The U.S. Department of Defense admitted that a deadly U.S. drone strike in Kabul in late August mistakenly killed 10 civilians and not an ISIS-K member who posed an ‘im
China and Singapore on Monday agreed to enhance cooperation in combating COVID-19 and developing the digital economy.The pledge was made during a meeting between visiti
Four months after its last funding announcement, Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator Rainforest has closed a $20 million pre-Series A round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Other participants included J
Warby Parker filing to IPO last week was one more sign that direct-to-consumer (DTC) is an extremely powerful e-commerce trend. But LA-based performance marketing agency MuteSix didn’t wait that
Emulate Inc., a biotech company focused on developing “organ-on-a-chip” technology, closed an $82 million Series E round on Tuesday. This latest round is intended to formulate a massive investment in
Peanut, a social networking app for women, initially found traction connecting women in the earlier stages of their motherhood journey. But over the years, the network expanded to support women throug
The species was once considered abundant in the Atlantic Ocean but has been classified as critically endangered since 2010.
Valtteri Bottas holds his third-placed trophy on the podium during the F1 Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, September 5, 2021. /CFP Valtteri Bottas will leave Mercedes and race f
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
Karlis Skrastins (#3) of the Nashville Predators and Craig Conroy of the St. Louis Blues challenge for the puck in the NHL pre-season game at the Savvis Center Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.,
Children stand on the roof of their house in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 14, 2018. /Reuters Twenty years of war in Afghanistan have seen nearly 33,000 children killed or maimed, an average of on
Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Florida governor app
As live audio becomes more and more popular, co-founders David Sacks (former COO of PayPal and CEO of Yammer) and Axel Ericsson sought to combine social audio and podcasting into one seamless app. The
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
Ireland's privacy watchdog found the company broke rules on transparency about sharing people's data with other Facebook companies. The fine is the biggest ever handed out by the Irish Data Protection Commission, and also the second-highest under EU GDPR rules.
02:41 Chinese after-school tutoring companies have worked quickly to adapt after a ban on curriculum-based tutoring for students from kindergarten to 12th grade. The co
Cheese is one of those foods that when you like it, you actually love it. It’s also one of the most difficult foods to make from something other than milk. Stockeld Dreamery not only took that task on