People are seen watching a film at a cinema in Beijing, China, February 12, 2021. /CFPChina's box office set a new record, generating over 3.8 billion yuan ($588 millio
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity being released from the carrier mothership, VMS Eve for second successful glide flight in New Mexico, June 25, 2020. /AP Virgin Galactic on Friday put off
04:17 China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft is one step closer to exploring Mars – it's safely orbiting the "Red Planet" and preparations are being made to send the lander to th
01:51 Prosecutors unveiled chilling new security video in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Wednesday, showing the mob of rioters breaking into the Capitol, smashing windows and doors a
Last night, MetroMile and SPAC INSU Acquisition Corp. II completed their combination, putting the per-mile auto insurance startup up for regular trading today for the first time.In the wake of last ye
A farmer puts sorted rice seeds into a sack in Mekarsari village in Indonesia. /Getty Editor's note: Mark Lowcock is the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and eme
VCG Editor's note:Sun Chenghao is an assistant research professor at the Institute of American Studies, under the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations based in Beijing. The
02:30 The SARS-CoV-2 virus, we now know, appears to replicate easily in people's nasal passages.Studies have found that 50 to 90 percent of those who test positive have lost their sens
New research ties the phase of the moon to our circadian rhythms, even among people who live in urban settings.
02:00 The question of who should have priority for COVID-19 vaccinations and particularly what should happen with "leftover" doses has provoked sharp debate in Austria, after several l
At TC Sessions: Justice on March 3, we’re going to dive head-first into data discrimination, algorithmic bias and how to ensure a more just future, as technology companies rely more on automated
Iran warned the Biden administration on Tuesday that it will not have an indefinite time period to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.Iran als
This morning, investor and SPAC raconteur Chamath Palihapitiya announced two new blank-check deals involving Latch and Sunlight Financial.Latch, an enterprise SaaS company that makes keyless entry sys
Two people were killed and eight others injured after a natural gas pipe exploded on Monday in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, local authori
The death toll from the coronavirus in Germany has passed 50,000, a number that has risen swiftly over recent weeks even as infection figures are finally declining.The
At Battery, a central part of our consumer investing practice involves tracking the evolution of where and how consumers find and purchase goods and services. From our annual Battery Marketplace Index
Artists from contemporary circus company Cirk La Putyka put on a performance inside a closed bar in Prague, Czech Republic, January 21, 2021. /VCG Passers-by at streets can watch the pe