Uncategorized

Bloomberg Byju’s is raising about $300 million in a funding round led by New York-based Tiger Global Management, securing new capital at a valuation of $8 billion for the online education startup’s global expansion. Tiger has invested about $150 million in Byju-parent Think and Learn Pvt, according to people familiar with the deal. Existing investors will likely contribute about the ...

Bloomberg The French government signalled it’s prepared to scrap an effort to raise the age at which workers can retire with full benefits to 64 in a bid to get the country’s moderate unions on board with president Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plan. “I am prepared to withdraw from the bill the short-term measure which I had proposed, consisting of ...

Bloomberg Libya’s warring factions have embarked on a tenuous ceasefire in a nine-month war that has drawn in Russia and Turkey, following a call by the presidents of both countries to halt the fighting. Forces loyal to eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar, who launched the war in April against the internationally recognised government, and the Tripoli-based government reduced violence as ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The global energy sector’s transition towards attaining climate change mitigation and adaptation is often deemed as a controversial and expensive process. However, according to experts attending the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, the UAE has proven its ability to rise as a sustainable energy leader employing Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage, CCUS, as a means to ...

CANBERRA / WAM Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi has joined the UAE effort to help Australia, flying to the fire-ravaged country to lend a hand in person. Al Neyadi – who has a PhD from Griffith University in Queensland, Australia – sent several tweets from Sydney to his 22,000 followers including a NASA image taken from space showing the smoke ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The year 2019 has seen tremendous success for Abu Dhabi Ports, with the company having achieved a number of significant milestones, underlining its role as a key regional and global facilitator of trade. “Thanks to the guidance and support of the UAE’s leadership, along with the participation of our partners, stakeholders, and customers, Abu Dhabi Ports ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Space Agency announced its collaboration with the Abu Dhabi-based global innovation hub, Krypto Labs, to launch the UAE NewSpace Innovation Programme, which aims to maximise the growth of space technology start-ups with NewSpace, the rising private spaceflight industry. The programme falls under the purview of the National Space Investment Promotion Plan, which aims to ...

Bloomberg Iran admitted it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian jetliner that it mistook for a threat during hostilities with the US, marking a dramatic reversal after repeatedly denying such a scenario and accusing Western governments of spreading lies. Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was flying close to a sensitive Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military site when it was downed because ...

Bloomberg If the latest monthly manufacturing data suggests anything, it’s that president Donald Trump’s tariffs haven’t yet solved a key issue haunting US steelmakers: China’s subsidising of its own industry. Manufacturing jobs in December unexpectedly fell by 12,000 with a key part of the drop coming in businesses that make raw and fabricated metals. The metal-making industries accounted for a ...

Bloomberg One of president Donald Trump’s top economic advisers played down the prospects of the administration concluding further phases of a trade deal with China, saying any future negotiations would depend on how an initial accord — due to be signed next week — is implemented. “Phase two’s going to depend a lot on how phase one goes,” Larry Kudlow ...