Facebook is launching a new program in India to help small and medium-sized businesses secure loans in the South Asian market as the company makes further push to expand its presence among merchants.T
Coming off a $1.5 million seed round in June, bttn. announced Thursday that it secured another $5 million extension, led by FUSE, to the round to give it a $26.5 million post-money valuation.The Seatt
On its 102nd Independence Day, Afghanistan is standing in a historic moment – the end of the two-decade U.S. war and the Taliban regaining control.Months after U.S. President Joe Biden announced a fu
Sequoia is one of the most prestigious and successful venture firms to ever exist. The firm’s portfolio includes Airbnb, 23andMe, Docker, Dropbox, Figma and GitHub — and that barely covers
One, a startup that aims to bring “all-in-one banking” to the middle class, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding.Progressive Investment Company (the insurance
Children have fun at "Dove Lane" in the old town Tuancheng of Hotan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China, May 27, 2020. /Xinhua Foreign politicians and scholars have spoken
01:54 The painting, “Farmers and Tractors” was created by Li Qi in 1950, inspired from China's agricultural mechanization.China’s agricultural production was significantly damaged due t
Zabihullah Mujahid, left, addressing media in Kabul. /AFP/Hoshang Hashimi A day after scenes of chaos at Kabul airport and the Taliban asserting control over Afghanistan and its capital, a sp
Afghan Taliban fighters stand on a military vehicle in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. (Str/Xinhua) The Taliban did not want to have any internal or external enemies, and intende
Twitter’s ambitious upstart decentralized social media working group “bluesky” took an important step Monday as the social media company appointed a formal project lead who will dire
COVID-19 has been one major strenuous global-scale health challenge that has confronted the entire humanity in the past century.Though the ill wind hasn't actually blow
07:54 WHAT'S THE ISSUE?For the strongest example of a shift away from traditional transactions, we need look no further than China. The country is constantly developing
COVID-19 has been one major strenuous global-scale health challenge that has confronted the entire humanity in the past century.Though the ill wind hasn't actually blow
A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. More countries are now evacuating their staff as the Taliban advance. /Rahmat Gul/AP Photo With the Taliban on the
01:19 The Taliban began entering Kabul on Sunday after taking control of all of Afghanistan's major cities apart from the capital. Promising not to take Kabul by force, the Taliban said
05:19 After winning the gold medal at the men's 10m platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics, Chinese diver Cao Yuan is now preparing for his next challenge: the 14th Chinese National Game
Twenty years after starting its longest war in Afghanistan, the United States has lost. But in the battlefield of public opinion, the bigger losers are Chinese "public intellectuals" who have rele
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