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Indian stock markets have given a roaring approval to US president-elect Joe Biden.Today (Nov. 9), in the first trading session since the US...

Dear Quartz readers,When we created Quartz in 2012, the world was just emerging from the great recession, and the lessons of that crisis hea...

In a gritty corner of San Francisco, Peter Reinhardt is leading me past what looks like the site of an industrial accident. Propane tanks, s...

The world needs to invest about $3.5 trillion per year to keep global average temperatures from rising to dangerous levels, according to the...

If entrepreneurs were mountaineers, starting a climate tech company would be like traversing the Himalayas. Beyond almost every peak lies an...

In 2003, Jigar Shah envisioned building a company using photons. Almost every modern energy source had worked the same way: burn fossil fuel...

???? The Big IdeaSilicon Valley lost billions of dollars investing in clean energy a decade ago. Now it’s back for more. Is it the next big...

Remember those awkward photo ops from the 2016 presidential transition, when president Barack Obama attempted to prep his successor Donald T...

To understand Joe Biden, the new US president-elect, one has to know his family history.Biden is the eldest of four siblings. His sister, Va...

The United States finally has a president-elect but it remains a nation that feels truly divided. Pulling the country together sounds like a...

In a fiercely contested election whose outcome took days to tally, Democratic challenger Joe Biden managed to clinch a victory over incumben...

In a fiercely contested election whose outcome took days to tally, Democratic challenger Joe Biden managed to clinch a victory over incumben...

Almost as soon as a winner was declared, the world began lining up to work with the incoming US president on climate change.In the UK, prime...

US president-elect Joe Biden may disagree with his predecessor on most issues, but experts believe, there’s one that he will be in complete...

Ethiopia’s House of Federation has passed a decision to form an interim government for its northern Tigray region in a political escalation...

When Joe Biden is sworn in as US president in January, he’ll have his work cut out for him to keep the coronavirus at bay. Just this week, i...

Joe Biden is officially the president-elect of the United States, and Kamala Harris will be vice president.Other world leaders are beginning...

On Aug. 15, 1981, the very first India Day parade in US history rolled down Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Just a few simple floats traversed...

Barring major and unforeseen developments, Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States.The accompanying emotion for many in th...

There was only so much more of Donald Trump that America could take.In the end, and despite the  continued support for Trump in wide swaths...

Joe Biden in the White House will represent a 180-degree pivot on climate change from his predecessor. But with control of the Senate down t...

It wasn’t quite a “blue wave,” but Democratic candidate Joe Biden ultimately prevailed to become the next president of the US.In a fiercely...

In the nearly three months before inauguration day on Jan. 20, there are still a few more hoops for Joe Biden to jump through before taking...

In nature, a lame duck is a weakling, a bird that can’t keep up with the flock and is easy pickings for predators.In politics, a lame duck p...

For most US voters, the economy is the main issue in this presidential election, and the candidates’ promises around taxation are pored over...