Malaysian police last week seized 284 boxes of luxury handbags from residences linked to the ousted Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak. The bags are believed…
The Royal Wedding’s most remarkable photo features 10 small kids actually sitting still
The royal wedding of the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was a special event in more ways than one: A biracial American woman married into…
The US might need self-driving trucks to avoid a labor shortage crisis
The autonomous car industry is booming. Waymo has turned a moonshot self-driving car project into actual vehicles that only need human intervention every 30,000 miles,…
Why the best teacher in the world says other countries should be more like China
Andria Zafirakou is the best teacher in the world. That’s according to the Varkey Foundation, an international education-focused NGO, which awards a $1 million prize…
Josh Brolin is all over cinemas this summer
It’s the summer of Josh Brolin. The 50-year-old American actor, who made his debut in the 1980s hit The Goonies as big brother Brand, is…
Workers accuse McDonald’s of “intimidation tactics straight out of the Jim Crow Era”
Fast-food workers in the US say they’re being starved of livable wages— and they’re fighting back. Today (May 21) over 100 McDonald’s workers from around…
Everything you need to know about Trump’s FBI spy claim
After a barrage of tweets from president Donald Trump yesterday (May 20), the Department of Justice will now probe the FBI’s use of an informant…
Japan will debut an adorable Hello Kitty-themed bullet train in June
Cuteness is big in Japan—so much so that the Japanese word for “cute,” kawaii, is known worldwide. Kawaii‘s main ambassador is, of course, Sanrio’s Hello…
This is what America’s new space shuttles look like
US astronauts haven’t had their own ride into orbit since the space shuttle was retired in 2011. Two private companies are racing to replace it…
China’s latest connection to Africa is via a boom in tourism
Chinese travelers are the world’s top tourism spenders, shelling out almost $260 billion in 2017 alone. A growing part of that spend is now happening…
Mark Zuckerberg’s closed-door meeting with the European Parliament will now be streamed live
The president of the European Parliament has convinced Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to livestream a closed-door meeting with European lawmakers this week. Antonio Tajani…
Investors with $10 trillion in assets want the oil industry to take responsibility for “all its emissions”
Over the next few weeks, many oil companies will hold their annual shareholder meetings. It should be a time of celebration: crude oil is at…
Why are there so many Russians in crypto?
No country can claim to be at the center of the crypto world, though many would like to. Bitcoin, after all, was designed to be…
Beijing’s South China Sea ambitions now include nuclear-ready bombers
This is a video of a nuclear-ready Chinese bomber aircraft landing on an island in the South China Sea. It marks the first time Chinese…
In Cannes, African filmmakers are plotting to take back control from European producers
Cannes, France When a Kenyan director, with the help of a South African producer, turned a Ugandan short story into a feature film, the result…
American women are having fewer babies—except for one surprising group
Across age categories, women in the US are having fewer babies—with one notable exception. The fertility rate in the US fell to a record low…
Facebook is revealing data on how good it is at moderating content, but the numbers have holes
Facebook is new to this transparency thing. It’s going to take some time to get it right. Two weeks ago, Facebook unveiled the hyper-specific content…
Some of Startup India’s poster children say they never even signed up
India is home to over 20,000 startups, but few are even aware of the benefits of the government’s ambitious Startup India programme. On Jan. 16,…
