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Chinese online shopping business Alibaba on Monday announced it has invested in TutorGroup, a leading online education platform and largest English-language learning institution in the world.
Alibaba, Singapore investment company Temasek and Qiming Venture Partners have invested nearly 100 million U.S. dollars in TutorGroup, Alibaba said in a statement.
Alibaba did not reveal details on its investment or stake in TutorGroup.
"Our rapid growth in Asia over the last 10 years has confirmed that students prefer to learn on our platform. There is still a massive audience of potential English language learners that have not yet been exposed to VIPABC and TutorABC," said Dr. Eric Yang, CEO of TutorGroup.
"We also plan to better address the growing Chinese language learning market in North and South America by offering students an opportunity to learn on TutorMing, our Mandarin Chinese education platform," Yang said.
TutorGroup offers online language-learning courses Scarpe Nike Air Max 270 Flyknit Nere Arancione Italia , such as TutorABC and VIPABC, for students in the greater China region. TutorABC Jr. is for English language learning students between the ages of 8 and 18. TutorMing is for Chinese language learners internationally.
TutorGroup, which was launched in 2004, has offices throughout Asia and a R&D team in Silicon Valley. It connects online learners and teachers around the world. With more than 2,000 teachers in 30 countries and 60 cities Nike Air Max 270 Just Do It Uomo Nere Arancione Italia , it provides real-time interactive language learning through millions of classes annually.
The investment is an indication of Alibaba's interest in the online education sector. It has launched its own online education platform xue.taobao.
WITHOUT mentioning Chelsea or any other team, Antonio Conte has decided to step down as Italy coach after this year’s European Championship.
The former Juventus player and coach, who took over Italy’s national team after the 2014 World Cup, has been linked with a move to the Premier League.
Italian football federation president Carlo Tavecchio said yesterday that Conte misses the day-to-day life of club soccer.
“Antonio Conte has told me that at the end of the European Championship, his experience will end Scarpe Uomo Nike Air Max 270 Bianche Blu Italia ,” Tavecchio said on his way into a federal board meeting in Rome. “He feels the calling of the pitch, the daily training sessions, and that’s understandable.”
Conte became Italy coach after Cesare Prandelli resigned following a first-round exit at the World Cup in Brazil. He steered Italy to first place in its qualifying group for the European Championship, earning a spot in the finals with a game to spare.
“At the moment our maximum concentration only goes to Euro 2016 during which we will try with work and sacrifice to make the best of our potential,” Conte said on his official Facebook page.
“After that I feel that I must go back to being a coach in a club to have the opportunity of coaching every day.”
Former Italy coaches Roberto Donadoni and Prandelli have both been named as possible replacements for Conte along with Claudio Ranieri, manager of surprise Premier League leader Leicester City.
Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink, who took over after Jose Mourinho was fired in December after the club made its worst start to a top-flight season since 1978, will step down at the end of the campaign.
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korea vowed to continue close cooperation with the United States to peacefully resolve the Korean Peninsula's nuclear issue after U.S. President Donald Trump made a combative speech at the UN General Assembly about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
An unnamed South Korean foreign ministry official was quoted by Yonhap news agency Wednesday as saying that South Korea and the United States will continue close cooperation and consultation Scarpe Uomo Nike Air Max 270 Flyknit Blu Bianche Italia , like in the past, to achieve the common goal of peacefully resolving the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
The comment followed the U.S. president's debut speech at the UN General Assembly, in which he said his country "will have no choice but to totally destroy" the DPRK if it is forced to defend itself or its allies.
The South Korean official told local reporters that President Trump's speech was to re-confirm the common position of South Korea and the United States to make the DPRK realize that the denuclearization is the only way left to the country.
The official was quoted as saying Trump, as U.S. president, allotted an unusually long time to expressing his stance on the DPRK Scarpe Uomo Nike Air Max 270 Nere Verdi Italia , which showed how seriously the U.S. government took the issue.
Trump's speech came amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula after Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test on Sept. 3.