCG Image The number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across the African continent reached 1,3
FILE PHOTO: A health worker collects swab samples from a truck driver to be tested for coronavirus at the Elegu border point. /Getty Images Uganda's Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported 124
India's increasing coronavirus caseload made the Asian giant the world's second-worst-hit country behind the United States on Monday.The 90,802 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India's total p
A few weeks ago, I bought a used paperback mystery for $3 via a small online bookseller. Intrigued that the book came with free shipping, I dug in a bit and was shocked to see that my little impulse p
Rescue workers used cranes, shovels and their bare hands in search operations that resumed early Friday in the rubble of a building that collapsed last month in Beirut’
A woman holds a sign at a demonstration in Boston, Massachusetts, May 30, 2020. /Reuters "It's the economy, stupid" - a popular catchphrase coined by Bill Clinton's campaign strategist during
There has been a lot of speculation about the timing for the second swab test for patients infected with the new coronavirus. While the time frame varies from country to country, a new study sugge
The robot dog has been used to measure temperature, rate of breathing, pulse and blood oxygen saturation in healthy volunteers.