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Good morning, Quartz readers!Here’s what you need to knowIndia’s Covid crisis deepens. With travel bans increasing (see below), more than 33...

Earlier this year, a digital “toolkit” had riled up the Indian government so much that it called it “an international conspiracy” and arrest...

America has been a longstanding partner to Africa’s nations and its people, leading in aid and development assistance, healthcare, and the f...

In 2010, the Japanese government had a rude wakeup call: Beijing had abruptly cut off all rare earth exports to Japan over a fishing trawler...

India’s memories of last year’s lockdown are so bitter that political leaders in the country now seem afraid of using that word.For instance...

The Delhi high court on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by Facebook and WhatsApp against a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order to...

The nerdiest gig in Hollywood is also one of its most coveted. Actors, athletes, journalists, and TV personalities are lining up to be the n...

The Indian diaspora—the world’s largest, at 18 million—is watching loved ones struggle through the largest Covid-19 outbreak on Earth, and t...

In 1954, US president Dwight Eisenhower used domino theory to explain what would happen if Vietnam fell to communism; it was a geopolitical...

Young people have always been critical of their elders. What’s noteworthy about the way millennials and Zoomers talk about Baby Boomers toda...

The UK’s parliament voted today (April 22) to endorse a motion accusing Chinese authorities of committing crimes against humanity in its tre...

For the top names in luxury fashion, the pandemic doldrums appear to be firmly behind them—except in Europe, that is.Hermès today posted ste...

A mantra of press freedom advocates is that “journalism is not a crime.” But a mainstay of investigative journalism—public records database...

Good morning, Quartz readers!Here’s what you need to knowIndia sets a grim coronavirus record. The country reported the highest single-day i...

Apartheid chiseled race and gendered othering into the every day lives of South Africans. National identity numbers, given to every citizen...

A scroll through prime minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter feed offers a glimpse into India’s battle with a raging second wave of Covid-19. As...

On April 21, as India reported the largest single-day spike of nearly 316, 000 Covid-19 cases, several hospitals across the country expresse...

For decades, infrastructure for coal, oil, and gas was seen as a relatively safe investment delivering strong returns, and renewables barely...

India has now crossed the milestone for the highest single-day Covid-19 spike for any country in the world.Yesterday (April 21), the country...

Everything you need to know about bankruptcy in five minutes or less, including how rough the process used to be in Europe and its protectio...

Following a record-breaking 2020, Netflix’s subscription growth has slowed dramatically so far this year. The company says that has everythi...

The Biden administration is trying to decide if China is a rival or partner when it comes to climate change. This week, US officials seemed...

The courtroom verdict that turned Derek Chauvin into a convicted murderer this week brought ripples of celebration across the United States,...

On the heels of a successful visit to China by US climate envoy John Kerry this week, Chinese president Xi Jinping accepted an invitation to...

A recently published letter by a group of prominent African scientists and health practitioners to international funders has reignited a con...