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Two Americans and two British nationals contracted to work for the Tokyo Olympics have been arrested on suspicion of violating drug laws by using cocaine, the police and organizers of the Games said

Southeast Asia’s car marketplace wars are going into high drive. Today Carsome Group, one of the region’s largest online used car marketplaces, said it plans to acquire listings platform iCar Asia in a transaction worth more than $200 million. Carsome

At least 50 people have died after a fire swept through the coronavirus ward at an Iraqi hospital.

With most of world yet to receive a single COVID shot, officials call on vaccine makers and countries with high inoculation rate to show more social solidarity

Staff management platform Vara’s team If you follow startup news from Indonesia, you know that the country’s estimated 60 million small businesses are a hot target for tech companies. BukuKas and BukuWarung, for example, both recently raised large rounds to

Despite vow from social media sites to crackdown on racist abuse of Black England soccer stars after Euros final loss, Facebook-owned site failing to take down most of the attacks

Nasir Qadree entered the world of venture capital six years ago, beginning with a role at Village Capital in Washington, then as an associate director of social investments at AT&T. Qadree encountered even more opportunities to join established venture firms

Wildfires rage in California and Oregon amid scorching heatwave  Al Jazeera English California and other parts of the West broil and burn  Fox News The Covid-wildfire link: The Oregon Bootleg Fire bodes ill for our post-pandemic wild spaces  NBC News California Wildfires Are

After penalty loss in Euros final, black players widely abused on social media, while drunken fans rampaged through London

Mark Mellman, strategist for Yesh Atid and founder of Democratic Majority for Israel, believes new Israeli government can restore Jewish state’s bipartisan place in US politics