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Over the last six years, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has put in much effort to woo global manufacturers to set shop in the country....

On Dec. 21, after months of partisan wrangling (paywall), the US Congress finally passed a $900 billion Covid-19 economic relief bill that w...

Congress passed the $900 billion pandemic relief bill last night, providing long-awaited aid to Americans struggling in the pandemic. Though...

It was 2019, and the product team at Duolingo was killing it. User engagement and revenue were both growing fast, we’d just launched some of...

The UK economy saw a partial recovery in the third quarter of 2020, according to the latest data released by Britain’s Office for National S...

After the UK reported the discovery of a new strain of Covid-19 on Dec. 18, the European Union swiftly implemented a ban on UK travelers. As...

A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly in the UK, with over 1,400 cases since September. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-1...

For all the devastation the Covid-19 pandemic has caused, there is finally a bright spot: For the first time ever, drug companies created a...

An Ethiopian-American investor and his partners are on the brink of pulling off an elaborate scheme that may unfairly take advantage of Ethi...

In places around the world where Covid-19 is substantially under control—such as in Australia, Taiwan, and Singapore—governments and compani...

Lithium is one of Earth’s most widespread elements. The metal is found just about everywhere, even in small traces in drinking water. It’s a...

???? The Big IdeaTheaters hoping to survive the coronavirus pandemic are rebooting the moviegoing experience. Here’s the TLDR to our guide o...

What do the trees, water bodies, agricultural fields, and forests mean for a city like Delhi? Can we ascribe a monetary value to their contr...

After multiple failed attempts, the Narendra Modi government is finally seeing some hope of selling the country’s debt-riddled national carr...

The $900 billion stimulus bill awaiting final passage by the US Congress includes $54.3 billion for K-12 education, significantly more than...

Fishing on the high seas is a bit of a mystery, economically speaking. These areas of open ocean beyond the territorial jurisdiction of any...

As Americans dig into the details of the government’s new stimulus bill and debate the impact it will have on the average household, one pro...

The US House and Senate are voting today on a $900 billion pandemic relief package. If the bill passes, which is expected, it will have “a l...

The stimulus bill that appears likely to pass the US Congress this week won’t just help the economy—it could help save the climate.Congress...

For years, governments and tech firms have been locked in a delicate dance.Lawmakers pull the companies into the spotlight of public antitru...

Tesla, the electric-car maker with a market value of $630 billion, joined the Standard & Poor’s 500 index today.So what does that mean for T...

A week before Christmas, Britain found itself in an unholy mess.On Friday (Dec. 18), scientists presented the UK government with stark data...

After a new American president is elected pundits in foreign countries scour through databases and film footage to find any scrap of comment...

On the night of Dec. 12, as 2,000 workers from the night shift at Wistron facility on the outskirts of India’s IT hub Bengaluru were leaving...

When it comes to the digital divide, often the focus is on how lack of internet service and basic technology will hurt students’ academic pe...