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Serena Williams withdraws from French Open with Achilles injury

Serena Williams withdrew from the French Open with an Achilles tendon injury shortly before she was due to face Tsvetana Pironkova in the second round on Wednesday. The

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Serena Williams withdraws from French Open with Achilles injury

Serena Williams withdrew from the French Open with an Achilles tendon injury shortly before she was due to face Tsvetana Pironkova in the second round on Wednesday. The

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Harris blasts Trump for refusing to denounce white supremacy

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) on Tuesday slammed President Trump over a number of his comments during the first presidential debate

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Dfinity’s valuation soars to $9.5Bn after revealing its governance system and token economics

We’ve been tracking one of the few genuinely interesting stories to come out of the blockchain world, ever since Dfinity raised $102M from Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital for a decentralised

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E-commerce platform Whitebox raises $18M

Whitebox, a startup that manages e-commerce logistics and fulfillment for a variety for brands, has raised $18 million in Series B funding.While discussing the new funding, CEO Marcus Startzel repeat

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Chamath launches SPAC, SPAC, and SPAC as he SPACs the World with SPACs

SPACs are going to rule the world, or at least, Chamath’s future portfolio.Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder of Social Capital, has already tripled down on SPACs, the so-called “blank check” vehicle

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Startup founders must overcome information overload

Many of the founders I spoke to said one of their biggest early challenges was figuring out how to sift through all the advice they receive. Advice overload plagues everyone and founders have it espec

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As the Western US burns, a forest carbon capture monitoring service nabs cash from Amazon & Bill Gates backed fund

Pachama, the forest carbon sequestration monitoring service that tracks how much carbon dioxide is actually captured in forestry offset projects, has raised $5 million in fresh funding from a clutch o

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Apple introduces the Apple Watch SE, a cheaper Apple Watch

In addition to keeping old generation devices at an entry-level price, Apple is introducing a brand new Apple Watch at a cheaper price point. The new Apple Watch SE features the same design as the ne

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Tennis rallies amid pandemic as participation soars

02:13 Like all spectator sports, tennis has been hit hard by COVID-19 – but for people looking for a safer game to play during the pandemic, it has proved to be a winner.From the Olymp

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U.S. Open: Murray wins five-set thriller, Venus out

Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates during his men's singles first round match against Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan during the 2020 U.S. Open in New York, U.S., September 1, 2020. /VCG For

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U.S. Open: Murray wins five-set thriller, Venus out

Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates during his men's singles first round match against Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan during the 2020 U.S. Open in New York, U.S., September 1, 2020. /VCG For

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Jacob Blake’s uncle demands justice for his nephew

02:58 CGTN’s Dan Williams has an emotional interview with the Justin Blake, the uncle of Jacob Blake, an African-American man shot in the back seven times by a police officer in Kenosh

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Marches nearly a week since police fired on Jacob Blake

01:57 More than a-thousand people marched against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Saturday.There have been days of protests since an officer shot Jacob Blake in the back seven

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Michael Jordan intervenes as NBA players vote to end shooting boycott

Basketball legend Michael Jordan is said to have played a crucial part in NBA's negotiations with players. /VCG An unprecedented NBA boycott to protest racial injustice continued on Thursday a

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Will cease-fire last in Libya?

Explosive remnants are seen in a military camp in southern Tripoli, Libya, on July 22, 2020. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)The UN-backed government had been engaged in a deadly armed conflict against

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Spotlight: Will cease-fire last in Libya?

by Mahmoud Darwesh Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj and Speaker of the east-based House of Representatives Aguila Saleh on Friday issued statements callin