Restrictions on mobility have had an important effect on air pollution in the Spanish cities of Madrid and Barcelona, according to investigations carried out by the Catalan regional authority and
American Airlines today announced that it will fly a handful of cargo-only flights to Europe, using its standard 777-300 passenger planes, over the course of the next few days. The company says these
As organizers cancel events with massive attendance, like SXSW (400,000 attendees), E3 (66,000), GDC (65,000) and Mobile World Congress (100,000), mobile game developers have felt the crunch. At a sho
At TechCrunch, we aim to deliver a great show no matter what. We’re constantly looking at ways to broaden the reach of Disrupt — in 2018, for instance, we added several new pricing tiers to make
Many performances in February and March were canceled in China due to the COVID-19 outbreak.The National Center for the Performing Arts took the same measure and will see its activities resume on Apri
Clashes broke out overnight on Greece's border with Turkey early Wednesday, after about 500 migrants attempted to break down a border fence and enter Greece.Greek polic
A man poses with Zimbabwe’s new two-dollar banknotes as customers queue outside a bank in Harare./Reuters Zimbabwe has suspended the transfer of local shares in dual-listed companies to foreig
Regardless of how the COVID-19 pandemic plays out in the coming weeks and months, it has already been brutal for small businesses, with some forced to close for public safety, while others are taking
Kenya’s largest teleco, Safaricom, will implement a fee-waiver on East Africa’s leading mobile-money product, M-Pesa, to reduce the physical exchange of currency in response to the COVID
Just like you, we at TechCrunch have been keeping a close eye on the developing situation around the novel Coronavirus. This is indeed a challenging time for families and businesses across the globe.
During a press conference at the White House, President Trump today announced that the government is working with Google to build an online screening website for COVID-19.The announcement was short o
Censorship takes many forms, but even the most restrictive countries can’t block every single path for information they’d rather not get in (or out). Reporters Without Borders has identif
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged all countries to "double down" rather than give up on efforts to fight COVID-19 as his organization declared it a pandemic. "Let me
A senior Chinese diplomat has said here that to continue dialogue on the Korean Peninsula situation is in the interest of all the parties concerned and a general expectation of the international comm
Criteo faces a privacy investigation, an e-discovery startup raises $62 million and hackers hack other hackers. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 10, 2020.1. Adtech giant Criteo is being invest
The insurance industry depends on data to support a number of functions the average person in the street is usually completely unaware of such as “informed risk selection”, underwriting and clai
China, while shoring up its own epidemic fight, stands ready to strengthen solidarity and cooperation with African countries and support and help them to the best of i