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Viewed from abroad, the downfall of Donald Trump’s administration has appeared as relentless as its rise. In the past few months, the presid...

As finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to announce India’s union budget for fiscal 2021-22 on Feb. 1, experts believe she could tac...

Jack Ma is back.The outspoken founder of China’s e-commerce and fintech behemoths, Alibaba and Ant Group, has been out of sight for months,...

The scramble by South Africa for Covid-19 vaccines is intensifying pressure on the government to square its plans for immunizing the country...

US president-elect Joe Biden plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit, the fourth phase of a major oil transportation system between...

Netflix cynics, look away: The streaming company declared it doesn’t need to borrow money anymore, rebutting what’s been a common criticism...

Uganda has moved to clamp down on social media use in the country even as its diplomatic relations with the US have taken a bad turn after a...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is a devout supporter of outgoing US president Donald Trump. On right-wing shows and on his social media accounts,...

No one is better at digging holes than the oil and gas sector. Over the last century, the industry has perfected the art of extracting fossi...

For nearly a year, the Covid-19 pandemic has killed Black and Latino Americans at disproportionately high rates. Now, scientists predict tho...

Few things have increased in price quite like a new pair of 1460 Dr. Martens: the eight hole, yellow-stitch boots cost £2 ($2.71) when they...

In 2010, a pregnant Jaime Schmidt was inspired to start developing an all-natural deodorant with transparent ingredient labeling. Her kitche...

There’s no doubt that the racial inequities and social injustices laid bare in America in 2020 have brought forth a new level of attention f...

Railways in Nigeria dates back to the 19th century when the first railroad was constructed in 1898 under British colonial rule before the mo...

???? The Big IdeaMindfulness apps are booming as stressed-out people tune in for help coping with a turbulent world. Here’s the TLDR to our...

On Jan. 6, Kavin Bharti Mittal, the founder of the eight-year-old Indian instant messenger Hike, tweeted that the app was starting the new y...

In the months since a repressive national security law upended life in Hong Kong, numerous activists and politicians have fled the city for...

One of the long-running tensions in the African startup investment ecosystem has been whether the Silicon Valley funding model, which seems...

India’s richest billionaire says he has no ambitions to dominate the country’s farm sector. But his other plans may leave an imprint on it a...

Two years after losing the coveted title, India may soon reclaim its spot as the world’s fastest-growing major economy.The Indian economy wi...

As the US economy gets an infusion of ultra-easy credit and multiple rounds of big-time government spending, questions are growing about whe...

Last Tuesday, Delhi deployed teachers from government schools to bird duty—to stand as sentries at border points and check for any illegal t...

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO, realized early on his site would never be the “everything store” he imagined if it had to purchase and...

Only a few days after the US Capitol was the theater for a violent insurgency, the stage is being prepared for a very different event.On Jan...

China today reported 2.3% growth in GDP last year, making it the first and probably only major country whose economy expanded in 2020.But a...