At exactly 6:30 p.m., a barrage of lights projected a rallying cry "Wuhan will emerge victorious" onto the Second Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, a landmark in the central
Iraq on Thursday announced a new case of novel coronavirus disease in the country's northern province of Kirkuk, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Iraq t
After investing nearly $2 billion of its Innovation Fund in Latin America in 2019, Softbank announced this month that it would add an additional $1 billion into the fund to continue supporting tech st
The Citroen Ami is a new take on urban mobility. It’s electric, cheap and doesn’t require a license. In short, it’s less of a car and more of an electric scooter with two seats, doors, and a heater. J
Magma Partners has more than doubled the size of its investable capital with the close of its latest $50 million fund. The Santiago, Chile-based venture firm founded in 2013 had secured $21 million th
Following a successful debut for Tinder’s first foray into original content, the company is giving its interactive video series “Swipe Night” another run. The company confirmed today
We’re cruising through the short stories in Ted Chiang’s collection “Exhalation.” Today, we read one of the most popular from the set, “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling,”
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.This combo photo shows volunteer driver Wang Yongpeng
The South Korean and U.S. militaries announced Thursday that they were postponing their annual joint drills due to concern about a viral outbreak that has infected sold
01:10 A food technology company in Barcelona, Spain has created a plant-based steak by using a 3D printer.Novameat created the world's first 3D-printed plant-based vegan "beef" steak i
Egypt's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chinese corporation Huawei have discussed plans to provide training to develop the skills of Egyptian university students talented in
Editor's note: Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, Director of Columbia's Center for Sustainable Developm
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the opposition provoked police violence during mass protests in Moscow last summer, with the sole aim of showing “what kind of her
Wattpad, the online storytelling community that’s home to some 80 million monthly users, has successfully tapped into the power of crowdsourcing to help uncover the next potential hits for media
The medical and healthcare categories have been leading robotic innovation for decades. Look no further than Intuitive Surgical, whose da Vinci robot has been performin
Editor's note: Andrés Velasco is a former presidential candidate and finance minister of Chile, Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The art
Egypt held a military funeral on Wednesday for the country's former president Hosni Mubarak who died on Tuesday at the age of 91. The body of the former president was