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Key Asian InsurTech investment stats in 2024:Asian InsurTech deal activity dropped by 64% YoYIndia secured over a third of the Asian InsurTech deals as it cemented its place as the leading InsurTech hub in Asia in 2024Zopper, an Indian InsurTech startup specialising in tailored insurance solutions, secured the biggest Indian InsurTech deal of the year with a $25m Series D funding roundAsian InsurTech deal activity dropped by 64% YoYThe Asian InsurTech market saw a sharp decline in 2024, with both funding and deal activity significantly lower than the previous year.Total funding dropped to $369m, marking a steep 71% decline from…

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. still has a major case of French bulldog fever, but a very different breed is staunchly chasing dog lovers’ hearts, according to American Kennel Club statistics released Wednesday. For the third year in a row, the comical, controversial Frenchie tops the club’s annual rundown of the nation’s most prevalent purebred dogs. Frenchies are followed by Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers, German shepherds, poodles and some other longtime faves. (Rounding out the top 10: dachshunds, beagles, Rottweilers, bulldogs and German shorthaired pointers.)Yet keep an eye on the cane corso. The powerful, protective breed vaulted from nearly…

The average annual salary for a female professional soccer player globally is $10,900, says FIFA’s annual report on the women’s game, a figure skewed by a small number of top clubs. Among the teams FIFA designated as Tier 1, which includes 41 clubs from 16 countries, the average salary was around $24,030, although 16 of those top clubs paid an average gross salary of over $50,000, according to the “Setting the Pace, FIFA Benchmarking Report on Women’s Football” released on Monday. The highest of those salaries was approximately $120,000. The average gross salary, however, at Tier 2 and 3 clubs…

These are the key developments on day 1,118 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is the roundup of key events on Tuesday, March 18. Fighting One person was injured and a fire broke out in an oil refinery in Russia’s Astrakhan following a Ukrainian drone attack, the region’s governor, Igor Babushkin, said. Moscow’s Ministry of Defence said its forces destroyed 72 Ukrainian drones over various Russian regions overnight, including 36 over the Kursk area. Russian troops also seized the village of Stepove in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, the ministry said. The Ukrainian Air Force said its air defence units shot down 90…

New Zealand men’s openers went on a six-hitting blitz on Tuesday to thrash Pakistan by five wickets and go 2-0 up in their Twenty20 series. The home side reached 137-5 with 11 balls to spare in Dunedin to take control of the five-match series after Pakistan posted 135-9 off 15 overs in a rain-reduced second match. New Zealand’s highlight was a ferocious opening stand between Tim Seifert and Finn Allen in which seven of the first eight scoring shots were sixes. Remarkably, Seifert played out a maiden off Shaheen Shah Afridi’s opening over before Allen cleared the small University Oval…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is hosting the Dutch king and queen as allegations of human rights abuses are mounting in the East African country, with Kenyans writing hundreds of emails and petitioning the royals to cancel their visit.Kenya’s government has been accused of arresting and detaining critics, especially after the June anti-government protests, during which demonstrators stormed parliament and torched a section of the building because they were angry over new taxes passed by legislators.Along with cracking down on demonstrators and curbing free speech, the country also saw state-linked abductions of young men for social media posts deemed offensive…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is hosting the Dutch king and queen as allegations of human rights abuses are mounting in the East African country, with Kenyans writing hundreds of emails and petitioning the royals to cancel their visit.Kenya’s government has been accused of arresting and detaining critics, especially after the June anti-government protests, during which demonstrators stormed parliament and torched a section of the building because they were angry over new taxes passed by legislators.Along with cracking down on demonstrators and curbing free speech, the country also saw state-linked abductions of young men for social media posts deemed offensive…

ALLOW this to be an emotional tribute to the memory of Syed Abid Ali, cricket hero of one’s childhood when cricket was played as a gentleman’s game. Abid Ali, who passed away at 83 in California last week, played cricket as an all-rounder and had all the attributes of the fine gentleman that he was. Making his Test debut against Australia in Brisbane, Abid Ali revealed his bowling prowess. In his first-ever Test match, he claimed six wickets for 55 runs, a remarkable feat that announced his arrival on the international stage. In the same Australia series, enthusiasts recall, he…

A Columbia University student says the subject of bedbugs never arose after he was arrested and flown to a Louisiana detention center by authorities who now say bedbugs helped force the long journey that made him fear he was being immediately deported for his role in campus protests against Israel.Mahmoud Khalil said in a declaration filed in Manhattan federal court Monday that while he was held overnight at a detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, “I did not hear anyone mention bedbugs.” Khalil made the statement in an exhibit attached to court papers in which his lawyers asked that he…

MIRRA Andreeva of Russia poses with the championship trophy after winning the women’s final of the Indian Wells Open.—Reuters INDIAN WELLS: Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva came back to beat world number one Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, making the 17-year-old the tournament’s youngest champion since Serena Williams in 1999. The 11th-ranked Andreeva improved to 19-3 this season — the most wins by a woman on tour — and collected her second Masters 1000 title of 2025. The other came at Dubai in February, which earned her a top-10 ranking for the first time.…