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Democrats demand Bolton testify at Trump’s impeachment trial

The stakes over witness testimony at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton

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Celebrating Lunar New Year in Southeast Asia

Editor's note:Ji Xianbai, PhD, is a research fellow with the International Political Economy Program of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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Celebrating Lunar New Year in Southeast Asia

Editor's note:Ji Xianbai, PhD, is a research fellow with the International Political Economy Program of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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As the venture market tightens, a debt lender sees big opportunities

David Spreng spent more than 20 years in venture capital before dipping his toe into the world of revenue-based financing and realizing there was a growing appetite for alternatives to venture capital

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Why Front’s Series C matters, the latest on Lambda and The Athletic makes media look good

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week Danny and Alex are back with more than ever to get through. 2

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Interview: UNGA president says education key to 2030 agenda, praises China's education success

UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on Thursday said that education is a key element to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, while giving a thumbs-up to China's succe

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APD | President Duterte orders termination of VFA with the United States of America

By APD writer Melo M. Acuña MANILA, Jan. 24, (APD)-- A day after President Rodrigo Duterte warned the American government of the possible cancellation of its Visiting F

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Interview: UNGA president says education key to 2030 agenda, praises China's education success

UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on Thursday said that education is a key element to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, while giving a thumbs-up to China's succe

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Wikipedia now has more than 6 million articles in English

Wikipedia has surpassed a notable milestone today: The English version of the world’s largest online encyclopedia now has over six million articles.The feat, which comes roughly 19 years after the we

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Brooke Hammerling launches The New New Thing, a strategic communications advisory

Brooke Hammerling, the strategic communications veteran that brought us BrewPR, announced her new project today.Dubbed The New New Thing, Hammerling’s new communications advisory wants to help s

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UK warns against all but "essential" travel to Wuhan

Airports around the world are implementing measures against the virus that originally emerged from Wuhan, China, a city in central China (Credit: Reuters) The United Kingdom has advised again

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The $100M ARR club welcomes four new members

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Today we’re adding a few names to the $100 million annual recurring revenue (ARR)

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Thundra announces $4M Series A to secure and troubleshoot serverless workloads

Thundra, an early stage serverless tooling startup, announced a $4 million Series A today led by Battery Ventures. The company spun out from OpsGenie after it was sold to Atlassian for $295 million in

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Ophelia Brown’s Blossom Capital raises new $185M European early-stage fund

Blossom Capital, the early-stage VC firm co-founded by ex-Index Ventures and LocalGlobe VC Ophelia Brown, is announcing a second fund, less than 12 months since fund one was closed.The new fund, which

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Sperm donation after death is 'morally permissible'

Researchers envisage a situation where men could indicate during life that they have a preference to donate sperm after death.

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The marketplace of ideas is a weapons market now

The most interesting thing I saw online this week was Venkatesh Rao’s “Internet of Beefs” essay. I don’t agree with all of it. I’m not even sure I agree with most of it.

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Mexican official eyes stronger ties with China after U.S. trade deal

Mexico should move to deepen its economic ties with China after U.S. congressional approval of a new North American trade deal, a senior Mexican official said late on Saturday.Jesus Seade, the deputy