The UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees voiced concern on Friday that the U.S. administration's Middle East peace plan will spark further violence, and said it had contingency measures in place to
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.It was yet another jam-packed week full of big news, IPO happenings, an
China's economic relationship with Africa is meaningful and critical for the continent's development, former president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama has said. Mahama made the comments to Xinhua on Th
Increasingly, the streets of Karachi and Lahore are being flooded with men riding bikes and wearing green T-shirts, a writer friend recently told me. In a sense, these men represent the emergence of P
The LA Clippers honor Kobe Bryant as his #8 and #24 jerseys are illuminated during their NBA game against the Sacramento Kings at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California, January 30, 2020. T
After opening an office in the city last year, Indian ride-hailing firm Ola said it would officially begin operations in London on February 10. London is one of the world’s biggest markets for
Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam announced a string of measures on Friday to further contain the spread of the novel c
A common link exists between the current novel coronavirus outbreak and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic of 2003 – the wildlife trade.While the animal spreading the new strain
A burst of applause came from the crowd and even from the children sitting on their father's shoulders. All because of an amazing performance called Zhengding Zhongfan
Skymind Global Ventures (SGV) appeared last year in Asia/US as a vehicle for the previous founders of a YC-backed open-source AI platform to invest in companies that used the platform.Today it announc
Activists and journalists protest after a report revealed that their smartphones had been infected with spying software sold to the government to fight criminals and terrorists in Mexico City, Me
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector stood at 50 in January, slightly down from 50.2 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics (N
By APD writer EaswaranCOLOMBO, Jan 31 (COLOMBO) Sri Lanka shipped a highest ever 11.8 Million Kgs of tea to China in 2019, Asia Siyaka Commodities PLC said today.Just f
By APD writer EaswaranCOLOMBO, Jan 31 (COLOMBO) Sri Lanka shipped a highest ever 11.8 Million Kgs of tea to China in 2019, Asia Siyaka Commodities PLC said today.Just five years earlier the quantity w
U.S. stocks rebounded late to close higher on Thursday after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency, while earnings painted a mixed picture. A
The rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak in China is emerging as a potentially major new risk to the global economy and leaving policymakers around the world, still grappling with the impact of
A newly built section of the U.S. border wall fell into Mexico on Wednesday, after succumbing to high winds of 37 mph.The 30-foot tall steel panels landed on trees of the Mexican side of the border,