Lenskart takes majority stake in Japanese eyewear firm Owndays for $400 mn
Omnichannel eyewear unicorn Lenskart on Thursday announced it has taken a majority stake in Japanese eyewear brand Owndays in a deal that is reportedly around $400 million. This will take the merged firm to reach 13 markets in Asia including India, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan. Owndays Co-founders, CEO...
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Hong Kong in limbo 25 years after British handover to China
When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese on the Communist-ruled mainland. As the city of 7.4 million people marks 25 years under Beijing's rule on Friday,...
Verdict looms in trial over 2015 Paris attacks
Over the course of an extraordinary nine-month trial, the lone survivor of the Islamic State extremist team that attacked Paris in 2015 has proclaimed his radicalism, wept, apologised to victims and pleaded with judges to forgive his “mistakes”. For victims' families and survivors of the attacks, the trial for Salah Abdeslam...
Israeli troops kill Palestinian during West Bank raid
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man early on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank during clashes that broke out during an arrest raid, Palestinian officials said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that Mohammad Marei, 25, was wounded by Israeli gunfire near Jenin during an arrest raid by the Israeli...
US to boost military presence in Europe for Russia threat
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the US will significantly increase its military presence in Europe for the long haul, including by establishing its first permanent presence in Poland, to bolster regional security after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Meeting NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the opening of the alliance's annual...
Putin has become ‘a terrorist’: Zelenskyy
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday of becoming "a terrorist" leading a "terrorist state" and urged Russia's expulsion from the United Nations. In a virtual address to the UN Security Council, Zelenskyy urged the UN to establish an international tribunal to investigate "the actions of Russian occupiers...
Ukrainian survivor: Only ‘monster' would attack mall
The mall was nothing extraordinary, but in the middle of a war it was an escape for those in this Ukrainian city who had decided not to flee. Then it exploded in a Russian airstrike. In moments on Monday afternoon, a summer hangout became a hellish inferno. Life and death depended...
‘Reports of deaths of civilians in ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict deeply disturbing’
Voicing grave concern over reports of civilian deaths in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, India has said that critical civilian infrastructure in urban areas have become easy targets in situations of armed conflict. Speaking at the UN Security Council Briefing on Ukraine on Tuesday, India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador...
