Nigeria Becoming Destination for Africa’s Promising Tech Startups

Nigeria Becoming Destination for Africa’s Promising Tech Startups

In February, the Nigerian technology startup CrowdForce announced a big break: It had received $3.6 million from investors to expand its...

Fall of Ukraine’s Port of Mariupol to Russians Appears Imminent

Fall of Ukraine’s Port of Mariupol to Russians Appears Imminent

The fall of the Ukrainian port of Mariupol to Russia appeared imminent Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the city’s...

US Launches Program to Capture, Analyze Evidence of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine

US Launches Program to Capture, Analyze Evidence of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday announced the launch of a new program to capture and analyze evidence of war...

Entrepreneurs From Ukraine’s Kharkiv Relocate, Become Volunteers in Lviv

Entrepreneurs From Ukraine’s Kharkiv Relocate, Become Volunteers in Lviv

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, millions of people have left their hometowns to move to safety —...

Turkish Foreign Minister Faces Tough Questions in Washington

Turkish Foreign Minister Faces Tough Questions in Washington

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is due to meet Wednesday in Washington with Secretary of State Antony Blinken — the...

Musk: Doubt About Spam Accounts Could Scuttle Twitter Deal

Musk: Doubt About Spam Accounts Could Scuttle Twitter Deal

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t move forward unless the company shows public proof that...

Ethiopia Expels The Economist Correspondent

Ethiopia Expels The Economist Correspondent

Ethiopia has expelled The Economist’s correspondent from the East African country, accusing him of taking a “misguided approach” to journalism,...

War Crimes Watch: Targeting Schools, Russia Bombs the Future

War Crimes Watch: Targeting Schools, Russia Bombs the Future

By JASON DEAREN, JULIET LINDERMAN and OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI  As she lay buried under the rubble, her legs broken and eyes...

Ukraine Works to Evacuate Last Mariupol Troops

Ukraine Works to Evacuate Last Mariupol Troops

Ukraine’s military worked Tuesday to evacuate its remaining fighters from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol where three months of...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 17

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 17

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

EU Fails to Clinch Russian Oil Embargo  

EU Fails to Clinch Russian Oil Embargo  

The European Union again failed to agree to an oil embargo against Russia Monday as part of a sixth package...