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April 15, 2025

Flights avoid Pakistan and airports closed after India strikes country in pre- attack
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A wave of flight cancellations and diversions hit Asia, the Middle East, and Europe on Wednesday morning as airlines rerouted aircraft to avoid the Pakistani airspace, which remained closed…
Why the Celtics should be encouraged by their historic Game 1 loss to the Knicks
It can be a little reductive during the NBA playoffs to look at a box score after a game, see which team shot better from 3-point range and definitively state that’s why a certain team won the game. And yet … it’s really hard to identify a better reason the Boston Celtics find themselves in…
Auction of gems found with Buddha’s remains is postponed after India objects
HONG KONG — Sotheby’s has postponed the auction of a collection of ancient gems linked to the Buddha’s remains after the Indian government threatened legal action and demanded their repatriation. The auction of the Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha has been postponed “with the agreement of the consignors,” three descendants of a British colonial…
Latvian startup launches autonomous drone killer
Latvian startup Origin Robotics today launched BLAZE, an autonomous interceptor drone designed to destroy enemy drones by ramming into them or blowing them up. BLAZE is deployable on the battlefield in less than a minute. It comes in a small briefcase which doubles as a launchpad and charging dock. Powered by computer vision, BLAZE has…
Japanese drugmaker Shionogi to acquire JT’s pharma units in $1.1bn deal
OSAKA/TOKYO — Japanese drugmaker Shionogi said Wednesday that it will acquire Torii Pharmaceutical and other assets from Japan Tobacco in a deal worth around 160 billion yen ($1.1 billion), highlighting the growing number of merger deals amid increasing research costs for new medicines. Shionogi, a leading player in infectious disease drugs, will offer 6,350 yen for each Torii Pharmaceutical share, or 21% above the…
DoorDash buys Deliveroo for £2.9B — less than half its IPO price
US food delivery giant DoorDash has acquired British rival Deliveroo in a £2.9bn ($3.9bn) deal, ending the UK business’ rocky tenure as a public company. The all-cash offer, priced at £1.80 ($2.40) per share, represents a 77% premium over Deliveroo’s recent trading price. However, the acquisition price is less than half its 2021 IPO valuation…
German dual-use drone maker becomes unicorn amid defence tech boom
German drone maker Quantum Systems has raised €160mn at a valuation north of €1bn, becoming Europe’s latest defence tech unicorn. Quantum Systems builds electric, AI-powered autonomous surveillance drones that are dual-use, meaning they can serve both milit and civil purposes. Defence forces can use the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to spy on enemies and gather…
Eyeo exits stealth to give cameras human-like colour vision
Dutch startup Eyeo has emerged from stealth with €15mn in funding to advance a breakthrough photonics technology for cameras that could radically disrupt the way we take images. Eyeo spun out last year from Belgium’s Imec, one of the world’s leading nanoelectronics centres. The startup’s waveguide colour-splitting technology — an optical technique that uses tiny…
How the world responded to India’s strikes on Pakistan: ‘Hope it ends very quickly’
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Allies of New Delhi and Islamabad called for restraint and diplomacy after India conducted milit strikes inside Pakistan early on Wednesday, dramatically escalating the risk of a wider conflict…