FirstClub bucks India’s speed obsession, quickly triples valuation to $120M with premium approach While quick commerce in India has become synonymous with 10-minute deliveries — and the hottest play for startups and investors — FirstClub is taking a slower, more curated route. Yet just three months after launching its app, the 8-month-old startup has tripled its valuation. At a post-money...

Alphabet to buy Intersect Power to bypass energy grid bottlenecks In Brief Posted: 1:10 PM PST · December 22, 2025 Image Credits:Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto / Getty Images Google parent Alphabet has agreed to buy Intersect Power, a data center and clean energy developer, for $4.75 billion in cash, plus the assumption of the company’s debt....

Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climateMark Poynting,Climate reporter and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondentReutersThe world's burning of fossil fuels is set to release more planet-warming carbon dioxide than ever before this year, new figures show.It is another sign that efforts to fight climate change by cutting emissions are moving far too slowly to...

Trump ends Japan leg of Asia tour after meeting Sanae TakaichiRare earths, Nobel nomination and cheers: Trump ends Japan leg of Asia tourAnthony Zurcher,North America correspondent and Shaimaa Khalil,Tokyo correspondentGetty ImagesThe two then visited the USS George Washington togetherPraise, Nobel nominations and promises of foreign investment in the US - Japan's newly-elected Prime Minister...

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