SoftBank to invest $300 million in food delivery firm DoorDash SoftBank Group Corp plans to invest around $300 million into DoorDash, a San Francisco-based food delivery startup, Recode reported. The investment will be made from SoftBank’s Vision Fund, which has raised close to $100 billion to invest in technology companies, […]
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North Korea’s latest missile launch appears to put U.S. capital in range North Korea claimed the entire United States mainland was within reach after “successfully” testing a new kind of intercontinental ballistic missile, which it called the Hwasong-15, and said could carry a “super large heavy warhead.” While Pyongyang is […]
Japan slapped down by Kremlin after URGING Russia to stop North Korea Japan slapped down by Kremlin after URGING Russia to stop North Korea:- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono told his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, that Russia has an extremely large role to play with North Korea. This comes after […]
Japan PM Abe says welcomes broad agreement on TPP trade deal Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday that he welcomed a broad agreement reached at a ministerial meeting on the TPP trade deal, a written statement by the Japanese government said. Abe told Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski […]
Trump to set out vision for Asia in Vietnam U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Vietnam on Friday for a summit of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries at which the White House said he will set out a vision for a “free and open Indo-Pacific region” likely to touch on […]
Nepal bank latest victim in heists targeting SWIFT system A bank in Nepal is the latest victim in a string of cyber heists targeting the global SWIFT bank messaging system, though most of the stolen funds have been recovered, two officials involved in the investigation confirmed on Tuesday. Hackers last […]
North Korea threatens MERCILESS PUNISHMENT for Trump as Asia trip kicks off The latest comments from the reclusive communist state come as Donald Trump begins a 12 day trip to Asia which includes visiting South Korea and China. Mr Trump kicks off his tour today in Japan before travelling to […]
U.S. Navy ship with 2 women rescued at sea reaches Japan U.S. Navy ship with 2 women rescued at sea reaches Japan:- Two women from Hawaii who were adrift on a storm-battered sailboat in the Pacific for months set foot on solid ground Monday at a U.S. Navy base in […]
Eagle Pharma gets tentative FDA approval for Lilly’s Alimta version Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration tentatively approved its diluted version of Eli Lilly and Co’s blockbuster cancer drug Alimta. The company’s shares, which gained as much as 4.8 percent, closed up 2.9 percent […]
Two American women were lost at sea for months. Then came the Navy — and ‘pure relief.’ The moment the two women and their dogs were rescued is captured on video, taken from the deck of a Navy boat. The camera wobbles as the motorboat cuts across the ocean, some […]
