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Easy Home Finance Closes $30 Million in its Series C Round

Mumbai-based home loan lender Easy Home Finance has closed $30 million in its Series C round led by Investcorp, with participation from existing investors.

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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to Focus on Upcoming Missions to the Moon

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is pausing its space tourism flights for “no less than two years” in order to focus all of its resources on upcoming missions to the moon

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US Senate Passes Bill to Resolve Shutdown Clash

The US Senate passed legislation Friday that would fund most departments through the end of September, with one exception: the Department of Homeland Security.

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The United Nations is at Risk of "Imminent Financial Collapse"

António Guterres said the UN faced a financial crisis which was "deepening, threatening programme delivery", and that money could run out by July.

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Nigeria's Music Legend Fela Kuti Becomes First African to Get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award

Fela Kuti will posthumously receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys - almost three decades after his death at the age of 58.

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RIVET is Hiring!

RIVET is growing and excited to bring on three full-time team members to support their operations/fundraising, marketing, and impact work

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The World Bank Legal Internship Program

The World Bank Legal Internship Program is offered at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and in certain selected country offices for currently enrolled law school students.

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President Trump and Senate Democrats Closing in on a Deal to Avert a Shutdown

President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats on Thursday were closing in on a deal to avert a shutdown of most of the government Saturday, seeking to de-escalate a bitter fight over the Department of Homeland Security and ICE

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Apply for the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy 2026 Fully Funded Program

Aspiring African filmmakers, TV content creators, producers, scriptwriters and storytellers can now apply for the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy 2026.

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Erin Jackson Does Not Want to be the Only Black Woman to Win Winter Olympics Individual Gold

Erin Jackson was the first Black woman, from any country, to claim an individual gold medal, in any sport, at any Winter Olympics.

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EarthSync Banks $1 Million Pre-Seed Funding Round

EarthSync, a unified artificial intelligence platform for renewable energy planning, procurement, and operations, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Theia Ventures

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Procurement and Cost-Reduction Platform 1Buy.AI Raises Seed Funding Round

Procurement and cost-reduction platform 1Buy.AI has raised Rs 32.5 crore in a seed funding round led by 100Unicorns along with participation from Ashish Kacholia, Gruhas, FJ Labs (USA), and other investors

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