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Masayoshi Son, the Japanese telecom tycoon who owns Sprint and unveiled a $100 billion tech investment fund earlier this year, said he will put $1 billion behind an ambitious plan to launch hundreds of satellites that would provide faster, cheaper internet connections. Son’s Softbank Corp. will fund OneWeb, a satellite company founded by entrepreneur Greg […]

A gunman shouting “Don’t forget Aleppo! Don’t forget Syria!” shot and killed the Russian ambassador to Turkey today (Dec. 19) at a photo exhibit in the Turkish capital of Ankara. The assassination seems likely to stir new tension between Russia and Turkey, which only recently restored normal ties after a rift when Turkey, only a […]Read More

How does it feel when the world’s richest man is your secret Santa? “Flabbergasted” is how Aerrix, a Reddit user who got a gigantic box of gifts from Bill Gates last week described it. Since 2009, Reddit’s gift exchange has brought holiday cheer to strangers’ doorsteps. Last year, over 120,000 people from 150 countries joined […]Read More

We live in a miraculous world of one-click retail and zippy shipping speeds, but come holiday season, all of the orderliness we expect from online shopping can be thrown into madness. The closer it gets to Christmas, the trickier it is to get timely delivery. Clocks are ticking—so Quartz has compiled a list of cutoff […]

Five hundred and thirty-eight people will convene in various places around the US on Monday (Dec. 19) to officially elect the country’s next president and vice president. While usually considered a mere post-election formality, the vote has drawn unprecedented attention and anxiety this year—because of the chance, however small, that Donald Trump could end up […]

US president-elect Trump’s anti-Chinese rhetoric is nothing new. For almost 200 years, oftentimes racist resentment of Chinese workers in the US has been a fact of American life. The first major wave of Chinese immigration began in the 1850s. These immigrants primarily came to work in gold mines and build the railways of the American […]

Anand Mahindra believes Indian industry is at an inflection point. And he is readying his company for the future. He is overseeing the sprouting of new-age entities under the canopy of his 71-year-old conglomerate, the Mahindra Group, with its presence in 10 sectors and annual revenues of $17.8 billion. The group chairman believes that the […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is breaking records at the box office. The first major Star Wars spinoff film raked in $155 million in ticket sales during its opening weekend in the United States. It generated $290.5 million in its initial global release, which did not include South Korea and China. The strong showing […]

India is flexing its maritime muscles in the Indian Ocean. Since 2011, India’s naval voyages across the world’s third-largest ocean have grown in number by 300%, according to consultancy firm IHS Markit, bolstering the country’s presence in a key region where China has been making inroads. China has increasingly deployed nuclear and conventional submarines in […]Read More

China’s president Xi Jinping appears to be getting desperate. Facing a transition of power, the most influential Communist Party leader in recent history is showing signs he’s reluctant to let go of the reigns, working furiously to consolidate power ahead of the 19th Party Congress in late 2017 when the country’s next head is supposed […]Read More

With recent reports that the UK’s Home Office is considering cutting the number of international student visas issued annually by nearly half, it’s clear that the government is keen to stick to its promise of reducing the inflow of foreign students. In her speech at the Conservative Party conference earlier this year, the home secretary, […]

It’s probably not well known but Africa has been represented at every Winter Olympics since 1984. Morocco and Algeria are some of the most regular participants these days. South Africa did take part as early as the 1960 games in Squaw Valley, USA, but that was during apartheid, and it was subsequently banned from participation […]