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South Africa - Durban - 15 June 2020 - Zethembe Langa (owner, 34) with his assistant Dumani Jili (blue uniform) are young pig farmers just ouside Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. He started his business this year 2020 and has a few butcheries as his clients. Photo by Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency(ANA) /RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa.

Africa in Focus

Easy meat: The case of the pork industry in South Africa

Christopher Rooney

Thursday, September 17, 2020

SOUTH AFRICA - Durban - 08 July 2020 - Grade 11 pupils from J.G Zuma High School in Kwamashu, Durban queue early in the morning joining other pupils over 2 million from grade R, 6 and 11 pupils as they return to the classrooms after almost four months at home.Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency/RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa out.

Future Development

Financing a comprehensive and equitable COVID-19 response

Mahmoud Mohieldin and Michael Kelleher

Friday, September 18, 2020

A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump is seen as a demonstrator wearing a face mask attends a protest following the death of the Black man Daniel Prude, after police put a spit hood over his head during an arrest in Rochester on March 23, at Times Square in New York, U.S. September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Up Front

Politics is wrecking America’s pandemic response

Jonathan Rothwell and Christos Makridis

Thursday, September 17, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Colonel Malick Diaw, one of the junta leaders of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), which overthrew Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita,attends a meeting with representatives of political parties and civil society groups to discuss forming a transitional government in Bamako, Mali September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Moussa Kalapo NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES./File Photo

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Updates on politics in Côte d’Ivoire and Mali, oil management, and COVID-19

Christina Golubski

Saturday, September 19, 2020

A Chinese researcher works on an ultracold atom device at the CAS-Alibaba Quantum Computing Laboratory in Shanghai, China

TechStream

The state of U.S.-China quantum data security competition

Friday, September 18, 2020

Job training

The Avenue

In many communities, COVID-19 will permanently kill jobs. Here’s how they can respond.

John C. Austin and Brad Hershbein

Thursday, September 17, 2020

A child practices algebra on a chalk board.

Brown Center Chalkboard

Math-intensive fields have a gender problem: The men are worse at math

Friday, September 18, 2020

Gabrielle and Ethan Archibald take school classes virtually as schools go back online to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ramsey, New Jersey, U.S. September 11, 2020. Kimberlee Bradshaw Archibald/Handout via REUTERS

TechTank

How courageous schools partnering with local communities can overcome digital inequalities during COVID-19

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Foreign workers sit on the street after losing their jobs, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Future Development

Pandemic highlights the vulnerability of migrant workers in the Middle East

Thursday, September 17, 2020

--FILE--View of a signboard of ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) in Xuchang city, central China's Henan province, 22 May 2016.The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's biggest in terms of capital and deposit, on Thursday voiced its readiness to continue its "all-round" financial services for "Belt and Road" projects. "ICBC is keen and active in promoting the Belt and Road Initiative," said Gu Shu, ICBC's senior executive vice president. The initiative, which comprises the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, is aiming at building a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient Silk Road routes. "ICBC has 123 branches in 18 countries along the Belt and Road, making it the Chinese financial institution that covers the most countries along the route," Gu said. "ICBC has been actively providing all-round and integrated financial services for 'Belt and Road' projects," he added. "So far, ICBC has operated 208 projects along the route, with a combined investment of 220.8 billion U.S. dollars." Gu was in Istanbul for the first anniversary of the inauguration of ICBC Turkey, which was established after ICBC purchased a majority of shares of Turkey's Tekstilbank in May last year.No Use China. No Use France.

Order from Chaos

How US-China tensions could hamper development efforts

Thursday, September 17, 2020

United States Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican of South Carolina), Chairman, US Senate Judiciary Committee, left, US Senator Richard Blumenthal (Democrat of Connecticut), center, and US Senator Dianne Feinstein (Democrat of California), Ranking Member, US Senate Judiciary Committee, right, chat prior to the committee markup of the "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act of 2020," and judicial nominations in Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

TechTank

The push for content moderation legislation around the world

David Morar and Bruna Martins dos Santos

Monday, September 21, 2020

A Trump supporter reaches for his revolver as Black Lives Matter protesters advance to push the group away from the Justice Center in Portland, Ore., on August 22, 2020. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Order from Chaos

Who is a terrorist, actually?

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

National Counterterrorism Center Director Christopher Miller and FBI Director Christopher Wray testifiy before the House Homeland Security Committee during a hearing about 'worldwide threats to the homeland' on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 17, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

How serious are threats to the US homeland?

Daniel L. Byman and Seamus Hughes

Monday, September 21, 2020

A man inspects the Apple iPhone 6 Plus at an electronics store in Mumbai, India, July 23, 2015. With only a tiny share of the world's fastest-growing major smartphone market, Apple Inc is stepping up its push into India, with a first targeted TV advertising campaign, expanded retail network and promotional financing schemes. To match APPLE-INDIA/ REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui - GF10000167811

TechTank

The need for regulation of big tech beyond antitrust

Tom Wheeler, Phil Verveer, and Gene Kimmelman

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

General view of the U.S. head office of TikTok in Culver City, California, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

TechTank

TechTank Podcast Episode 4: Should Trump ban TikTok and WeChat?

Darrell M. West, Nicol Turner Lee, and Tom Wheeler

Thursday, September 17, 2020