The Defense Department’s new Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has stood up its first program designed to leverage private capital to help drive investment in critical technologies for national defense that frequently are being overlooked in favor of a…
Ten million children in west Africa’s central Sahel region are now in "extreme jeopardy" and desperately need humanitarian help due to worsening violence, the United Nations warned. The number of children in dire need of aid in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is twice as many as in 2020
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Ukrainian mum tricked into sending daughter to Russian ‘indoctrination’ camp reveals rescue and emotional reunion
Ukraine has been telling anyone who would listen for months that Russia had a formal state-sponsored plan to effectively steal Ukrainian children, take them to Russia and turn them against their own country.
HR software startup Rippling raised a $500M Series E at an $11.25B valuation, same as Series D, when SVB froze its deposits, taking its total funding to $1.2B (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
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HR software startup Rippling raised a $500M Series E at an $11.25B valuation, same as Series D, when SVB froze its deposits, taking its total funding to $1.2B — As a serial entrepreneur who has famously e…
Suezmax rates jump as activity trickles down to the Atlantic
VLCC rates have firmed, helping boost suezmax tanker rates this week
Pakistani High Court suspends arrest warrant for former PM
The Lahore High Court suspends arrest warrant for former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan after clashes between his supporters and police
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Ukraine and industry show how Europe can jump ahead on JADC2, ex-generals say
NATO is ill-suited to pull off a US-style megaproject for Multi-Domain Operations – but ad hoc, off-the-shelf networking in Ukraine shows another way to speed intel data to combat units.
Guyana’s discovery of oil reserves has the nation split between boosting the economy and preserving the environment
Guyana is hoping that newly discovered offshore crude reserves can help transform the country’s economy and offset its ongoing poverty crisis. But some people are concerned about what this may mean for the environment.
International Criminal Court targets Putin, issues arrest warrant
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Court says Mr. Putin is allegedly responsible for the unlawful deportation and transfer of children from areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.
Goldman Sees China Nearly Tripling Its 2030 Target for Wind and Solar
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