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When tulips meet Monet

01:09 Tulips are large and brightly colored bulbous plants. They are popular ornamental plants worldwide, and spring is their blooming season. A tulip festival themed o

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Rice terraces await spring farming in SW China

00:49 Farmers in Congjiang County of southwest China's Guizhou Province have filled their rice terrace fields with water for the upcoming spring farming season.Guizhou'

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24 solar terms in nature: Start of Summer

01:32 Start of Summer is the seventh of the 24 solar terms on the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, marking the beginning of summer. When it arrives, heat increas

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Kenya, Tanzania agree to remove barriers to trade, movement of people

President Uhuru Kenyatta and visiting Tanzania Head of State Samia Suluhu Hassan. /Presidential Service Communication Unit Kenya and Tanzania on Tuesday agreed to eliminate barriers hindering

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Pivoting from offline into virtual events for enterprises nets Tame a $5.5M Seed round

In March 2020, Tame had a digital event suite for offline corporate events. But with the pandemic hitting, it did a hard pivot into providing a highly customizable virtual events platform, primarily u

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Bibit raises another growth round led by Sequoia Capital India, this time for $65M

Four months after leading a $30 million growth round in Bibit, Sequoia Capital India has doubled down on its investment in the Indonesian robo-advisor app. Bibit announced today that the firm led a ne

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GOP Senator Roger Marshall on Objecting to 2020 Election Results: 'So Ready to Move On'

Republican Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas on Saturday said he's "just so ready to move on" after supporting a GOP effort to block the certification of President Joe B

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Anti-Super League Manchester United fans storm Old Trafford

VCG Angry Manchester United fans stormed Old Trafford in protest against the club's decision to join the now-shelved European Super League proposal.The supporters, armed with smoke flares and

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EU hits Apple with music streaming charge in boost for Spotify

Margrethe Vestager, competition commissioner of the European Commission, speaks during a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, April 30, 2021. /CFP EU regulators on Friday accused Apple of dis

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Wolong National Nature Reserve extracts DNA from panda droppings

00:53 The number of wild giant pandas in Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province has increased from 104 to 149, due to the use of traceabil

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Palestinian president announces postponement of elections

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced early Friday that the legislative elections scheduled for May 22 will be postponed until further notice."We have decided t

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India's COVID Horror: Gov't fails to foresee raging second wave

08:14 As the coronavirus death toll surpasses 20,0000 in India, the country suffered a deadly second wave. What is the ground situation of COVID-19 in India? And how are ordinary people

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Paxos raises $300 million to build a cryptocurrency infrastructure giant

Paxos has raised a $300 million Series D funding round led by Oak HC/FT. With today’s funding the round, the company is now valued at $2.4 billion. The company has been building infrastructure and whi

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Taster grabs $37 million for its native online restaurants

French startup Taster has raised a $37 million Series B funding round from Octopus Venture, Battery Ventures, LocalGlobe, HeartCore, Rakuten, GFC and Founders Future. The company operates dozens of re

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SaaS subscriptions may be short-serving your customers

Like all business operators and investors, I value recurring revenue. From my time as president CFO of Shutterstock and in many other positions over the last 15 years, I have seen just how powerful a

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Joe Cunningham to enter race for South Carolina governor

Former Democratic Rep. Joe Cunningham (S.C.) confirmed Sunday that he will announce a campaign for governor of South Carolina on Monday.Cunningham first confirmed his b

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Detroit-based Signal Advisors raises $10m Series A led by General Catalyst

Signal Advisors is building a specialized financial platform for financial advisors, and the company is announcing it raised a $10 million Series A led by Brian Ru and Hemant Taneja at General Catalys