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Trump ally Adam Laxalt files to challenge Cortez Masto in Nevada

Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt (R) filed paperwork on Sunday to challenge Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) in Nevada, setting the scene for a competitive rac

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China to send 251 athletes to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

China will send a contingent of 251 athletes to compete at the upcoming Tokyo Paralympic Games, the China Disabled Persons' Federation announced on Tuesday.The Chinese

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China's Quan Hongchan takes gold in women's 10m platform diving

Quan Hongchan of China poses with her gold medal after winning the women's 10m platform diving final at the Tokyo Olympics, Tokyo, Japan, August 5, 2021. /CFP Chinese teenager Quan Hongchan wo

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Blossom Capital lures Alex Lim from Silicon Valley to join the European tech boom

Alex Lim, a British-born VC based in the Bay Area who invested in Hopin, UiPath, Discord, and many other unicorns has decided to up sticks and leave Sand Hill Road behind for Blossom Capital in London

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Blue Origin’s New Shepard carries Jeff Bezos and three crew members to space and back

Blue Origin successfully completed its first crewed launch Tuesday, sending four human passengers to space – including the company’s founder, Jeff Bezos. The result of billions of dollars of investmen

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Female surfers overcome sexism’s toll to earn Olympic berth

Johanne Defay of France was devastated when the mega sponsor Roxy dropped her right before she became a pro surfer in 2014, shattering her confidence and threatening he

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A dream 52 years in the making: Amazon founder ready to blast off into space

Jeff Bezos will head into space 52 years to the day since Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.

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Eight selected to compete in weightlifting depart for Tokyo Olympics

Shi Zhiyong of China competes in the men's 69 kilogram final at the Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 9, 2016. /CFP Team China will send eight athletes, including veterans and you

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Teenager to fly with Bezos in inaugural space tourism flight

An 18-year-old is about to become the youngest person in space, rocketing away with an aviation pioneer who will become the oldest at age 82.Blue Origin announced Thurs

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Teen in space! Dutch student to be youngest person to ever to leave earth's atmosphere

Bezos's Blue Origin craft will have no pilots on board as the systems are completely automated.

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Blue Origin’s final passenger for its first human spaceflight will be 18-year-old Oliver Daemen

The mystery of who will occupy the final seat on Blue Origin’s debut human spaceflight next week is a mystery no longer: The company revealed today that the winning bidder who forked over $28 mi

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10-yr-old helps Biden-Harris team devise global plastic policy

Environmentalist Madhvi Chitoor is holding a proclamation declaring April as a plastic-free month, Denver, Colorado, U.S., March 2018. /Courtesy of Madhvi Chittoor On July 6, Madhvi Chittoor w

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Women's football manager Jia Xiuquan explains national team selections

22-player roster of the Chinese national team for women's football in the Tokyo Olympics pose for a portrait in Xianghe, north China's Hebei Province, July 10, 2021. /X

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Firat Ileri becomes Hummingbird VC’s new Managing Partner, as the firm looks to expand

Seed investment firm Hummingbird VC, which previously invested in Deliveroo, Peak Games, MarkaVIP, and Kraken has a new Managing Partner. Firat Ileri, previously a Partner – who at 28 became one

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Australia’s largest city Sydney locks down for third week

Sydney’s two-week lockdown has been extended for another week due to the vulnerability of an Australia population largely unvaccinated against COVID-19, officials said

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A familiar question at Cannes: where are the women?

Women stage a mass protest at the 2018 Cannes festival over the lack of female representation. /AFP With just four women among the directors behind the 24 films in competition for the Palme d'