Pouches Rouvia Allocating €2.9 million to integrate multi-modal logistics

Berlin-based rouvia, which develops software to increase logistics transparency, has raised €2.9 million. Cavalry Ventures and Dynamo Ventures led the round, with participation from Entrepreneur First, Angel Invest, Prequel Ventures, and angel investors Ewald Kaiser (ex-DB Schenker) and Nath...

Expert to French privacy watchdog says Apple should pay a 6 million euro fine

Apple should face a 6 million euro ($6.3 million) fine for breach of privacy a  top advisor to France's data protection authority's penalty board recommended on Monday that Apple be fined 6 million euros ($6.3 million) for violating privacy rules. The CNIL's sanction body can cho...

According to a consultant for France's data protection authority, Apple should pay a hefty fine of 6 million euros

The chief adviser to the French data protection authority has recommended that Apple be fined 6 million euros ($6.3 million) for violating privacy rules, and such suggestions often carry a great deal of weight when it comes to the watchdog's ultimate decision. Francois Pellegrini, the authori...

What you need to know about cancer as we approach 2023, when nearly 2 million cases are predicted to be diagnosed.

While the American Cancer Society's latest study shows a continuing decline in cancer fatalities, health professionals agree that more work needs to be done to prevent cancer. According to the American Cancer Society's annual Cancer Statistics report, an estimated 1.95 million new cases o...

Microsoft plans to use satellite technology to offer the internet to millions in Africa.

In an effort to close the "digital gap" between the developed and developing worlds, Microsoft has revealed that 10 million individuals, half of whom live in Africa, will gain access to the internet via satellite.

The tech giant announced its satellite project would begin imme...

Germany will create more chocolate Santas in 2022.

This year's increase in the number of chocolate Santas produced in Germany is due to increased retail orders and expanded exports.

This time of year, Germany's confectionery business is thriving, manufacturing 169 million Christmas chocolates and Santa Claus miniatures.

Beaune Hospices auction raises a record-breaking 29 million euros

The annual Hospices de Beaune wine auction collected €29 million, the most ever for a charity wine auction.

This year's edition also beat the previous record of €14 million set in 2018.

The revenues will benefit other charities as well as the Beaune hospices.

The German government is having a hard time accommodating more than a million refugees.

More than 1.1 million refugees and migrants have arrived in Germany this year, largely from war-torn Ukraine but increasingly from other countries like Syria and Afghanistan. On Tuesday, the German government promised to provide more aid to cities and towns trying to house them.

Interio...

The German government is having a hard time accommodating more than a million refugees.

More than 1.1 million refugees and migrants have arrived in Germany this year, largely from war-torn Ukraine but increasingly from other countries like Syria and Afghanistan. On Tuesday, the German government promised to provide more aid to cities and towns trying to house them.

Interio...

Jerome Boateng was fined €1.2 million for beating his ex-girlfriend

Jerome Boateng, a German player, was fined €1.2 million for abusing his ex-girlfriend in 2018.

At his appeal trial in Munich, the former international and World Cup winner was found guilty of assault, violence, and insult.

The court heard how he hit and abused his ex-girl...

Under Germany's new plastics law, firms might donate €450 million annually to litter cleanup

Plastic firms in Germany will soon be obliged to pay for rubbish collection.

Wednesday's Cabinet vote requires manufacturers of products using single-use plastic to contribute to a government-managed central fund. In 2025, it will be implemented.

Based on the historical pr...

The extraordinary method one man uses to load tomatoes onto a truck will wow you. Insanely popular video has amassed 10 million views

The method this man uses to load a truck with tomatoes has gone viral after he filmed himself doing it.

Its video was tweeted about and widely distributed.

Over ten million people have watched it.

Article by Srimoyee Chowdhury: Some jugaad videos can really blow your...

China restricts 65 million as the Christmas travel peak approaches

China has placed severe COVID-19 travel restrictions on 65 million of its residents and discourages domestic travel during approaching national holidays.

In the eastern port city of Tianjin, classes have been moved online after 14 new cases were reported, with all but two showing no sym...

Job Openings Remain Stable at 11 Million as Consumer Confidence Rises

According to the Labour Department they announced on Tuesday that there have been slightly more than 11 million vacant positions in July, which was essentially unchanged from June.

The report won't persuade decision-makers that the labor market is considerably cooling off as the Fed...

4 million Americans of working age are prevented from finding employment because 16 million of them have long-term COVID

According to a recent research, between 2 million and 4 million Americans are being kept out of work because to long COVID-19, costing the country roughly $170 billion in lost income yearly.

According to a survey from the Brookings Institution, 16 million Americans who are considered to...

By 2030, Australia will have added over 1 million new IT jobs

By 2030, 1.2 million IT employees are expected to be employed in Australia, according to the country's tech sector.

A study detailing how the government and tech sector will increase the number of tech workers to 1.2 million by 2030 was released last week in Parliament by Minister o...

$271.1 million was invested by foreign investors, mostly in the banking, communication, and electricity industries

In June 2022, foreign investors surprised everyone by making a 20-month high investment of $271.1 million in Pakistan, mostly in the power, communication, and financial sectors. They did this by putting aside all the negative news about the country's economy and political climate and concentr...

VEKTOR PARTNERS commits €125 million to support European mobility disruptors

The London-based VC focuses on AI, software, and data-centric technologies and only invests in the global mobility sector.

The $400 billion in investments made in the mobility sector over the past ten years, of which $100 billion has been made since 2020 alone, show that the transformat...

Belgian medical technology Lynxcare raises €20 million to help doctors gain better clinical insights

Belgian medical technology Lynxcare raises €20 million to help doctors gain better clinical insights.

LynxCare, a Belgian AI-powered clinical data platform, has raised €20 million in funding to help it expand internationally. MTIP, a Swiss health tech investor, led the Series ...

Thailand will invest 338 million baht in five tourism projects along the Andaman coast

According to government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, a cabinet meeting on Tuesday (June 14) approved a budget of 338.8 million baht for six tourism development projects in five Andaman coast provinces — Satun, Trang, Phuket, Phang-nga, and Krabi.

The projects aim to incr...