LONDON : UK startup Circulor, which uses blockchain technology to map supply chains for companies pursuing greener, more sustainable production, said on Tuesday it had raised $25 million to fund expansion, primarily in the United States. The Series B funding round brings Circulor’s fundraising over the last two years to […]
Year: 2022
Will Jordan became the sixth member of the All Blacks camp to test positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday but captain Sam Cane said the players were “rolling with the punches” ahead of Saturday’s test against Ireland. Outside back Jordan was in brilliant form in Super Rugby this season but joined […]
HONG KONG : Hong Kong private home prices eased in May after a short-lived bounce, latest official data showed on Tuesday, as potential homebuyers turned wary over higher borrowing costs. Home prices last month slipped 0.3 per cent from a month earlier, according to official data, compared with a revised […]
WASHINGTON: A series of blockbuster congressional hearings that have shocked Americans with eye-popping allegations of a plot by Donald Trump to steal the 2020 election went on a break this week as investigators began taking stock of new evidence. Legal experts say the damning testimony against Trump provided by figures […]
EL PASO: Diana Villanueva’s rapist took her to an abortion clinic when she was just 16 years old and told her to terminate her pregnancy. She wasn’t greeted by the crowds of protestors who often gather outside facilities in the United States to try to persuade women to change their […]
LONDON: Britain’s railway system once again came to a virtual standstill on Saturday (Jun 25) and flights in Europe were disrupted as strikes in the travel sector hit the continent. Tens of thousands of rail workers in the UK staged the latest day-long walkout over pay and job security, hampering […]
Global equity funds obtained capital inflows in the week ended June 22, following a heavy selling in the previous week, as a slide in commodity prices slightly assuaged investor fears over rapid inflation. According to Refinitiv Lipper, investors secured global equity funds of $7.51 billion in net purchases. That compares […]
Former world number one Simona Halep pulled out of her semi-final match at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany on Friday due to a neck issue, days before the start of Wimbledon. The 30-year-old Romanian was due to play Canadian Bianca Andreescu, who will advance to the final of the […]
Europe’s DP World Tour on Friday (Jun 24) banned players who took part in Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf’s inaugural event earlier this month from three upcoming tournaments and also fined them £100,000 (US$122,790) each. “Every action anyone takes in life comes with a consequence and it is no different in […]
LONDON: The Omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long Covid than previous variants, according to the first peer-reviewed study of its kind from the United Kingdom. Researchers at King’s College London, using data from the ZOE Covid Symptom study app, found the odds of developing long Covid […]