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Uncapped, which provides upfront revenue to digital companies, raises $80M in funding

Buzzy US startup Pipe — which claims to be the “Nasdaq for revenue” — has just raised $250 million at a $2 billion valuation? The secret for the hype? It gives SaaS companies a way to get their revenu

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Thailand aims to vaccinate 70 percent of its population by September

FILE PHOTO: A health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to Buddhist monk at Priest Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. /VCG Thailandis targeting to administer one dose of a C

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EU mulls ways to help defuse Israel-Palestinian fighting

European Union foreign ministers are meeting Tuesday to discuss how to use the 27-nation bloc’s political clout to help diplomatic efforts to end the fighting between t

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Thailand records highest daily COVID-19 related deaths

Thailand reported 35 COVID-19 related deaths over the last 24 hours, the highest daily record since the start of the pandemic, the Center for COVID-19 Situation Adminis

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Peru investigating allegations surrounding COVID-19 vaccine rollout

01:49 Peruis battling a deadly wave of the coronavirus where nearly 1.9 million cases have been identified since the pandemic began. Hospitals have been overrun with critical shortages.

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Direct-to-consumer orthodontic startup Impress raises $50M to scale across Europe

As the famous phrase goes, ‘software is eating the world’ and now software is eating dentistry. Or, perhaps more accurately, the arena of orthodontics — the specialty of dentistry that dea

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S&P: Surging virus cases may drag India's growth below 10%

People are buying tomatoes from a vegetable vendor in India, April 17, 2021. /CFP SP Global Ratings said on Friday it expects India's economic growth to fall to 9.8 percent for the year under

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Greece to reopen beaches, museums after long lockdown

Greece reopened private beaches on Saturday and will open museums next week, health officials said Friday as the tourism-dependent country gears up for a May 15 travel restart.Museums are to reope

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WHO: Variants, scarce vaccines put Africa at risk of new COVID-19 wave

A passenger receives a nasal swab from a healthcare worker inside a mobile coronavirus airport testing unit in South Africa, January 5, 2021. /CFP The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursd

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U.S. approves departure of non-emergency government workers from India

The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it had approved the voluntary departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees from India because of a surge in COVID-19

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La Liga opens investigation into Messi's potential COVID-19 violations

A team-building gathering might cause trouble for Lionel Messi. /CFP Spain's La Liga and local health authorities have opened an investigation into a possible breach of COVID-19 regulations af

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China provides most oxygen concentrators to India: ambassador

A makeshift hospital in New Delhi, India, April 30, 2021. /CFP China has provided India with the most oxygen concentrators, and continues to produce oxygen concentrators and other medical equi

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Ford, BMW lead Solid Power’s $130M Series B round

A Solid Power manufacturing engineer holds two 20 ampere hour (Ah) all solid-state battery cells for the BMW Group and Ford Motor Company. The 20 ampere hour (Ah) all solid-state battery cells were pr

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One in every three new coronavirus cases globally is reported in India

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India is nearly 20 million on Monday, as a second wave of the virus is overloading hospitals and causing a shortage in much oxygen supply throughout the count

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Graphics: What you need to know about the India coronavirus surge

The world's second-most populous country, India, is now struggling to contain a second wave of infections much more severe than its first last year. India reported more than 300,000 new coronaviru

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India's fuel demand dropped in April amid COVID-19 restrictions

VCG Fuel demand in India dropped in April following government-imposed restrictions aimed at curbing further spread of COVID-19, Reuters reports.The second wave of the virus has left a devasta

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Hospital fire in western India kills at least 15

At least 15 people were killed after a fire broke out at a hospital in western India shortly after midnight on Saturday, AP has reported citing police force.The fire erupted at Patel Welfare Hospital