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    Qatar Establishes First Travel Bubble With Turkey

    Qatar-Turkey-Travel-Bubble Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has announced the establishment of a travel corridor from Turkey. Four testing centers in Turkey have been approved...

    Romanian LCC Blue Air Seeks Insolvency Protection

    Romania’s largest airline, Blue Air, has been given a new lease on life after Bucharest’s municipal court approved its request to enter a form...

    Instagram Reels arrives in India following TikTok’s ban – TechCrunch

    In the wake of India’s decision to ban TikTok and other dozens of other Chinese apps over privacy concerns, Instagram has expanded its TikTok...

    Sequoia announces $1.35 billion venture and growth funds for India and Southeast Asia – TechCrunch

    Sequoia Capital India on Monday announced it has secured $1.35 billion from LPs for two new funds in the country as the storied...

    Facebook Temporarily Stops Hong Kong Data Requests

    Facebook said on Monday that it would temporarily stop processing Hong Kong government requests for user data as the company reviews a sweeping national...

    Why investors are cheering the Uber-Postmates deal – TechCrunch

    This morning as the markets rally, shares of Lyft are up 3% while Uber shares are up 6%. Why is Uber so far ahead...

    ‘Hamilton’ gives Disney+ a holiday weekend bump in U.S., with app downloads up 72% – TechCrunch

    The much-anticipated addition of “Hamilton” seems to have paid off for Disney+. According to new data from app store analytics firm Apptopia, Disney’s streaming...

    Border Blunder Leads US Tourists To Swap Italian Island For Birmingham

    A group of wealthy American tourists and their international friends were hoping to spend their vacation on the beautiful Italian island of Sardinia. Instead...

    The World’s Airbus A380s Are Stored At Just 24 Airports

    Today, Qantas is flying its first Airbus A380 to the Mojave Desert for long term storage. Meanwhile, most Airbus A380s across the world are...

    Facebook and WhatsApp halts reviews of Hong Kong demands for user data – TechCrunch

    Facebook has confirmed it has suspended processing demands for user data from Hong Kong authorities following the introduction of a new Beijing-imposed national...

    Minted.com’s Mariam Naficy will join us at TechCrunch Early Stage – TechCrunch

    At Early Stage, the first event of its kind from TechCrunch, entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds...

    is edtech changing how we learn? – TechCrunch

    In the future, students might dismiss stories about weather-related school closures as folklore. The COVID-19 pandemic compelled us to experiment with edtech, but it’s still...

    Where You Can Still Fly On A Boeing 747 After COVID

    While an imminent retirement was on the cards pre-pandemic, the haste with which we have had to say goodbye to many 747s across the...

    Uber-Postmates is announced, three funding rounds, and narrative construction – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our week-starting primer in...

    What To Expect From Wizz Air’s Belgrade Expansion?

    Wizz Air is preparing for a big expansion in Serbia, almost ten years after first opening a base in Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. This...

    Uber confirms it is acquiring Postmates in an all-stock, $2.65B deal – TechCrunch

    Competition continues to heat up in the food delivery wars. In the latest development, Uber today announced that it has acquired Postmates in a...