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Nevada holds its presidential primaries — but Trump isn’t on the ballot – CNN

Nevada holds its presidential primaries — but Trump isn’t on the ballot  CNN

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How to Manage $745 Million in Venture Capital Solo

Salil Deshpande is a one-man band at his firm Uncorrelated Ventures, which just raised a $315 million fund. Outsourcing helps. ‘My life is very simple right now. I talk to entrepreneurs and I talk to LPs,’ he says.

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BP Beats Expectations; Boosts Buyback

BP posted a higher-than-expected annual profit, joining others in the sector in showing resilience despite volatile energy prices, but its results were weaker than the prior-year’s record numbers.

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Austria rebuts heirs’ Nazi loot claims for Schiele paintings

Orders to hand back artworks by Austrian painter Egon Schiele to the American heirs of their former Jewish owner have forced some of Austria’s top museums to deny claims that some of their holdings were Nazi loot. The latest in

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Police apologize in Canada hockey gang rape case

Canadian police confirmed Monday charges against five current and former NHL players over an alleged 2018 gang rape, and apologized for the six years it took to investigate the accusations. The players, who were part of Canada’s junior national ice

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From prison to performing: a French ex-gangster tells all

He spent three decades as a gangster, with 70 hold-ups to his name that earned him 21 years behind bars, but now Frank Henry has a new career: treading the boards in Paris, declaring he is neither proud nor ashamed

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Thai government says will ban recreational cannabis use

The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022. Cannabis was taken off the list of banned narcotics in June

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I Survived Female Genital Mutilation. Here’s How to End It Once and for All

At the age of 12, I experienced female genital mutilation (FGM). This is a generations-old practice in my community in rural western Kenya. It is believed to mark the transition from childhood to adulthood. After a girl is cut, she

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China Stocks Notch Best Day in Years on Beijing Action

Chinese shares notched their best day in years after Beijing signaled its intent to prop up the battered equities market, including by directing a sovereign-wealth fund to boost holdings.

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