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'Days and Nights in Wuhan' documents ordinary people's COVID-19 battle

The premiere of "Days and Nights in Wuhan" took place in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, January 16, 2020. /XinhuaThe Chinese documentary "Days and Nights in Wuh

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Climate change 'wreaking' havoc on world natural heritage sites: UN

Climate change has become a leading threat to United Nations Natural World Heritage sites, with the Great Barrier Reef in Australia entering the "critical" category for the first time, according t

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Will American retailers see a holiday miracle?

A woman shops at an outlet in San Francisco, the U.S., November 28, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note:Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelance repor

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How the pandemic drove the IPO wave we see today

This is The TechCrunch Exchange, a newsletter that goes out on Saturdays, based on the column of the same name. You can sign up for the email here.I had a neat look into the world of mental health sta

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Climate change bigger threat than COVID-19: Red Cross

A woman visits the exhibition "It's getting warmer for the planet!" displaying 30 press cartoons from around the world focused on climate change, pollution and environmental issues presented by C

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If elected, Biden commits to rejoin climate accord U.S. just abandoned

On the same day that the U.S. officially withdrew from the global pact to reduce emissions that cause climate change, presidential contender Joe Biden committed that he would rejoin the Paris Agreemen

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Journal Nature attacks Trump, supports Biden in U.S. election

Joe Biden (L) Vs. Donald Trump (R) /CFP World renowned scientific journal Nature publicly criticized Donald Trump for what he has done to undermine the scientific community and expressed stron

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Puzzled scientists seek reasons behind Africa's low fatality rates from pandemic

Africa’s overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent in Feb

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Private flying takes off again, commercial airlines still stalled

The on-demand nature of private flights can make it easier to avoid new quarantine measures before they kick in. /Extreme photographer/Getty Creative It is hardly a boom. But with the coronavi

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European football struggles to cope with COVID-19 resurgence

Stands with restricted seats because of COVID-19 before the match between FC Metz and AS Monaco, Metz, France, August 30, 2020. /VCG For Slovan Bratislava, August 21 was a dark day filled with

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European football struggles to cope with COVID-19 resurgence

Stands with restricted seats because of COVID-19 before the match between FC Metz and AS Monaco, Metz, France, August 30, 2020. /VCG For Slovan Bratislava, August 21 was a dark day filled with

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Chair of embattled exam watchdog owned data firm that was involved in major NHS care scandal

Roger Taylor's company was criticised for not giving "complete clarity" about an algorithm - Ofqual is accused of the same fault.

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Hear how Covid-19 has disrupted the startup world

What early-stage startup founder wouldn’t love to have a crystal ball? Especially now with a pandemic wreaking economic uncertainty across industries in every corner of the world.We don’t have mystica

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Stillbirth rate soars in Nepal during COVID-19 lockdown

Nepal witnessed a dramatic rise in the number of stillbirths during the "strict" lockdown, said a new study published Monday.The stillbirth rate – loss of babies due to miscarriages or death durin

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Economic Watch: China mulls new growth pattern for high-quality development

China will accelerate the establishment of a "dual circulation" development pattern that takes the domestic market as the mainstay while domestic and foreign markets c

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Chinese troops join 3,749 flood relief operations

The Chinese People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force had dispatched troops to 3,749 operations of flood relief by July 28, as floods are wreaking h

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Fact check: Peter Navarro's lies about China on COVID-19 pandemic

Protesters rally in front of the White House during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Washington D.C., the United States, on May 31, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) BE