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In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare providers’ concerns centered on what the virus could do the respiratory system. But a...

Britain’s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Queen Elizabeth II, died today (April 9) at the age of 99. He had been sick for a...

A new report led by AidData, a US-based development finance research lab, reveals the ways in which Chinese lenders use contracts to gain an...

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Good morning, Quartz readers!Here’s what you need to knowThe US Senate unveiled a plan to combat China strategically. The bill includes meas...

With never-before surges in Covid-19 infection every day, a vaccine shortage in India couldn’t have come at a worse time.Yesterday (April 8)...

The union health ministry has declined a request from the department of higher education, under the union ministry of education, to vaccinat...

Staplers. Glass bowls. A baked potato.These are just some of the objects that Scott Rudin, a prolific film and theater producer, has been ac...

If you’re not familiar with Shein, an online fast-fashion retailer based in China, odds are you’re not a teenage girl.The company has attrac...

James Uche remembers how he frantically fought against a deadline to submit an English proficiency certificate to secure a scholarship for a...

India’s second Covid-19 wave is proving to be a big nightmare.As of today (April 8), the country has consistently recorded the highest daily...

India is currently in its third phase of Covid-19 vaccination where those above 45 years are eligible to get the shots. Public and private h...

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A grassroots pro-democracy solidarity campaign that blew up on social media last year with warring memes and snarky zingers has earned an of...

Good morning, Quartz readers!Here’s what you need to knowThe AstraZeneca shot can cause blood clots in rare cases. So confirmed EU drug regu...

As Covid-19 breaks all previous records in India, the calls on social media for plasma donation have resurfaced.Convalescent plasma, extract...

Picture a debate or a negotiation and it’s likely you’re thinking of a rapid-fire exchange of arguments between two animated parties. Silenc...

As India braces for the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, some Indians have come up with a jugaad—the colloquial term for a hack—that...

Uganda’s controversial “over-the-top” (OTT) services tax was bound to fail, given the widespread bi-partisan opposition it has elicited sinc...

Home to almost 30,000 employees, Infosys’ headquarters on the outskirts of Bengaluru is a mini-city of sorts. Spread out across 81 acres, th...

The first question asked on Yahoo! Answers, after its public launch on Dec. 08, 2005, was: “How do I decide on a good magic set for children...

Everything you need to know about rice cookers in five minutes or less, including who made the first one and how they spread globally.

Reintroducing the Hummer might not seem like an obvious choice. Launched in 1992, the vehicle deployed in the US’s 1990 Gulf War found a civ...

JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon had a lot to get off his chest: The head of America’s biggest bank wrote his longest shareholder letter since bec...

James Bond is one of the most lucrative roles an actor can hope for. That is, until he makes a deal with Netflix.The streaming giant is payi...