SoftBank-backed Grab targets $2 billion more in funding this year in big business push
Grab aims to raise another $2 billion this year as it ramps up expansion, its chief executive said, just weeks after announcing over $4.5 billion of funding in what has become Southeast Asia’s largest round of private financing.
Russia decides to free captive whales after outcry: governor
Russian authorities have decided to free nearly 100 whales held in cages in Russia’s Far East, the governor of Russia’s Primorsky Region said on Monday, the TASS news agency reported.
Turkey’s Erdogan says West Bank belongs to Palestinians
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the West Bank belongs to Palestinians, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins Tuesday’s election.
India’s ruling BJP says to revise income tax brackets if re-elected
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday pledged to revise income tax brackets to help the middle-class if the party retained power in an upcoming general election.
Modi’s party promises 33 percent reservation for women in India’s parliament
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party promised on Monday to reserve 33 percent of seats in the Indian parliament and state assemblies for women if it returns to power in an election due to begin on Thursday.
EU’s Moscovici optimistic Britain won’t crash out of EU on April 12
European Tax Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Monday said he was convinced Britain would not crash out of the EU on April 12 without a divorce deal, though Prime Minister Theresa May must first persuade leaders a delay would be useful.
India’s ruling party pledges to scrap special status for Jammu & Kashmir
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will scrap a decades-old law providing special rights to the residents of Jammu and Kashmir state, according to the party’s election manifesto released on Monday.
British voters say: Give us a strong leader and reform the Brexit-fatigued system
British voters want a strong leader who is willing to break the rules and force through wide scale reform after three years of Brexit crisis pushed confidence in the political system to a 15-year low.
Sudanese soldiers step in to protect protesters from security forces: witnesses
Sudanese soldiers intervened to protect protesters from security forces who attempted to break up a sit in outside the defence ministry, demonstrators and witnesses said.
UK culture minister says Brexit Labour talks to continue on Monday
Britain’s culture minister Jeremy Wright said the government would continue to talk to the opposition Labour Party on Monday to try to find a solution to the Brexit impasse.
