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Russia says troops returning from Crimea after drills: TASS

Russia's defense ministry said on Friday it had begun returning troops from Crimea to their permanent bases after they took part in military exercises, the TASS news agency reported.Russia announced

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US Embassy in Russia Confirms That Sullivan Has Left the Diplomatic Mission and is On His Way to DC

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on 16 April that the Russian side had recommended that Ambassador Sullivan return to Washington for consultations about the

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EU Readies Legal Action Against AstraZeneca Over Missing Doses

The European Union’s executive arm is preparing a legal case by the end of the week against AstraZeneca Plc over its failure to deliver its promised number of doses to

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S.Korea widens public access to virus self-test kits amid surge

South Korea granted conditional approval on Friday that will allow the public to use two coronavirus self-test kits for the first time, as a surge in infections has rek

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India's round-the-clock cremations show their struggle against COVID

India recorded a staggering 314,835 new cases Thursday, the largest daily jump ever recorded on earth since the pandemic began.The spike is being blamed on week

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Locust outbreak destroys 700,000 hectares of land in Namibia

VCG Namibia has allocated 20 million Namibian dollars (1.4 million U.S. dollars) to fight a locust outbreak that has so far invaded seven regions and destroyed over 700,000 hectares of land, a

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Kenya mulls strategy to drive post-COVID-19 tourism recovery

FILE PHOTO: A COVID-19 patient isolation center in Machakos town in eastern Kenya, August 3, 2020. /VCG Kenya plans to launch a strategy to drive the post-COVID-19 tourism recovery, a governme

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The rise of the next Coinbase, thanks to Coinbase

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.For this week’s deep dive Natasha and Alex and Danny wanted to chat cry

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China plans to approve first foreign COVID-19 vaccine: News outlets

BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. /Reuters China is planning to approve its first foreign COVID-19 vaccine before July, several U.S. news outlets, including Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Bloomberg re

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Chauvin to likely seek to overturn his convictions

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin stands after a jury finds him guilty of all charges in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 20, 2021. /Reuters Former

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Pope calls for easing of tensions between Russia and Ukraine

Francis, in remarks to the public assembled in St. Peter's Square, said he was following with "deep concern the events in several areas of eastern Ukraine, where in rec

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Japan's hard-hit regions may slide back to COVID-19 state of emergency

A recent surge in COVID-19 cases could see major parts of Japan slide back into states of emergency with authorities in Tokyo and Osaka looking at renewed curbs to stop

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These three investors think founders need some TLC (Collective funds)

Venture capital is a networks business — from networks of founders to the web of investors and angels and gossamer threads of potential customers, talent, and service providers. The density of those n

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Less than 2 weeks left to save $100 on TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing & Fundraising

Regret — such an unfortunate and unnecessary emotion, is it not? If you missed out on our April TC Early Stage bootcamp, this is your chance to cast regret aside and secure your spot at TC Early Stage

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AutoX partners with Arbe to bring ultra-high resolution radars to its autonomous vehicle fleet

Tel Aviv-based ultra-high resolution radar startup Arbe Robotics has a new customer: Chinese autonomous driving company AutoX, which has procured 400,000 Arbe-based radar systems to go in its Level 4

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Russian delegate says progress in Iran nuclear talks

Talks in Vienna aimed at bringing Washington back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are moving ahead with experts working on drafting proposals this week, Russia's delegate said Monday, while addi

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Turkey reports more than 62,000 new COVID-19 cases, 288 deaths

FILE PHOTO: A health care member is seen at work at a COVID-19 laboratory of the Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey. /VCG Data from Turkey's Health ministry on Saturday showed the country h