A view from Tehran's street as a citizen reading the news regarding the U.S. elections in newspapers in Tehran, Iran, on November 09, 2020. /Getty Editor's Note: Dr. Wang Jin is a research fel
Fintech startup Klarna is turning its mobile app into a banking app in Germany. Customers living there can now open a consumer bank account and get a Visa debit card.For now, Klarna is launching bank
Leaders gather for a Pacific Islands Forum summit in the Cook Islands, August 30, 2012. /Getty A group of Pacific Island nations set up to promote regional cooperation on issues like developme
Cowrywise, a Nigerian fintech startup that offers digital wealth management and financial planning solutions, has raised $3 million in pre-Series A funding. Quona Capital led the round as Tsadik Found
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Fintech startup Upgrade has been positioning itself as a neobank. And yet, the company has mostly been focused on personal loans and more recently credit cards. You couldn’t just replace your ba
An official at the YONEX Thailand Open cleans the umpire's chair ahead of the tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, January 10, 2021. /CFP Four badminton players have tested positive for COVID-19 i
An official at the YONEX Thailand Open cleans the umpire's chair ahead of the tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, January 10, 2021. /CFP Four badminton players have tested positive for COVID-19 i
A new fintech startup called EarlyBird wants to help families invest in their children’s financial futures. Through the EarlyBird mobile app, parents in just a few minutes can create a custodia
Fintech startup Revolut is tweaking its subscription plans with a new mid-tier offering called Revolut — it costs £2.99 per month. Like N26 Smart and Monzo Plus, the new plan is a pandemic-proof pack
More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high levels of water shortages and scarcity, the UN agriculture agency said in a new report launched on Wednesday. /VCG More than
President Donald Trump is facing rising pressure from prominent Republicans to begin a transition to President-Elect Joe Biden -- or even concede defeat -- as Trump’s l
U.S. soldiers inspect the site of suicide car bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 17, 2015. /Xinhua Editor's note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communication expert, lecturer-scholar at th
00:55 While U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to concede to Joe Biden after the presidential election, he has ordered further troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq. The plan wi
A U.S. Marine (C) talks with Afghan National Army soldiers during a training in Helmand province, July 5, 2017./Reuters President Donald Trump's new Pentagon team has not yet signaled an immin
U.S. President Donald Trump has sacked Mark Esper as the Secretary of Defense, replacing him on an acting capacity with Christopher Miller."I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the hi
French startup Spendesk has added $18 million to its Series B round. The company already raised $38.4 million as part of its Series B last year, which means that it raised $56.4 million as part of thi
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