The Lightyear app. Lightyear Lightyear, a European challenger to trading platform Robinhood, has raised $25 million of funding in an investment round backed by British billionaire Richard Branson. Silicon Valley’s Lightspeed Venture Partners led the deal, the company told CNBC exclusively — a rare vote of confidence for an upstart brokerage at a time when
Our Correspondent Nicole Johnston is in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, where the presidential palace has become something of a tourist attraction. Protesters in Sri Lanka say they will continue to occupy the residences of the president and prime minister until both men keep their word and leave office. #skynews #srilanka SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube