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Indian online learning platform Vedantu is not engaging to sell the firm to edtech giant Byju’s, a top executive said on Friday. A report by Indian news outlet Entrackr said early Friday that Byju’s had offered $700 million to $800 million

FM’s office says he’s ‘attentive to the criticism’ after it was revealed he and Liberman weren’t participating in sessions of the high-level forum

Republican Recall Candidates Want to Turn California Into Florida. They May Get the Chance.  Slate Newsom says recall is unfair, effects will be felt ‘across the country’  Fox News Newsom allowed to blame recall on ‘Republicans and Trump supporters,’ judge rules  Yahoo News

Linoy Ashram earns top score in routine with ball; both she and Nicol Zelikman are currently among top 10 in qualification round

More than 40 African startups from a handful of countries have gone through YC over the past decade. Zambia joins that list today, and its entrant, Union54, is a worthy first entry. Union54 (54 is a nod to the number

Micromobility startup Voi has raised $45 million, funds it says will be used to research and develop technology that will improve safety, keep users from riding on sidewalks and ensure scooters are properly parked. The funding comes a month after

While Amsterdam garners the lion’s share of attention in the Netherlands tech ecosystem, the not-so-far-away region around Utrecht has its fair share of tech startups and investors, as is evidenced by our latest survey of locals, below. Area ecosystem wranglers

Describing the torturous conditions in the Islamic Republic at the time, ex-political prisoners label new president ‘the head of Auschwitz’ for his role in mass executions

India’s apex court on Friday ruled in favor of Amazon to stall the sale of Future Group to Reliance Industries in a major victory for the American e-commerce giant in the key overseas market. The Indian Supreme Court said the

More than $1.4bn (£1bn) worth of seized cocaine and marijuana has been offloaded by a US Coast Guard ship – the biggest haul in the agency’s history.