South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called for officials to examine ways to bring Japan's decision to release water from its Fukushima nuclear plant to the International Tribunal for the Law of th
India’s prime minister received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as the country hit another peak Thursday with 126,789 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.“V
European regulators have questions about a Facebook data breach, Clubhouse adds payments and a robotics company has SPAC plans. This is your Daily Crunch for April 6, 2021.The big story: Facebook face
Electric cars and trucks seem to have everything going for them: They don’t produce tailpipe emissions, they’re quieter than their fossil fuel-powered counterparts and the underlying archi
Glints, the Singapore-based career platform, announced today it has raised $22.5 million in Series C funding led by Japanese human resources management firm PERSOL Holdings. The new capital will be us
File photo of Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh. /Getty The full removal of U.S. sanctions against Iran will be on the agenda of a meeting scheduled for Tuesday in Vienna, I
China is exploring ways to use its digital currency yuan for cross-border transactions to meet market demand, the central bank said on Thursday.China's central bank the People's Bank of China (PBOC)
Edtech unicorns have boatloads of cash to spend following the capital boost to the sector in 2020. As a result, edtech MA activity has continued to swell. The idea of a well-capitalized startup buying
30:00 In this episode of Razor, Emma Keeling revisits the issue of Long COVID-19, which is a term to describe the effects of the coronavirus that continue for weeks or months beyond th
Every year on the last Saturday of March, millions of people around the world turn off their lights at 8:30 p.m. to show their commitment to preserve our planet and to raise awareness about protectin
The Brazilian-based pan-Latin American food delivery startup iFood has announced a series of initiatives designed to reduce the company’s environmental impact as consumers push companies to focu
04:42 Developing nations around the world are struggling to feed their populations. Their governments are seeking ways to reduce dependency on other nations for their nutritional needs
Investor FOMO following Roblox’s blockbuster public debut is pushing venture capitalists who missed out on that gaming giant to invest in competing platforms.Today, Rec Room announced it has rai
The UK's competition watchdog has accused the company of refusing to assist an investigation into its subscription practices.
France’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday he had asked his EU counterparts to consider ways to help Lebanon, which is facing its worst economi
After Spark Capital announced it would ‘sever all ties’ with Dispo following allegations around co-creator and famous YouTuber David Dobrik, two of the app’s earliest investors have
Around 500 foreign volunteers may be allowed into Japan under special entry rules to assist with the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer, Kyodo news reported on Monday.The organizers fo