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KKR to acquire New Zealand bus company Ritchies Transport at value of $347M

Global investment firm KKR has plans to acquire a New Zealand bus and coach company with an 86-year heritage, Ritchies Transport. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but sources familiar with the circumstances say the deal values Ritchies

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Indiagold raises $12 million for its gold-focused digital alternative credit platform

India has a unique fascination for gold. The households in the South Asian market are estimated to have a stash of over 25,000 tons of the precious metal whose value today is about half of the country’s nominal GDP. But

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Kabul airport attack causes worst single-day US loss in Afghanistan since 2011

A look at the most deadly attacks suffered by the United States in its 20-year campaign, after 13 troops are killed in Kabul airport bombings

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What is Afghanistan’s Islamic State, which survived to carry out Kabul bombings?

The offshoot terror group is more extreme than the Taliban and has long fought against it; it has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s deadly airport attack

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Republican-Led Texas House Passes New Voting Restrictions – NPR

Republican-Led Texas House Passes New Voting Restrictions  NPR Texas House expected to pass controversial Republican voting restrictions bill  CBS This Morning Texas legislators spar over the word ‘racism’ ahead of election bill vote  NBC News Now that Democrats are back, it’s time to

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Daily Crunch: Copenhagen-based Leapwork lands $62M Series B co-led by KKR and Salesforce Ventures

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. ‘Ello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 26, 2021. Or as someone called it recently, Friday

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Biden Faces a Tragedy He Worked to Avoid

The president said the evacuation of U.S. citizens and allies from Afghanistan would continue, even after an attack that killed at least 13 American troops and dozens of civilians.

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Arkansas doctor under investigation for prescribing anti-parasitic drug thousands of times for Covid-19 despite FDA warning – CNN

Arkansas doctor under investigation for prescribing anti-parasitic drug thousands of times for Covid-19 despite FDA warning  CNN Covid: Arkansas jail dosing inmates with ivermectin in spite of FDA warnings  The Guardian Health experts warn against taking ivermectin to treat COVID-19  KGW News Hawaii

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Apple Has Loosened App Store Payment Rules as Part of a Lawsuit Settlement

BERKELEY, Calif. — Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media by circumventing a commission system that generates billions of dollars annually for the iPhone maker.

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Trump says Kabul airport explosion wouldn’t have happened if he was president – New York Post

Trump says Kabul airport explosion wouldn’t have happened if he was president  New York Post Biden promises to hunt down terrorists behind devastating Kabul attack  Yahoo News McMaster on Afghanistan carnage: ‘What we saw today is just the beginning’  Yahoo News Tucker Carlson:

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