Flexport, one of the most valuable logistics startups, is looking to add about 400 engineers to double its technical team by next year, a top company executive told Reuters.
The father of a 3-year-old boy who died on Tuesday from carbon monoxide poisoning in northwest China said strict COVID-19 policies "indirectly killed" his son by causing delays obtaining treatment, in a case that has sparked social media outrage.
Italian premium coffee maker Illycaffè said on Wednesday its revenues rose 15% and its core profit improved in the first nine months of the year despite a 20% increase in raw materials and logistics costs.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will not attend next week's U.N. climate conference in Egypt, his office said, a cancellation that followed exit polls predicting that his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, had won a national election.
Asian equities saw meagre inflows in October after massive selling in the previous month, and analysts expect fears of a global recession and a stronger U.S. dollar to weigh on near-term money flows into the region.
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc snatched more share in the lucrative data center market from rival Intel Corp in the third quarter, drawing praise from analysts and sparking a near 5% jump in its stock on Wednesday.
A British workers' union said on Wednesday it had secured a 10% pay increase for more than 900 bus workers in East London from bus operator Stagecoach Group.
Videos on social media showing Iranian security forces severely beating protesters have gone viral as anger grows at a widening crackdown with arrests of prominent figures from rappers to economists and lawyers aimed at ending seven weeks of unrest.
Portuguese airline TAP posted a rare net profit in the third quarter on Wednesday on strong revenue and helped by currency hedging, but said visibility for next year remained low.
Among the rambling herd painted onto the rocks of Namibia's Erongo mountains, some creatures are easy to spot - the long necks of giraffes, the spikes of antelopes' horns. Other animals have faded beyond recognition.
