Month: January 2021
In Poland, Protests As Near-Total Ban On Abortions Goes Into Effect
The Constitutional Court had ruled in October to ban terminations of pregnancies with fetal defects – nearly the only abortions that happen in Poland, which already had strict limits on the procedure. (Image credit: Omar Marques/Getty Images)
Read MoreUrban-X launches its latest cohort as the world catches up to the accelerator’s climate thesis
Urban-X, the accelerator launched by the venture capital fund Urban US and BMW’s MINI subsidiary to invest in companies that primarily address sustainable and resilient living in the cities of the future, has launched its latest cohort. This ninth cohort
Read MoreGGV Capital just announced $2.52 billion across new funds for ‘entrepreneurs around the world’
GGV Capital, the now 20-year-old venture firm that has long invested primarily in the U.S. and China, just closed on a whopping $2.52 billion in fresh capital commitments across four new funds, it announced this morning. Much of the money
Read MoreMcCarthy to House Republicans: “Cut this crap out” and stop infighting – CBS News
McCarthy to House Republicans: “Cut this crap out” and stop infighting CBS News McCarthy to visit the former president in Florida, showing where he stands in a post-Trump Republican Party CNN POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Inside the White House’s new thinking on Covid
Read MoreMedical Reserve Corps Volunteers Deployed To Help With Vaccination
Cadres of volunteers, mostly medical professionals, are part of a little-known federal emergency program launched in the aftermath of 9/11. Increasingly, states are deploying them against COVID-19. (Image credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Read MoreAs Israel’s Right Splinters, Netanyahu Is Challenged by Former Protégé
Gideon Saar is facing off with his former mentor in March’s election, the boldest sign yet of how Israel’s right wing has splintered over the future of the country and the fate of its prime minister.
Read MoreSPACs are the construct VCs need to fund clean tech
Brian Walsh Contributor Share on Twitter Brian Walsh is the head of WIND Ventures, the venture capital arm of COPEC, a leading energy company in Central and South America and the U.S. WIND Ventures provides mobility, energy and retail startups
Read MoreWill Apple’s spectacular iPhone 12 sales figures boost the smartphone industry in 2021?
You’d be forgiven for being skeptical about the iPhone 12’s stellar performance this past quarter. It’s been a rough couple of years for smartphones — a phenomenon from which not even Apple was immune. Frankly, after staring down these macro
Read MorePelosi slams Republican leadership for response to Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘What could they be thinking?’ – CNN
Pelosi slams Republican leadership for response to Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘What could they be thinking?’ CNN Calls to #RemoveMarjorieTaylorGreene trend on Twitter FOX 5 Atlanta A reporter tried to ask Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene about her false claims. The journalist was threatened
Read MoreHere’s what Biden’s Obamacare executive order means for you – CNN
Here’s what Biden’s Obamacare executive order means for you CNN Biden to sign executive orders expanding access, strengthening ObamaCare through special enrollment period Fox News Biden Expands Obamacare, Eliminates Trump-Era Abortion Policy : President Biden Takes Office NPR President Biden’s Flimsy Coalition and
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