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As international powers decry Niger's coup, experts say its future is uncertain

Days after soldiers ousted Niger's president, uncertainty is mounting about the country's future and some are calling out the junta's reasons for seizing control.The so

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Defense secretary, GOP congressman clash over alleged 'wokeism' in military

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin got into a fiery exchange with Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz during a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing Tuesday, as Gaetz accuse

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Cyber attack on UK's Defence Academy had 'significant' impact

Air Marshal Edward Stringer, who has since retired, says the "sophisticated" hack on the MOD's Defence Academy in March 2021 had "consequences for operations". He spoke to Sky News for his first television interview since leaving the military.

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The pre-pitch: 7 ways to build relationships with VCs

Most founders fall into an extremely common trap: Just because you produced outstanding results for the last round of investors doesn’t mean new investors will believe you. This new cohort hasn’

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Hospital offering Pfizer/Moderna boosters to J&J vaccine recipients

02:55 In the U.S., booster shots will soon be available for those who got the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. But for those who got the single-shot Johnson Johnson, many are still

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Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups

The Latin America startup ecosystem is having a great year, with mega-rounds being announced at breakneck speed and new unicorns minted almost monthly. This is mostly due to the clearly maturing start

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Why have the markets spurned public neoinsurance startups?

We’ve spent quite a lot of time of late wondering just what the heck is up with the valuations of insurtech startups that went public in the last year. Keep in mind that we’re discussing n

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Carta says it just used its own product to establish a new — and far higher — valuation for itself

Carta, the nine-year-old, San Francisco-based cap table management and valuation software company, just raised $500 million in its eighth round of funding, at a $7.4 billion valuation. That’s mo

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Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed raises a $5.5M seed round

The link-in-bio business is heating up as more mobile website builders compete for a coveted slice of real estate on a creator’s TikTok, Instagram, or Twitter. Linktree leads the space, securing

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CNN's so-called COVID-19 'exclusive' is just dramatic speculation

An aerial photo of Fort Detrick, Maryland, U.S., May 25, 2007. /CFP Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's opinions and no

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Robinhood’s CFO says it was ready to go public

Robinhood priced at $38 per share this week, opened flat and closed its first day’s trading yesterday worth $34.82 per share, or a bit more than 8% underwater. The company posted a mixed picture

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Investors don’t expect the US startup funding market to slow down

Now in the opening weeks of the third quarter, The Exchange is taking a look back at the Q2 2021 venture capital market. Data indicate that it was incredibly active, with global and regional records s

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Beeflow raises $8.3 million to save the bees AND put them to work

Bees are absolutely critical to the health of our agricultural system, ecosystem, and overall wellbeing as a species here on Earth. And yet bee populations are decreasing and extinction concerns are g

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10club raises $40 million seed funding to build Thrasio of India

10club, a six-month-old Indian startup that is building a Thrasio-like venture, said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in what is one of the largest seed financing rounds in the South Asian market.

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Northern Ireland’s Largest Party Ousts Leader in New Revolt

Democratic Unionist Party leader Edwin Poots is stepping down as leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest political grouping after just three weeks amid a revolt that throw

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New South African partnership gets $3M, launches telehealth product

For the early detection and treatment of health conditions, easy access to primary healthcare is crucial. Primary healthcare is best delivered by teams of primary care clinicians coordinating care bet

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A men’s brand, Faculty, launches with nail polish — and seed funding from Estee Lauder

“It’s not a nail polish company.” It’s almost the first thing out of the mouth of Fenton Jagdeo of Faculty, the startup he cofounded in 2019 with Umar ElBably. Though their Tor