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The fate of the three cruise ships amidst the global COVID-19 outbreak

01:24 The global reach of the novel coronavirus outbreak is concerning, and cruise ships, with passengers on board from all over the world, and with footprints spanning across continen

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Alkymi launches with $5M seed to automate email data extraction

Alkymi, an early stage startup that wants to bring intelligence to highly manual business processes like copying and pasting financial data from emails and attachments, launched today with a $5 millio

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Fifth Wall Ventures’s new $100 million “retail” fund aims to back online brands that need real world space

Fifth Wall Ventures, a four-year-old, the L.A.-based, real-estate focused venture firm, has just closed a $100 million vehicle called that it’s calling its “retail fund.” The vehicle

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Monahan, Backlund score two goals each, Flames beat Bruins 5-2

Mikael Backlund #11 of the Cagary Flames celebrates after scoring a goal in the game against the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, February 25, 2020. /AP Sean Monahan sc

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Biden confident, Sanders under fire in South Carolina debate

Democratic frontrunner Bernie Sanders came under fierce attack from rivals in a chaotic debate on Tuesday, days ahead of a critical primary in South Carolina that could make or break former Vice Pres

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New York’s BounceX reaches $100M ARR, rebrands

Welcome to the $100 million ARR club, BounceX.This morning (evening, timezone depending), BounceX, a New York-based marketing technology startup, announced that it has reached the $100 million annual

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Stonly grabs $3.5 million to make customer support more interactive

Stonly is building a service for customer support teams so that they can share step-by-step guides to solve the most common issues. The startup just raised a $3.5 million funding round led by Accel wi

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Wall Street's sell-off deepens as coronavirus fears intensify

The New York Stock Exchange in the U.S., January 29, 2020. /VCG The Dow and the SP 500 tumbled by 3 percent on Tuesday in their fourth straight day of losses as the coronavirus spread further

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Malawi to hold repeat presidential poll on May 19

Malasi’s President Peter Mutharika speaks during a past United Nations General Assembly in New York. A court overturned the result of last year’s vote, citing widespread irregularities. /Reuters

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#Metoo: How the fall of Harvey Weinstein changed the world

Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain and

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Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after guilty verdict

01:08 Harvey Weinstein remained in a New York City hospital Tuesday morning, one day after a jury convicted him of rape and sexual assault against two women.The former Hollywood produc

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Bloomberg camp responds to 2016 audio of ex-mayor calling Obama endorsement 'backhanded,' Warren 'scary'

Mike Bloomberg's campaign said Monday that a re-surfaced 2016 audio recording where the billionaire called Democratic rival Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., "scary" and

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U.S. equities post two-day losing streak amid risk-averse sentiment

An electronic screen shows the trading data at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Feb. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)For the first two sessions of the week, the Dow lost 1,91

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Bemstrom's OT tally lifts Blue Jackets over Senators 4-3

Columbus Blue Jackets' Nick Foligno scores a goal against Ottawa Senators' Marcus Hogberg during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., February 24, 2020. /VCG The Co

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (Feb. 25)

Beijing, Feb. 25, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua. The 2-month-old child of Zhao Rui (pseudonym) interacts with temporary "mothe

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Frontrunner Sanders under fire ahead of South Carolina primary

Bernie Sanders, who is leading the Democratic pack in the contest to take on U.S. President Donald Trump in November, is the subject of fresh scrutiny and mounting attacks days ahead of the South Car

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Galleries for British Decorative Arts, Design in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to reopen to public

Visitors view exhibits during the press preview of the Galleries for British Decorative Arts and Design in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States, Feb. 24, 2020. The Galleri