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India today (April 12) approved the Russian Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use.Sputnik V, developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute...

Orphaned wells are poised to overwhelm the US. Millions of oil and gas wells have been abandoned by drilling companies around the country....

The top news stories included China's plans to mix vaccines to boost efficacy, and major US companies' efforts to boost voter participation.

The pandemic situation in India is becoming increasingly grim.India recorded nearly 170,000 new Covid-19 infections and 904 deaths yesterday...

Running a cryptocurrency business in India is no easy feat.Just three weeks after Mumbai-based cryptocurrency exchange WazirX launched in Ma...

From April 12, Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan.They fast from sunrise to sunset—this includes drinks and other substances, such as...

Where industrialized humans live, air pollution follows. That’s bad news for your lungs, which, in exchanging the gasses necessary to keep u...

Ella Kissi-Debrah was only nine when she died in London in 2013. The cause was respiratory failure, but it’s pollution that killed her.That...

If you’re one of the many people spending a lot more time at home these days, spare a thought for the air you’re breathing there.Compared to...

When it comes to the air you breathe, your location matters. While no city, state, or country is completely free of air pollution, some have...

Take your age and multiply it by 0.9. That’s your indoor age, or the number of years that you’ve spent inside your home or office, according...

Nigeria and China mark their golden jubilee of official relations in 2021, having established diplomatic ties in 1971.As trade and investmen...

Hi Quartz Africa readers!Solar power is invaluable for households and businesses across Africa that lack access to reliable electricity from...

Government and investors are quickly moving to quantify the risks posed by climate change and make that part of their financial decision-mak...

“Oatly has crossed the line from hip to basic,” Bloomberg food reporter Deena Shanker recently declared on Twitter. That may be a diss, but...

We have all heard the mantra that dolphins and whales (cetaceans) are highly intelligent animals. Some claim they’re on par with great apes...

Plans announced by Senegalese-American singer Akon last August to build “Akon City,” a futuristic hub in his ancestral homeland, were initia...

Good morning Quartz readers!Jamie Dimon has a lot to say about how to fix America. In his annual letter to shareholders (pdf), the JPMorgan...

The American rapper known as DMX (his real name was Earl Simmons) died at 50 today, his family said, after suffering a heart attack allegedl...

In its early days, buying and selling sneakers was a niche hobby, with collectors scouring store bins and garage sales for rare finds and ma...

The world is running short of semiconductor chips—running so short that Subaru has temporarily closed a plant in Japan, 5G network rollouts...

Fox News or Newsmax? That’s the choice of employment facing former Trump officials in the months after the US president lost his bid for ree...

The skinny jean is being pushed aside by a roomier new silhouette, following a 15-year reign that began when it supplanted bootcut jeans in...

Last March, Uber driver Jerome Gage would sit at a Walmart parking lot waiting an hour to get a single ride request. The pandemic had slashe...

Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, have voted against unionization in an election that drew national attention for its potential...