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Applications are now open for the Harvard Environmental Fellows Program 2027, a two-year fellowship for recent doctorate recipients interested in advancing environmental research in collaboration with Harvard faculty.

Nigerian startups Trade Lenda and AirSmat have raised a combined US$450,000 from the Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility, a US$4 million pilot investment facility aimed at identifying founders often overlooked by traditional investors

President Donald Trump on Monday said Bombardier, a Canadian airplane manufacturer, must build its products in the U.S. in order to keep selling in the American market.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday announced a fresh funding boost for Greenland, seeking to shore up Arctic ties with the self-governing Danish territory

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced on Monday the launch of Gulf Coast Real Estate Development, a company that will develop an integrated tourism and residential destination along the Arabian Gulf coast

Swish is raising fresh capital from Bertelsmann India Investments, adding a new institutional investor to its captable. The round comes just months after its last fundraise

Bengaluru-based space-tech startup Pixxel has raised $100 million in its Series C funding round co-led by Temasek and Seraphim Space.

Women’s wellness brand Nua has raised $50 million in its Series C funding round led by Peak XV Partners and Filter Capital, with participation from existing investors Mirabilis Investment Trust and Footpath Ventures.

Bengaluru-based workforce accommodation startup HerSpace Manufacturing has secured a fresh capital commitment of $40 million from existing investor Gray Matters Capital (GMC).

The "Fellowship in Outbreak Readiness for Global Health Protection" (FOR-GHP) is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Health within the framework of the Global Health Protection Programme (GHPP).

Nomba, a Nigerian fintech, has secured a US$3 million debt facility through CardinalStone Finance Company to expand its cross-border payments business from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),

Iran said it will step up efforts to tackle problems created by the US sanctions that are crippling its economy, while a senior Iranian official warned of a “painful response” if it comes under further attack.