text

Cross-border investments aren’t dead, they’re getting smarter

In recent years, the venture capital and startup worlds have seen a significant shift towards globalization. More and more startups are going global and breaking borders, such as payments giant Stripe

text

Meet MarsCat, a robot cat with lots of love to give and room to grow

At CES 2020, one of the more well-represented gadget categories was definitely consumer robots — but none was more adorable than MarsCat, a new robo-pet from industrial robot startup Elephant Ro

text

SiriusXM and Pandora test bundle discounts

It’s been less than a year since SiriusXM completed its $3.5 billion acquisition of streaming music service Pandora, but the two companies have already leveraged their collective assets to boost

text

Lime is laying off about 100 people and ceasing operations in 12 markets

Lime is hoping to achieve profitability this year by laying off about 14% of its workforce and ceasing operations in 12 markets, Axios first reported.“Financial independence is our goal for 2020, and

text

Lucky coffee, unicorn stumbles and Sam Altman’s YC wager

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week we had TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm and Danny Crichton on

text

Nigerian businessman takes fight against malaria to Antarctica

Nigerian businessman Ned Nwoko plants Nigeria flag at the South Pole.Courtesy: Ned Nwoko/Instagram Ned Nwoko, founder and president of Prince Ned Nwoko Foundation (PNNF), a humanitarian group,

text

Salah, Mane most valuable African footballers: research group

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates with Sadio Mane after scoring his team’s first goal during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Sheffield United at Anfield on January 02, 2020

text

Japan confirms Abe's trip, MSDF dispatch to Mideast

The Japanese government confirmed on Friday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will make a five-day trip to the Middle East from Saturday, while also giving orders to disp

text

Railway trips to top 11 mln Friday as Spring Festival nears

Over 400 million train tickets have been sold after the presale kicked off on Dec. 12, 2019. BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A total of 11.6 million train trips are expect

text

Iraq, U.S. discuss U.S.-Iran conflict on Iraqi soil

Caretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi discussed with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by phone the recent U.S.-Iran conflict in Iraq and the need to preve

text

How are China's airlines preparing for Spring Festival travel rush?

China Southern Airlines' hangar in Beijing Daxing International Airport. /CGTN Photo China's annual Spring Festival travel season officially began on January 10.According to the forecast of th

text

Romania to close larger institutions for people with disabilities

A woman next to the fence of a facility for young people with mental disabilities during a protest in 2013 over alleged abuses against the residents. (Credit: AP /Vadim Ghirda) Romania has pl

text

China has over 70,000 brick-and-mortar bookstores in 2019

The total number of brick-and-mortar bookstores in China exceeded 70,000 in 2019, according to figures released at the China Bookstore Conference. More than 4,000 new

text

China-India Youth Dialogue launched to mark 70th anniversary of ties

The China-India Youth Dialogue has been held at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, which was attended by a group of Indian students from various streams. This was the s

text

Trump signs legislation to add 4.7 trln USD to national debt: watchdog group

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed legislation that will ultimately add 4.7 trillion U.S. dollars to the national debt from 2017 to 2029, according to nonpartisan watchdog group the Committee fo

text

Hainan expects over 6.7 mln air passengers in Spring Festival travel rush

More than 6.7 million passengers are expected to be transported via two major airports in southern China's island province of Hainan during the Spring Festival travel

text

China to establish infant care service system

A set of standards and norms on the care of infants under three will be promulgated in China, China Women's News reported Friday. The government will initially establi