Airbnb is making it easier for international travelers to book their stays just as the U.S. reopens its borders to foreign travelers. The short-term rental platform is introducing a translation engine that will automatically translate reviews and listing descriptions in over 60 languages. The feature is set to launch before the end of the year. "Translation Engine improves the quality of more than 99% of Airbnb listings," the company said in a Tuesday news release. "Translation Engine uses millions of Airbnb data points to improve translations, so it will get even smarter over time as it learns from new content that's submitted."

Despite only being early in the year, significant events have already taken place in 2021. Mass vaccinations for Covid-19 have begun around the world, and new strains of the disease have surfaced in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil. For companies, this news has had a direct impact on their ability to conduct business while further placing their pandemic response under the public microscope. How companies are being talked and written about is changing as the pandemic unfolds, and these nuances could reveal more than simply how effective an organization's marketing department is. What if shifts in sentiment could help traders make more informed financial decisions?

Silicon Valley likes to think it is an engine of progress, which in turn helps tech companies self-identify as standard-bearers of progressivism. And in many ways, Silicon Valley is progressive. Companies voiced opposition to President Trump's bigoted executive order barring transgender people from serving in the military, and they stood up against the Trump administration's Islamophobic travel ban. Many tech CEOs spoke out this month against the separation of families at the border. While long hours are de rigueur in Silicon Valley and the jobs are dominated by white males, many of these companies emphasize at least some progressive values in the workplace, hosting open forums for employees to discuss politics and internal dynamics, offering ample time off, and creating well-funded (if too frequently ineffective) diversity initiatives.

Members of a female robotics team from Afghanistan Robotic House, a private training institute, arrive from Herat province to receive visas from the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 13. At the urging of President Donald Trump, U.S. officials have reversed course and decided to allow into the United States a group of Afghan girls hoping to participate in an international robotics competition next week, senior administration officials told POLITICO on Wednesday. The decision followed a furious public backlash to the news that the six teens had been denied U.S. visas. That criticism swelled as details emerged about the girls' struggle to build their robot and get visas. "The State Department worked incredibly well with the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that this case was reviewed and handled appropriately," Dina Powell, Trump's deputy national security adviser for strategy, said in a statement.

An all-girl robotics team from Afghanistan that was denied a visa to participate in the First Global Challenge robotics competition will be allowed to enter the US after all. The White House confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reversed the visa denials for the six teen girls, reportedly after President Trump personally intervened. The initial rejection and denial of an appeal was particularly heartbreaking for the team. They twice made a 500 mile trip from their Herat homes to the US embassy in Kabul to ace their interviews and secure the visas, despite danger and extreme heat. "We just wanted to show the power and skills of Afghan girls to Americans," 14-year-old Fatema Ghaderyan told the Associated Press.

Five teenage pupils from The Gambia who built a robot for a prestigious international competition in the United States will not be able to accompany their invention to the event after being denied a visa. The Gambian pupils become the second team of students to be refused entry to attend the FIRST Global robotics event in Washington, DC on July 16-18. On Saturday, it was reported that an all-girls team from Afghanistan were also denied a visa to travel to the US to showcase their creation at the same competition. We're not giving up, despite the challenges we face, we still continue to work hard. Moktar Darboe, director of The Gambia's ministry of higher education, research, science and technology, told Al Jazeera that the team, made up of high school pupils aged 17-18, were "very disappointed".

The Supreme Court expressed sympathy Tuesday for the family of a Mexican teenager fatally shot from across the U.S.-Mexico line by a Border Patrol agent, but struggled to reach consensus on whether foreign nationals – like the teen's relatives – can sue in American courts. The divisions were on display during oral arguments for what has become a closely watched case, amid an escalating political debate in Washington over border security. The arguments were held the same day the Department of Homeland Security released new directives on immigration enforcement, and after a lower federal court blocked a separate executive action from President Trump on immigration and refugee restrictions. Apart from renewed interest in the court's consideration of immigration disputes, the case heard Tuesday also could have implications for other U.S. government actions taken overseas -- including military drone strikes against suspected terrorists, and electronic surveillance over the Internet. In the current dispute, 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez was just steps from the border on Mexican soil when he was killed in 2010 by Jesus Mesa Jr., an agent standing on the American side in El Paso, Texas. The federal agent was not prosecuted, and the U.S. refused to extradite him to Mexico.

Americans born in the United States are more murderous than undocumented immigrants. After all, that's just what the numbers say. Still, be honest: you wouldn't linger over a story with that headline. Instead, you'll see two dozen reporters flock to a single burning trash can during an Inauguration protest. The aberrant occurrence is the story you'll read and the picture you'll see.

Ahmed Elgoni felt like he'd struck gold. The 24-year-old video game developer from South Africa had in November secured a ticket to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco -- a cultural mecca for anyone who wants to make video games. A sponsor would cover the cost of his round-trip flight from Cape Town. Just two weeks ago, he received his visa to enter the U.S. Then President Trump signed an executive order banning refugees and travelers from seven countries. Elgoni grew up in South Africa, but he was born in Sudan -- one of the countries listed as part of the travel ban. As a dual citizen, he now doesn't know if he can attend GDC, which runs from Feb. 27 to March 3. "No one's sure of what's happening," he said.

Today in Entertainment: Samantha Bee urges viewers to push back against Trump; 'Sharknado 5' news Major award shows such as the Grammys and the Oscars are right around the corner, but much of the arts and entertainment world is spending more time reacting to the new presidency of Donald Trump and his recent executive order on immigration. This visa-holding college kid is who Trump's travel ban is keeping out Entertainment in January: Oprah to join '60 Minutes'; AFI supports Asghar Farhadi This visa-holding college kid is who Trump's travel ban is keeping out Entertainment in January: Oprah to join '60 Minutes'; AFI supports Asghar Farhadi Blockbusters were the play of the day for the Super Bowl as sequels in the "Fast and Furious," "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchises made their mark during the Big Game.