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How safe is it to leave the house during the pandemic? The answer is far from simple.The more widespread Covid-19 infections are in your com...

The US pharmaceutical industry has innovated in response to the pandemic, providing not only vaccines but also therapies to treat people wit...

The prospectus held no punch line. But the company was LMAO all the same.On Friday, LMF Acquisition Opportunities filed to raise $75 million...

Joe Biden will inherit among the most challenging political and economic environments of any US president. With America reeling from the sto...

Barack Obama billed himself as the “the first Pacific president,” and between 2008 and 2016 pursued a vision for the US to take a leading ro...

The year 2021 is poised to be a busy political season for the African continent with more than 13 countries heading to the polls to elect ne...

WhatsApp’s new privacy policy has sent many Indians into a tizzy, but most of them are still in the wait-and-watch mode.Come Feb. 8, the ins...

Xavier Rolet, the former CEO of London Stock Exchange Group, has jumped into the boom in “blank check” companies. But instead of going publi...

As the Indian stock markets continue to rally, investors have found a new favourite: global fast-food chains.Take for instance US-based Burg...

After more than a month of targeted restrictions, Ugandan authorities have, in an unprecedented move, shut down the internet in the country...

The US government today issued a sweeping ban on imports containing any cotton or tomato products originating in China’s Xinjiang region, wh...

In the US, there are no laws at the federal or state level that could mandate Covid-19 vaccines. But that isn’t stopping private companies—e...

George Orwell’s classic 1984 has rocketed up Amazon’s book charts.The iconic story about a future dystopia reached the top of the company’s...

Netflix and Disney each enjoyed success with new original shows in 2020, from Tiger King to The Mandalorian. But no series was nearly as pop...

The coronavirus pandemic in South Africa has reached a record new level driven by the more infectious novel Covid-19 variant—the 501YV2—disc...

Prince Charles, heir apparent to the British crown, has asked the world’s CEOs to guarantee the rights of nature in capitalism.His 17-page T...

Airbnb is canceling and blocking reservations in the Washington DC metro area during inauguration week. The drastic decision was informed by...

Joe Biden is preparing to deal with climate change in a way no US president has done before—by mobilizing his entire administration to take...

Starting a company is an uphill battle even in the best of times. 2020 was not the best of times. While we don’t yet know the startup mortal...

The defining image of the storming of the US Capitol on Jan. 6 was undoubtedly that of a bare-chested man posing resplendent in a horned fur...

Parler—the rightwing social media platform that sought to carve out a niche for itself by refusing to moderate conspiracy theories, hate spe...

In a livestream from the Indonesian presidential secretariat’s YouTube channel, the country’s leader Joko Widodo rolled up his sleeves to re...

For months, Ugandans have witnessed a vicious presidential election campaign without precedent. While the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, has en...

Smaller WhatsApp rivals are having a moment in the sun in India after the world’s largest instant messaging app got marred in controversy ov...

Such is the power of Elon Musk that one tweet can send the shares of a stock soaring. Even of the wrong company.Shares of Signal Advance sky...