Bloomberg Hike Messenger became India’s newest internet unicorn after securing a round of funding at a valuation of almost $1.4 billion from investors including Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Foxconn Technology Group. The app, which seeks to compete with Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp, raised more than $175 million via a series D round in which existing backers Tiger Global, SoftBank …

  AFP Sitting cross-legged, 68-year-old Supadmi fires an arrow across a field into a small stick target and sets a bell ringing, taking the lead in the game — an ancient form of Indonesian archery. She was among sportsmen and women in colourful headdresses and sarongs who sent hundreds of arrows flying through the sky in unison at a recent …

  DPA The heroes of Africa’s highest mountain like to call themselves Wagumu – “soldiers” in Swahili. On Mount Kilimanjaro, they perform the same role as the sherpas in the Himalayas: tireless burden bearers hauling baggage and equipment to the base camps for visiting mountaineers – through rainforest, scree and ice fields. For decades, it was a world dominated by …