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Raise, a startup building Africa’s Carta, gets backing from 500 Startups

As startups in Africa continue to grow and raise money at a ridiculous pace, so too will their cap tables expand. Most African startups’ bulk of VC money is from foreign investors, making it imperative for African startups to incorporate

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The Belarusian Coaches Who Tried To Send Sprinter Home Are Dismissed From Olympics

The two coaches had their credentials revoked by the International Olympic Committee four days after they ordered sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya back home for publicly criticizing them. (Image credit: Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

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United Airlines Will Require All 67,000 U.S. Employees to Get Vaccinated

United Airlines will require employees in the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by late October, perhaps sooner, joining a growing number of big corporations that are responding to a surge in virus cases. Company leaders called it a matter

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Canada Border Agents Begin Labor Action, Threatening Trade, Tourism

Talks between the union representing about 9,000 employees at the Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian government failed to produce a new agreement before a Friday morning deadline.

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Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Shot Works Well Against Delta Variant, Study Finds

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine helps prevent severe disease among those infected with the Delta variant, according to a trial involving almost 480,000 health workers in South Africa. The study, known as Sisonke, provides the first large-scale evidence that the

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What to expect from Samsung’s next Unpacked

Foldables! Two, probably! Those are your headliners. Samsung tipped its hand with the event invite, which features a pair of geometrical objects that pretty clearly represent the new Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip. The other headliner is what

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Allyson Felix Now Has More Olympic Medals Than Any Female Track Athlete In History

U.S. track star Allyson Felix surpassed the record after winning bronze on Friday in the 400 meters at the Tokyo Olympics. (Image credit: David Ramos/Getty Images)

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Taliban Capture Zaranj, an Afghanistan Provincial Capital, in a Symbolic Victory – The New York Times

Taliban Capture Zaranj, an Afghanistan Provincial Capital, in a Symbolic Victory  The New York Times Afghan Taliban kill head of government media department  New York Post Taliban kills Afghan government’s top media officer  NBC News Afghanistan war: Taliban capture regional capital Zaranj, officials

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SpaceX stacks the full Starship launch system for the first time, standing nearly 400 feet tall

SpaceX has achieved another major milestone in its Starship fully reusable launch system: It stacked the Starship spacecraft itself on top of a prototype of its Super Heavy booster, which itself is loaded up with a full complement of 29

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Is a Return to the Old Way of Politics. That’s A Problem for the Climate

The bipartisan infrastructure package being negotiated in the Senate promises to fund some important climate programs, with sizable expenditures for cleaning up abandoned oil wells, replacing lead pipes and repairing roads and bridges. The $50 billion in climate resilience funding

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