Click arrows to view gallery Muslims participating in the Hajj to Mecca this year experienced a downsized gathering under significant restrictions for the second year ami
What with the planet collapsing and democracy under constant attack from all quarters – you know, just the usual – one or two members of the global population have, idly or not, wondered i
Female panda Huan Huan at Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan, central France, March 20, 2021. /CFP Huan Huan, a giant panda on loan to France by Beijing since 2012, is pregnant again and could soon g
A view of virtual baseball. /Mayu Yoshida E-sports, or competitive video gaming, may be inching closer to becoming an official Olympic sport after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hos
After a three-month-long global talent hunt that spanned 130 countries and regions and saw thousands of online entries sinceApril 2021, CGTN announced on Tuesday the li
The spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the EU spoke Monday on a question concerning the statements from the EU and NATO on the so-called Chinese malicious cyber activities.Q. On July 19, 2021, EU
There’s not much that thrills us more than a startup competition — and we mean deep down in our bones thrilled. That’s why we’re beyond excited to host the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) Global Finals o
Beijing has been accused of sponsoring an attack on Microsoft Exchange email servers earlier this year which "recklessly" exposed thousands of businesses to criminal hackers.
Zoom is taking advantage of the impressive rise in its stock price in the past year to make its first major acquisition. The popular video conferencing firm, which was valued at about $9 billion at it
The US president takes aim at social media as coronavirus rates continue to rise and vaccine uptake slows across the US - mirroring the UK. But whilst England prepares to drop restrictions, some American states are re-imposing them.
In case you’ve not been paying attention, we’ll say it again: The global venture capital industry is on fire. The second quarter of 2021 was the largest single three-month period on record
When it comes to MA in the chip world, the numbers are never small. In 2020, four deals involving chip companies totaled $106 billion led by NVidia snagging ARM for $40 billion. One surprise from last
Stories that disappear after a period of time are where the action is on social platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook. But when it comes to Twitter, it looks the product itself is
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday as investors poured more money into the company's funds, dri
Climate change and deforestation have flipped a large swathe of the Amazon basin from absorbing to emitting planet-warming CO2, a transformation that could turn humanity's greatest natural ally in th
Golden snub-nosed monkey in China. /CFPThe UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat on Monday released the first official draft of a new Global Biodivers
Small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America can find it difficult to get the funds they need to export their goods to the United States. It’s a gap Marco Financial is looking to bridge through