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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (April 22- April 28)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Ya Ya is coming home

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Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now

The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.

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Trump Organization convicted in executive tax dodge scheme

Donald Trump’s company was convicted of tax fraud Tuesday for helping executives dodge taxes on extravagant perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars, a repudi

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SimpliFed serves up $500,000 pre-seed toward infant nutrition support

Feeding babies can take many different forms, and is also an area where parents can feel less supported as they navigate this new milestone in their lives.Enter SimpliF

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BoldVoice wants to help nonnative English speakers find (and flaunt) their voices

When Anada Lakra and Ilya Usorov first moved to the United States, they struggled to find their voices. They both knew and understood English, but when it came time to

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Bringing jobs and health benefits, BlocPower unlocks energy efficiency retrofits for low income communities

Retrofitting buildings to make them more energy efficient and better at withstanding climate change induced extreme weather is going to be a big, multi-billion dollar b

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China didn't 'stall' key COVID information at outbreak's start: report

FAIR, a New York-based media watch group, concluded that China didn't stall critical COVID-19 information at the beginning of the outbreak by analyzing U.S. media outle

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Miami-based Marco Financial is launching a revenue-based lending service for Latin American SMEs

Marco Financial, a new Miami-based startup, is looking to take a piece of the roughly $350 billion trade finance market for Latin American exporters with its novel fact

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Storied apparel retailer Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy amid pandemic

Brooks Brothers' website posts a photo featuring a model wearing its seasonal product on July 8, 2020. (Photo credit: brooksbrothers.com) Established in 1818, Brooks Br

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UN staff in New York ordered to telecommute as UN branches worldwide beef up measures

People are scattered at the Delegates Lounge at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Jiangang) All staffers at UN Headquarters (UNHQ) in New

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Neon dominates studios' competition at 92nd Oscars

After "Parasite" made history Sunday night at the 92nd Academy Awards, or Oscars, its distributor Neon became the biggest winner in a studio battle among streaming ser

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China's blockchain startup eyes tokenized green asset investment platform

Hong Kong-based blockchain startup New Power Foundation Ltd. is working to roll out a public blockchain platform that allows worldwide investors to invest in green ene