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(Reuters) - Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s prominent incubator and startup fund, has half of its latest class of entrepreneurs from outside of the United States, more than ever before, as the pandemic has pushed all of its work online, Managing Director Michael Seibel said Thursday at the Reuters Next conference.…

(Getty Images) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/cc/4b/kyrie-irving-getty-011321-ftrjpg_1h9i0h2i01xpt1o8sfou1kac2s.jpg?t=-13209850&w=500&quality=80 While his Nets teammates were preparing to battle the Nuggets on Tuesday night, Kyrie Irving was spending his time on a Zoom call with supporters of Manhattan district attorney candidate Tahanie Aboushi. Irving, who has missed Brooklyn's past four games for "personal reasons," was seen at the virtual event along with former…

published : 13 Jan 2021 at 20:40 FILE PHOTO: Pro-democracy demonstrators march during an anti-government mass protest, on the 47th anniversary of the 1973 student uprising, in Bangkok on Oct 14, 2020. (Reuters) A reconciliation committee formed by the Thai parliament speaker to resolve issues raised by anti-government protesters was…

After a short hiatus, the UFC returns to action this weekend and debuts on a new network. UFC Fight Island 7 takes place this Saturday in Abu Dhabi featuring a pivotal main event at 145 pounds between former champion Max Holloway and surging contender Calvin Kattar. The event will stream…

President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee will refund a donation from former Sen. Barbara Boxer after the California Democrat registered as a foreign agent for a Chinese surveillance firm accused of abetting the country’s mass internment of Uighur Muslims, officials tell Axios. Why it matters: Boxer’s contribution was just $500, but…

WASHINGTON — House Democrats are determined to impeach President Donald Trump in his final days for inciting a deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol. But some worry that forcing a Senate trial just as Joe Biden is taking office could hinder the president-elect's administration. Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina,…

Last week, amid the chaos of the Capitol riot, the Trump administration proceeded with plans to sell off chunks of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the gas and oil industry’s highest bidders. The plan had been in the works for years, and while Congress was still under siege by…

The senator representing Osun West Senatorial District, Adelere Oriolowo, was reportedly attacked by gunmen on Sunday during a meeting of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the district. Mr Oriolowo was rushed out of the meeting that held at his constituency in Ikire, Osun State, by security personnel…

A Malacañang official gave assurances that President Rodrigo Duterte will not interfere in renewed legislative efforts to grant franchise to ABS-CBN. A bill that seeks to give ABS-CBN franchise for 25 years was filed by Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd last week. Fifteen senators co-authored Senate Bill 1967. Chief Presidential…

New York Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez responded to Texas Senator Ted Cruz's complaints about President-elect Joe Biden's references to Nazis in a pair of tweets Saturday, calling for Cruz to resign in the wake of the deadly Capitol riot. Cruz quote-tweeted a Washington Post reporter who had written about a remark…