text

The U.S. daily case average up by 930 percent since June

FILE PIC: Over the weekend, the daily case average in the U.S. rose to 120,000 skyrocketing 930 percent since mid-June, federal data showed. /Xinhua Over the weekend, the daily case average in

text

LG Energy Solution inks deal with Australian mining company for nickel and cobalt

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution has entered into a six-year agreement with an Australian mining company for cobalt and nickel, securing a stable supply of key minerals to make electric vehicle batter

text

African experts hail China's commitment to global anti-COVID-19 fight

00:56 China earlier pledged to provide two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and offered $100 million to COVAX – the worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access t

text

Does nature have the answer? Chinese-Serbian bio-lab investigates

02:31 In downtown Belgrade, behind several huge birch canopies, is Serbia's leading biological institution.For almost 75 years, scientists of the Sinisa Stankovic Institute for Biologic

text

Two 'Detective Chinatown' films get Japan release dates

Chinese tentpole blockbuster Detective Chinatown 2 will be released in Japan on Nov. 12 after the third film in the franchise received positive reviews.The second movie from the Detective Chinatown se

text

China's online dating apps prevail among younger generation

04:20 With the development of the internet, mobile dating apps may have become an efficient way to find love in big cities, especially for younger Chinese.The social ne

text

Twitter India head moves to a different role

Manish Maheshwari, the head of Twitter India, has taken a new role at the company and is relocating to the U.S., the latest in a series of developments for the American social giant after a tense stan

text

How Adia Sowho helped steer Thrive Agric through the pandemic crisis

Nigeria’s less than two-decade-old ecosystem is evolving fast. But behind the funding and legitimate hype, there’s without a doubt plenty of learning that needs to be done in running a sta

text

The gray revolution: Fundraising within the older adult space

The technology industry is often thought of as being the domain of the young and the new. We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy bra

text

WhatsApp gains the ability to transfer chat history between mobile operating systems

WhatsApp users will finally be able to move their entire chat history between mobile operating systems — something that’s been one of users’ biggest requests to date. The company tod

text

Cybersecurity giants NortonLifeLock and Avast merge in $8.1B deal

US cybersecurity firm NortonLifeLock has confirmed it is acquiring British rival Avast in order to create a global consumer security powerhouse.The agreement, which comes just weeks after both compani

text

Impossible’s plant-based sausage is coming home

Impossible sent me a tube of its plant-based sausage to try ahead of today’s news. As an aside, the big box with several frozen packs inside was maybe not the most efficient way to send it, but I don’

text

Singapore’s logistics tech startup Parcel Perform raises $20 million

Singapore-headquartered Parcel Perform, which connects merchants with e-commerce carriers and provides shipment tracking features, said on Wednesday it has raised $20 million in a new financing round

text

Interview: Apple’s Head of Privacy details child abuse detection and Messages safety features

Last week, Apple announced a series of new features targeted at child safety on its devices. Though not live yet, the features will arrive later this year for users. Though the goals of these features

text

Siga secures $8.1M Series B to prevent cyberattacks on critical infrastructure

Siga OT Solutions, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that helps organizations secure their operations by monitoring the raw electric signals of critical industrial assets, has raised $8.1 million in Se

text

Live updates: Global COVID-19 cases surpass 202 million

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 202 million, with more than 4.2 million deaths, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.Here is the latest:TheChinese

text

Saudi Aramco Q2 profits bounce back to pre-pandemic levels

Energy giant Saudi Aramco's second quarter profits for 2021 have bounced back to pre-pandemic levels due to higher oil prices, nearly quadrupling compared to the same p