Hu Anyan, a former courier who wrote a best-selling book about the grueling job of delivering packages, discusses life, technology, and the future of work.

In an industry studded with megastars like BTS and Blackpink, virtual idols are building powerful new fandoms even while ...

With plummeting prices and slowing demand for EVs, the once-thriving mining towns of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia are now ...

After years of investing in Europe, Chinese EV and battery firms are turning to Asia, Africa, and Latin America ...

Few countries have the political stability and geography necessary for a good spaceport. Oman is often called the ...

Four of the world’s 10 busiest spaceports are in the U.S. Russia and China each operate two. There are no commercial ...

China’s export curbs have forced the U.S. to find critical minerals elsewhere. Can Latin America keep up the supply?

“China’s complaint has legal merit. India’s EV incentives clearly favor domestic content, which runs counter to WTO rules ...

Hazel Gandhi is an intern at Rest of World. She has a master's degree in data journalism from Columbia University. She was ...

South Korea’s AI textbook program was meant to personalize learning, reduce inequality, and lighten teachers’ workload. The initiative was rolled back following complaints about inaccuracies, data ...

In Malawi, small-scale farmers are turning to an AI chatbot called Ulangizi for instant farming advice in their own language. The tool uses ChatGPT, and is trained on government data and traditional ...

Tele-operation of robots allows physical labor to be offshored. The Philippines is seeing steady hiring by global companies for AI-related IT service and tech jobs. Filipinos are paid less than their ...