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How top startup lawyer Dawn Belt thinks about company-building in the age of SPACs

Dawn Belt has been working with top tech companies for two decades, most recently helping commercial electric vehicle company Proterra go public as a SPAC in January.Now she’ll be joining us at

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'Immense joy' as Senegal begins public vaccination

Senegal Health minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr receives a dose of China's Sinopharm vaccine in Dakar, Senegal, February 23, 2021. /Reuters Dozens of officials of Senegal received their first sho

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86 dolphins found dead off Mozambique

Another 86 dolphins were found dead on February 24 on an island off the coast of the southern African nation of Mozambique, the cause still unknown, the country's envir

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Denmark decides to gradually relax coronavirus restrictions

FILE PHOTO: People walking on the streets in Copenhagen, Denmark. /VCG Denmark's ministers of justice, health and education jointly presented a plan for the country's further reopening, starti

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U.S. to seek election to the Human Rights Council

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during past event. /VCG The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to continuing its international

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Czech free-diver breaks ice-swim world record

Czech free-diver David Vencl rests in cold water during his training to break the Guinness world record for the longest swim under ice, at Barbora Lake near Teplice, Czech Republic, February 13,

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Senegal begins vaccinating against coronavirus with doses from China

Senegal began its coronavirus vaccination campaign on Tuesday with 200,000 doses that it purchased from China's Sinopharm, which it received on February 17.The first shots were given to government mi

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8 killed, 25 injured in Cameroonian bus crash

FILE PHOTO: This file photo shows traffic on a road near the National Investment Society of Cameroon in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Oct. 7. 2011. Deadly accidents are common on the country's traffic-pl

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Man City march on towards title, Inter down Milan to extend lead

Manchester City's Raheem Sterling (L) jumps to head home the opening goal of the Premier League match against Arsenal in London, UK, February 21, 2021. /CFP Manchester City remain 10 points cl

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Niger votes peacefully in 2nd round of presidential poll

The outgoing Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou casts his vote at a polling station in Niamey, Niger, Feb. 21, 2021. /Xinhua Voting for the second round of Niger's presidential election beg

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Finnish judges in Liberia for landmark war crimes trial

FILE PHOTO: Finnish judges began touring northern Liberia on Thursday, an AFP journalist said, as part of a first-of-a-kind trial of a warlord accused of committing atrocities during the country'

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World Bank names Senegalese national to head IFC private-sector arm

Photo taken on April 17, 2020 shows the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., the United States. /Xinhua The World Bank on Thursday said it had named Makhtar Diop as the new managing di

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The Series A deal that launched a near unicorn: Meet Accel’s Steve Loughlin and Ironclad’s Jason Boehmig

The only people who truly understand a relationship are the ones who are in it. Luckily for us, we’re going to have a candid conversation with both parties in the relationship between Ironclad C

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Oil prices near 13-month highs, supported by Texas cold snap

Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas, U.S., August 22, 2018. /Reuters Oil prices hovered near 13-month highs on Tuesday, supported by a cold snap that shut wells in t

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Australia says content laws working after Nine-Google deal reports

Australia's biggest locally owned media company Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Ltd. has agreed on a content licensing deal with Google for AU$30 million ($23.2 million) a year, reported the Sydne

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Macron rejects calls to pull French troops from Africa's Sahel region

France's President Emmanuel Macron called for more funds to fight armed groups in the Sahel region. /Francois Mori/Pool/AFP France's President Emmanuel Macron has called for more funding in th

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Five dead in new Ebola outbreak in Guinea

A health worker enters a tent in an Ebola virus treatment center in Conakry, Guinea, November 17, 2015. /Reuters Guinea has recorded up to 10 suspected cases of Ebola and five people have died