[ad_1] U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A landmark agreement to shift away from fossil fuels thrusts U.S. policy into the global spotlight, with campaigners demanding that President Joe Biden’s administration should lead the charge toward cleaner energy technologies. For the first time in nearly…
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[ad_1] Venture capital funding in Europe is plummeting as investors shift focus from growth to cutting costs. In the first half of 2023, European VC deal value was 61% lower than at the same time last year according to a new report by Pitchbook, a financial data firm. The total capital raised in the continent was €8.9 billion. At the current rate, the full year is on track to pace 37% below 2022 levels. Analysts blame…
"European VC deal value down 61% in first half of 2023, report finds"
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron said Russia launched a “brutal attack” on Ukraine in an imperialist, revanchist violation of international law. Macron made the comments during a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of Allied landings in Nai-occupied Provence during World War II, and just hours after he spoke to Putin and helped broker a deal to allow UN nuclear inspectors to visit a critical plant in Ukraine. Macron, who tried tirelessly but unsuccessfully to prevent…
"Ukraine war: Macron slams Russian invasion, hours after brokering nuclear inspection deal"
[ad_1] To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT (except today because of the breaking Musk news!), subscribe here. Jet-lagged and post-COVID-fatigued, Haje is back, joining Christine to bring you fine morsels of tech news in this very newsletter. Also, hearsay (and the calendar) suggests that it might be Friday. If that almost unverifiable rumor is, in fact, true, then have a…
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[ad_1] When Elon Musk announced his bid to buy Twitter last month, he said he wanted to make the social network a beacon for free speech. But as Musk scrambles to pull together funding for the $44 billion deal, the billionaire is also planning to accept financing for the deal from two countries that have historically restricted freedom of speech: Saudi Arabia and Qatar. On Thursday, an SEC filing revealed new financiers for Musk’s takeover…
"Elon Musk Will Fund Twitter Deal With Money From Countries That Suppress Free Speech"
[ad_1] The US said it will work with Israel to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the current administration has been working to renew the nuclear deal. The deal will put curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington will work together with Israel to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, as the two close allies acknowledged differences over negotiations with…
"Blinken: Nuclear deal the best way to cap Iran nuclear activity"
[ad_1] In her viral 2016 TedTalk– now amassing nearly three-quarters of a million views- Ella Dawson, social media manager by day, sex writer by night and Herpes positive at both AM to PM, takes to the stage to state: “STIs aren’t a consequence, they’re inevitable”. The media and popular culture reduce it to the punchline of a joke. For a vast percentage of the population though, having a sexually transmitted infection is the reality Despite…
"Herpes Happens: Why Having the STI Really Isn’t As Big of a Deal as You Might Think"
[ad_1] Dealing with hot flashes can be tricky as you do not exactly have a control on them. A hot flash is a sudden sensation of warmth in your upper body – face, neck or chest and can be followed by a lot of sweating and palpitations. While many of us rarely experience them, their frequency may increase during perimenopausal or menopausal stage. Certain medical conditions, hot environment, a strenuous physical activity could also trigger…
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