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Struggling Chinese EV brands go global to flee brutal price war at home

2025-07-11 18:00:00

Once a rising star among China’s electric vehicle startups, Neta Auto is facing backlash in its largest overseas market as its parent company enters bankruptcy restructuring — fueling concerns that...

Tireless health workers keep rural telehealth alive despite USAID cuts and poor internet

2025-07-10 18:00:00

Mahbubur Rahman is used to the rhythms and interruptions of running a telemedicine center on the northern fringe of the Sunderbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.  At the government-funded hospital...

Why Big Tech is threatened by a global push for data sovereignty

2025-07-09 18:00:00

A battle for data sovereignty is brewing from Africa to Asia. Developing nations are challenging Big Tech’s decades-long hold on global data by demanding that their citizens’ information be stored...

Dangerous mines: A death at the bottom of the EV supply chain

2025-07-08 18:00:00

Darlington Vivito told his parents goodbye on a chilly, drizzly evening in March 2023. He put on warm clothes, preparing for the night ahead. The 22-year-old left the family’s small...

Meta’s grand WhatsApp fintech experiment in India has fizzled

2025-07-07 18:00:00

Meta’s fintech ambitions have failed to take off in India — the company’s largest market, with over 500 million WhatsApp users. When WhatsApp first began testing payments in India back...

What we’re reading: Rest of World’s summer book list

2025-07-04 18:00:00

In her review of this book, former Meta employee Sabhanaz Rashid Diya called it “disappointing and revealing.” While courageous—Meta won a ruling blocking author Sarah-Wynn Williams from promoting her work—the...