Laura González-Estéfani Contributor Laura González-Estéfani is the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity, an international, operator-led venture acceleration model designed to make the global entrepreneurial ecosystem more diverse, international and accessible to fair capital. More posts by this contributor For many VCs, the exit is the endgame; you cash in and move on. But as we…
Belarus’s exiled opposition leader vowed Saturday to persist fighting the country’s authoritarian regime despite intensifying repression that was thrown into high relief a week ago by the diversion of a commercial airliner and the arrest of a dissident journalist who was aboard. “We are here today to express our determination to continue the struggle for…
/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 29/05/2021 – 18:06 In this July 29, 2020, file photo, a health worker disinfects arriving Vietnamese Covid-19 patients at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam. AP – Bui Cuong Quyet Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India…
The US announced on Friday it was working with the EU on punitive sanction measures against key members of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s government in response to the forced diversion of a flight from Greece to Lithuania to capture a dissident journalist. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called for “a credible international investigation into the events of May…
/ France Issued on: 29/05/2021 – 15:40 People attend a concert of French DJ Etienne de Crecy and pop band Indochine, aimed at scientifically testing the safety level toward the Covid-19 infection and the possibilities of reopening live events amidst the pandemic, at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris on May 29, 2021. © Stéphane de…
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will set their sights on more Grand Slam history at the French Open as Roland Garros embraces a new but eerily empty era of night-time tennis. A 14th title in Paris for Nadal would take him to a record-setting 21st major, surpassing the mark he shares with Roger Federer who…
Koreans bought a record amount of products from overseas online in the first quarter of this year. Online purchases from foreign shopping websites surged 44.2 percent on-year to W1.4 trillion and even 16.1 percent from the previous quarter, which is usually the shopping high season due to Black Friday and Christmas sales (US$1=W1,116). Popular products…
Girl group Mamamoo will release a new mini album next week.The album, which comes out on June 2, reflects on some of the feelings and thoughts they have had since their debut about seven years ago.In a first for the four-member band, they have picked a ballad, “Where Are We Now,” as a lead-off song.They…
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday will ask Congress for the authority to spend nearly $6 trillion in 2022, which would give him the resources to begin implementing an ambitious agenda of infrastructure investment and expanded social programs. However, the blueprint would also increase federal spending to a nearly unprecedented share of the U.S. economy…
Facebook says it will no longer remove claims that COVID-19 is human-made or manufactured “in light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19 and in consultation with public health experts.”There is rising pressure worldwide to investigate the origins of the pandemic, including the possibility that it came from a lab. Since the pandemic began,…
