The deal follows a month of speculation, and it will see Grab — which is valued at over $6 billion — buy up Uber’s ride-sharing business in eight countries in Southeast Asia. It will also take over Uber Eats, which is currently present in three, and expand that service across the region during the first […]

LYM token holders will now be shareholders of the Lympo Company. The company has announced that starting April this year, it would distribute 20% of its shares via equity options to the token holders. Lympo plans to distribute 20% of the company shares to its token holders. According to the company, the shares will be […]

(CNN)Saudi Arabia says one person was killed after seven missiles were fired from Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday. It’s the first death on Saudi soil since the Saudi-led coalition began a military intervention in Yemen three years ago. The missiles were fired at four targets, including the capital city of Riyadh, and all […]

Revered artist said to have slated rival sculptor’s work when Tate board was considering buying it He is revered as one of the masters of 20th-century British sculpture, but Henry Moore belittled rival artists while promoting himself within the Tate gallery, according to previously unpublished diaries. In 1945, the Tate’s board was considering whether to purchase a […]

Tributes are pouring in for a French police officer who died saving the lives of hostages in a supermarket siege by an Islamist gunman on Friday. Lt-Col Arnaud Beltrame, 44, was shot and stabbed after he traded places with one of the captives following a shooting spree in southern France. Flags are being flown at […]

GAZA CITY — The Israeli army said it bombed a Hamas military compound in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after a number of Palestinians allegedly breached the Gaza border fence and set fire to an army vehicle. No injuries were reported in the incident, which comes days before mass Palestinian protests are set to take […]

HANOI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Vietnam has halted an oil drilling project in the “Red Emperor” block off its southeastern coast licensed to Spanish energy firm Repsol following pressure from China, three sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Friday. It would be the second time in less than a year that Vietnam has […]

HONG KONG — A brewing trade war between China and the United States sent markets reeling across Asia on Friday, following a sell-off on Wall Street overnight. Investors drove stocks into red territory from Shanghai and Hong Kong to Tokyo and Seoul as they digested news that the Trump administration would impose stiff tariffs on […]

LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A military-grade nerve toxin attack on former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter may have left them with compromised mental capacity and it is unclear whether they will recover, a British judge said on Thursday. Britain has said Russia used a Soviet-era chemical weapon called Novichok to attack Skripal and […]

For the ninth year in a row, Vienna has topped the charts of Mercer’s annual Quality of Living index, cementing its reputation as an idyllic destination for general well-being. The Austrian capital managed to maintain its stronghold over 230 other cities in the ranking, thanks to strong scores in areas like security, public transportation, cultural […]