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Feature: Syrians traumatized by war turn to Yoga for health stress reliever

Stress and depression are modern illnesses in Syria due to the long-standing war, which pushes Syrians to search for alternatives to release the stress without the sid

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Goldman Sachs’s CEO just called WeWork’s pulled IPO — which Goldman was underwriting — proof that the market works

It’s hard to put a positive spin on terrible situation, but that didn’t stop Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon earlier today. Asked during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos abo

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Trump impeachment: Senate prepares for opening of historic trial

As Donald Trump prepared on Tuesday to address the billionaires in Davos, the US Senate prepared to hear opening arguments in an impeachment trial that could remove Tru

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Lame LPs, founder referenceability, and the future of VC signaling

I’m still going through some of the comments I received on last week’s articles about the heightened competition among VCs for the best (typically SaaS) venture deals. Some more notes on whether large

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Rio' Water Crisis

03:23 It is impossible to hide that something is wrong with Rio de Janeiro's tap water. It has been like this- dirty, smelly and foul tasting- for over two weeks now, especially in the

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AppsFlyer raises $210M for ad attribution and more

AppsFlyer has raised a massive Series C of $210 million led by General Atlantic.Founded in 2011, the company is best known for mobile ad attribution — allowing advertis

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Spotlight: McConnell unveils draft schedule for Trump impeachment trial

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday proposed a draft resolution on schedules of the upcoming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Republican-led upper chamber. Th

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Trump's lawyers urge Senate to reject impeachment, acquit him speedily

U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers on Monday argued that Trump had done nothing wrong, urging the Senate to reject the impeachment articles approved by Democratic-led House of Representatives las

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The importance of dispute resolution in China-U.S. phase one deal

02:33 Do you remember how long it took for China and the U.S. to reach their phase-one deal? Thirteen rounds of negotiations over 23 months.So, apparently, no one wants to go through t

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IPU secretary general highlights role of multilateralism in solving global problems

Challenges to world peace and security as well as the climate emergency can only be tackled through multilateralism, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Secretary General Martin Chungong has said. In a

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SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in astronaut escape test

SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching astronauts in the next few months, mimicking an emergency escape shortly after liftoff last Sunday.No one was aboard for the

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India says no meeting with Malaysia in Davos as palm row simmers

India’s trade minister will not meet with his Malaysian counterpart in Davos next week because of his tight schedule, an Indian trade ministry official said on Sunday,

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Bacterial myth-busting: When to worry and when to relax

02:12 Of all the things to worry about in this wide world, bacteria might be among the busiest characters. From food to toilets, from swimming pools to public transport, not to mention

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SpaceX blows up rocket to test astronaut escape system

The capsule, which will eventually carry astronauts, moved out of harms way as the rocket fell into a fireball and crashed.

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Watch SpaceX launch its Crew Dragon astronaut spacecraft for a key safety test

SpaceX is looking to launch its Crew Dragon spacecraft using a Falcon 9 rocket today, in a crucial test of the human-rated spacecraft’s In-Flight Abort (IFA) system. This safety feature will sep

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Ministers Reportedly Get Back to No Deal Plan Talks Amid Fears EU Will Block UK’s Aspirations

As 10 Downing Street prepares for tense post-leave debates in Brussels as soon as the Brexit bell rings, government executives have been energetically trying on differe

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U.S. House files brief laying out impeachment case against Trump

The Democratic U.S. lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday the president must be removed from office to protect national security and pre