Why it's so hard to dethrone Google

If you use the internet, Google is practically inescapable. This is most evident in how we search for almost everything online — so much so that "Google" is synonymous with search.


Thailand's Prime Minister lifts state of emergency. Protesters give him three days to resign

Thailand's Prime Minister has revoked emergency measures imposed on Bangkok following more than a week of daily anti-government protests in the nation's capital and other cities.


Beijing commemorates 'victory' in 'war to resist US aggression'

Seventy years ago this week, hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops began crossing into North Korea, in an intervention that would turn the tide of the conflict on the Korean Peninsula and eventually hold United Nations forces to an uneasy detente.


Analysis: Japan has so few women politicians that when even one is gaffe-prone, all pay a price

Laast month, Japanese lawmaker Mio Sugita caused outrage on social media when she said that some women lie about sexual assaults.


India sees increase in child trafficking amid pandemic

Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, India has seen an increase in child trafficking and forced labor as a result of economic loss of poor families. CNN's Ivan Watson reports.


Bitcoin surges after Paypal jumps into the cryptocurrency business

PayPal is launching its own cryptocurrency service, allowing people to buy, hold and sell digital currency on its site and applications.


Short-form video app Quibi is shutting down after just six months

Much like its content, Quibi didn't last very long.


President calls for calm after protesters shot during Nigeria demonstration

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for "understanding and calm" after protests against police brutality in Lagos turned bloody on Tuesday, with eyewitnesses telling CNN that multiple demonstrators had been shot dead by Army soldiers, who then took the bodies away.


This car just smashed through speed records at 316 mph

A little-known American automaker has just snatched the title of world's fastest production car.


India is facing a double health threat this winter: pollution and the pandemic

A familiar scene is taking place in northern India. Vast fields burn, flames engulfing bare stalks of already-harvested crops. Billowing smoke travels across state borders. In towns and cities, the air is thick with yellow haze.