The neobank, or digital bank, phenomenon continues to take the world by storm, with global winners, from Brazil’s Nubank valued at $10 billion and Berlin’s N26 valued at $3.5 billion, to Chime, now va
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Hello from the midst of Disrupt 2020: after this short piece for you I am wrapping my prep for a panel with investors from Bessemer, a16z and Canaan about the future of SaaS. Luckily, The Exchange thi
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi will travel to Tehran to meet with high-level Iranian authorities next Monday,
The Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka has donated face masks and COVID-19 prevention posters for public buses belonging to the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) amidst a pand
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Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un stressed the importance of nuclear deterrence on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the
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China's First Lady Peng Liyuan replied to a message from Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, the first Lady of the Republic of the Congo and the new president of Organization of
Over the past few months, COVID-19 has brought much of the fundraising community to a standstill. However, amidst it all India’s hyper0growth telco Reliance Jio Platforms has put its fundraising
Experts from northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region holds a video conference their Italian counterparts in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,June 17, 2020.
Tesla China-made Model 3 vehicles are seen during a delivery event at its factory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. /Reuters Tesla Inc has received government approval to build Model 3 vehic
BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- China appreciates the understanding and support of the international community in its fight against COVID-19, which the Chinse people will a
A senior legislator on Tuesday called for solid steps to carry out special research in order to offer valuable advice and suggestions for the formulation of China's ou
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday answered questions by journalists from home and abroad on China's foreign policy and foreign relations at a press conference on the s
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.A cluster of related companies recently caught our eye by raising capital in rapid
China was the first to take very strong actions and is the first to be exiting the COVID-19 crisis, so there are a lot of valuable lessons to be learned from China's experience, the International Mon