When COVID-19 began to shutter the United States economy, startups jumped into cost-cutting mode as expectations rose that venture capital was about to get a heck of a lot harder to raise. After all,
While you may mostly think about Twilio in the context of its voice and text messaging platform, the company has recently made a number of moves to bolster its IoT platform, which is already one of it
As the International Monetary Fund predicted a 10.2-percent contraction of Britain's economy in 2020, gloomier than its previously projected contraction of 6.5 percent
The City of London financial district in London, UK. /VCG Photo The collapse in Britain's labor market eased only slightly last month, according to a survey on Wednesday from the Recruitment a
By writer Imdad Hussain Editor's note: Imdad Hussain currently works as Senior Producer and reporter at state-run Television based in Islamabad, having experience of mo
"In the matter of three months, we have wiped out all the improvements in the labor market [which] took 10 years to achieve."That's the OECD's Stefano Scarpetta, who we spoke to after the development
Global investment management firm Goldman Sachs lowered its forecast for the U.S. economy in a report published Saturday, saying it would grow at 25 percent in the thi
Amazon forest fires in Brazil increased by 19.5 percent in June compared to the same month last year, making it the worst June in 13 years, authorities revealed on Wednesday.June marks the start o
U.S. President Donald Trump smiles without wearing a mask at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, July 3, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based co
Passengers wearing face masks at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, May 1, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of
00:44 Fires in Brazil's Amazon region jumped 20% in June compared to that month a year ago, according to new government data.Researchers worry these findings could foretell a repeat, o
The European Union re-opened its borders to dozens of "safe countries" on July 1 after months of COVID-19 lockdown.But interestingly, the United States – a decades-long ally with the 27-member blo
Editor's note: Jonathan Arnott is a former member of the European Parliament. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.The United States has bought 500,000
The Lebanese army has scrapped meat from all meals it offers to soldiers on duty as food prices skyrocket as a result of a deepening economic crisis.The country is in the throes of its worst econo
The former glamour model says her disabled son Harvey receives 'disgusting' abuse from online trolls and it needs to stop.
One drug which has already been shown to cut recovery time for coronavirus patients has been bought up almost entirely by the US.
Twitch had already broken viewership records in the first quarter of 2020 amid coronavirus lockdowns, surpassing 3 billion total hours watched in a single quarter for the first time. In the second qua