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Lee Fixel’s Addition invests over $75 million in Delhivery

Indian logistics firm Delhivery has courted one more high-profile investor before its expected IPO in the next two quarters: Lee Fixel’s Addition.The Gurgaon-headquartered firm has disclosed in

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Taliban claim complete control of Afghanistan's Panjshir

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Monday said the group had "completely conquered" and taken control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan being h

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Ex Australian PM: Morrison gvt provoking China to please U.S.

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating criticized the Morrison government for provoking China to please the United States in an opinion piece on Friday.In an art

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Afghanistan 2001-2021: America's longest war

Editor's note: The Afghanistan war ended just as it began. The country has once again come to a crossroads as the U.S. pulled its traumatized soldiers out of its longest war in history, with the T

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Exclusive interview with Huawei CBO: What's next for 5G?

02:49 The latest mobile data technology – 5G – is being rolled out globally. On the 5G map drawn by Ookla, a network speed testing service, 5G network is commercially d

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Florida governor appeals ruling on masks in schools

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appealed a judge's ruling that the governor exceeded his authority by ordering school boards not to impose strict mask requirements on stu

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U.S. should be open, transparent on COVID-19 origins tracing: expert

Using intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus represents the U.S.'s usual anti-China obsession, said Eduardo Klinger Pevida, a member

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U.S. should be open, transparent on COVID-19 origins tracing: expert

Using intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus represents the U.S.'s usual anti-China obsession, said Eduardo Klinger Pevida, a member

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Florida Businesses That Require Proof of Vaccination Can Be Fined $5,000

Florida businesses that violate the state’s ban on vaccine passports will be subject to a $5,000 fine from the state department of health.A new rule by the Florida heal

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Daily Crunch: 8 Indian banks launch Account Aggregator to centralize consumers’ financial data

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, September 2, 2021. T

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Locast suspends local TV streaming service in wake of court ruling

Local TV streaming service Locast has closed up shop, at least for the time being. It suspended operations following a ruling on Tuesday that it couldn’t use its non-profit status as a legal shi

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Voice chat is coming to Roblox

As one of the frontrunners in the race to build the metaverse, Roblox is thinking ahead to what virtual worlds really need. And while the platform has had no shortage of growth on its current course —

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HomeLight closes on $100M Series D at a $1.6B valuation as revenue surges

HomeLight, which operates a real estate technology platform, announced today that it has secured $100 million in a Series D round of funding and $263 million in debt financing.Return backer Zeev Ventu

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Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen to retire from F1 at end of 2021

Kimi Raikkonen of Alfa Romeo attends the drivers press conference ahead of the Formula 1 Grand Prix of The Netherlands at Circuit Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands, September 2, 2021. /CFP K

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The CPC Way:'Without the Communist Party, there would be no New China'

04:15 Cao Hongwen is the daughter of composer Cao Zhi. All of China knows his revolutionary song, "Without the Communist Party, there would be no New China." In 1940, C

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Insurify, a ‘virtual insurance agent,’ raises $100M Series B

How many of us have not switched insurance carriers because we don’t want to deal with the hassle of comparison shopping?A lot, I’d bet.Today, Insurify, a startup that wants to help make it easier for

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Apollo completes its $5B acquisition of Verizon Media, now known as Yahoo

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management this morning announced that it has completed its acquisition of Yahoo (formerly known as Verizon Media Group, itself formerly known as Oath) from Verizon.