Passengers who disembark Diamond Princess may not be allowed to board evacuation flight later in week, FCO warns Coronavirus: live updates British passengers stuck on the cruise ship in Japan… Read more »
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Mark Esper said countries using Chinese technology would put intelligence cooperation at risk The US defence secretary, Mark Esper, warned that US alliances including the future of Nato were in… Read more »
Top White House official Larry Kudlow questions approach of Politburo as China brings in ‘wartime’ measures in more cities Coronavirus latest updates A senior White House official has called on… Read more »
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Xi Jinping makes rare appearance at Beijing hospital as nervous global investors turn to safe havens like gold. Follow updates live ‘Come back soon’: coronavirus wreaks havoc on global tourism… Read more »
Letter from Iain Duncan Smith and other MPs requests that ‘high-risk’ vendors are ruled out A group of senior Conservatives has written to Tory MPs expressing concern over the government’s… Read more »
News of Kaletra being tested as a possible treatment for the disease sparks panic buying Coronavirus – latest news A drug used to treat people with HIV, the virus that… Read more »
Early reports of death of Li Wenliang were retracted, only for doctor to succumb to disease later in day Coronavirus – latest developments A whistleblowing Chinese doctor who tried to… Read more »
Stanley Johnson met the Chinese ambassador on Tuesday. Photograph: Mark Thomas/REX/Shutterstock
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Thousands on board Diamond Princess cruise ship in offshore quarantine in Japan after 10 people test positive, as China death toll passes 490 Thousands trapped on cruise ship in Japan… Read more »
Authorities call for improvements following ‘difficulties exposed in response to the epidemic’, as US reports second person-to-person transmission – latest updates China’s leadership admits ‘shortcomings’ in coronavirus response Coronavirus: British… Read more »
After recently doing a survey of the top robotics investment rounds, it became pretty clear: construction is going to be huge for this industry. Global construction is expected to hit… Read more »
Impossible Foods made huge waves in the food industry when it came up with a way of isolating and using “heme” molecules from plants to mimic the blood found in… Read more »
Police detain 400 and fire teargas as anti-government protests continue into 2020 A huge New Year’s Day march in Hong Kong has ended in mass arrests and street clashes as… Read more »
2019 brought more global attention to Africa’s tech scene than perhaps any previous year. A high profile IPO, visits by both Jacks (Ma and Dorsey), and big Chinese startup investment… Read more »
On Friday, China announced that it would complete its competitor to the U.S.-operated global positioning system network by the first half of next year, increasing the pace of its decoupling… Read more »
DJI is easily the leading brand when it comes to camera drones, but few companies have even attempted a ground-based mobile camera platform. The company may be moving in that… Read more »
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world…. Read more »
Supermarket halts production in China after six-year-old girl finds plea for help inside card Tesco says it has suspended production at a factory in China alleged to have forced foreign… Read more »
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It’s among the most iconic images of the last few decades — a picture of an unknown man standing before a line of tanks during the protests in 1989 in… Read more »
Huawei said today it is suing the Federal Communications Commission, asking to overturn a ban on carriers from using money from the Universal Service Fund (USF) to buy equipment from… Read more »
November 2019 could mark when Nigeria (arguably) became Africa’s unofficial capital for fintech investment and digital finance startups. The month saw $360 million invested in Nigerian focused payment ventures. That… Read more »
Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up… Read more »
TikTok has issued a public apology to a teenager who had her account suspended shortly after posting a video that asked viewers to research the persecution of Uighur people and… Read more »