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Mike Xu, GrubMarket Founder and CEOCourtesy: GrubMarketFood logistics company GrubMarket said Tuesday that it has raised $50 million in a Series G funding round, valuing the San Francisco-based firm at more than $3.5 billion.The new round includes Liberty Street Funds, 3Spoke Capital, ROC Venture Group, Portfolia, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Joseph Stone Capital, and other unnamed investors.”GrubMarket has experienced an incredible acceleration in growth over the last 12 months – our revenues surpassed $2 billion in 2024, and we became the largest private food technology company in the United States, while continuing to maintain a strong and healthy financial bottom line,” founder & CEO Mike Xu said in a statement announcing the funding.The company, founded in 2014,…

This photo taken on Aug. 12, 2024 shows the Drum Tower seen from the Jingshan Hill on the Beijing Central Axis on a sunny day in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Li Xin)Truth ultimately prevails. Western media risk ridiculing themselves unless they stop the fool’s errand of smearing China by fabricating false narratives.BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) — For years, smearing China has become routine for some Western media outlets. Truth, the holy grail of journalism, can be distorted or discarded when facts don’t align with their predetermined narratives.A recent example is a so-called “investigation” aired on France 2 TV channel. Disguised…

Listen to article In a dramatic turn of events during the hearing of the Mustafa Amir murder case at the anti-terrorism court, Kamran Qureshi, father of accused Armaghan, was escorted out of the courtroom after a heated argument with his son. The incident occurred when Armaghan’s lawyer, Advocate Abid Zaman Khan, announced that he would no longer represent Armaghan due to a lack of understanding with Kamran Qureshi. Armaghan confirmed that he had no relationship with his father, stating, “I don’t want to meet my father; I won’t talk to him.” The situation escalated as Kamran Qureshi disrupted the courtroom, urging his son…

Ukraine’s foreign minister says it is time for Russia to show it ‘wants peace’ as US, Russian leaders hold talks.Ukraine has pressed Russia to accept a US proposal for a ceasefire as United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold talks on the war. Kyiv and its European allies demanded that the Russian president fully accept the US-proposed 30-day ceasefire during the call, which began at 10:00 (14:00GMT) on Tuesday, according to a White House official. “We expect the Russian side to unconditionally agree to this proposal,” said Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha ahead of the meeting.…

The Israeli hardliner had resigned in January in protest of the Gaza ceasefire deal.Former Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who left the government over disagreements about the ceasefire in Gaza, will rejoin the coalition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party and Netanyahu’s Likud Party announced the return on Tuesday, hours after Israel launched its deadliest Israeli strikes on Gaza since a January ceasefire. “Likud and Otzma Yehudit have agreed that the Otzma Yehudit faction will return to the Israeli government today, and the ministers of Otzma Yehudit will return to the government,” the…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference after their summit on July 16, 2018, in Helsinki, Finland.Chris McGrath | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin entered its second hour on Tuesday, with the leaders expected to discuss a 30-day ceasefire proposal to pause the war in Ukraine.White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino said in a social media post that the call was “going well.”Russia was expected to lay out its conditions for a break in the fighting during the call, which…

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, is welcomed by villagers singing the grand song of the Dong ethnic group while visiting the Zhaoxing Dong Village in Liping County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, March 17, 2025. Xi made an inspection tour in Guizhou Province from Monday to Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)GUIYANG, March 18 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the importance of adhering to high-quality development and driving growth by further deepening reform and opening-up comprehensively, during…

Listen to article The Supreme Court of Pakistan has observed that while the country has laws in place to address child abduction, their enforcement remains inadequate. Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail made the remarks during a hearing on a suo motu case regarding child abductions across the country. The court, led by Justice Aminuddin Khan, has summoned a representative from the National Commission for Child Welfare and Development (NCCWD) for the next hearing. The petitioner’s lawyer argued that the attorney general had been directed to meet with all provincial police chiefs but claimed no such meetings had taken place. However, Additional Attorney General…

A Google corporate logo hangs above the entrance to their office at St. John’s Terminal on March 11, 2025, in New York City.Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty ImagesGoogle on Tuesday announced health-care updates to Search, including a way for people with specific health conditions to compare their experiences with others.The company unveiled a new feature called “What People Suggest,” which uses AI to pull together online commentary from patients with similar diagnoses. A patient with arthritis would be able to look up how other people with the condition approach exercise, for instance. The feature is available on mobile…

James Boasberg, incoming chief judge of the US District Court, in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 13, 2023. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump called Tuesday for the impeachment of a federal judge who has issued orders blocking Trump’s plan to deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the United States.Trump’s demand came a day after the Department of Justice asked an appeals court to remove Chief Judge James Boasberg from the case and separately asked Boasberg to vacate the orders he issued on the deportations in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.Trump went after Boasberg…