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The kidnapping of the 279 girls from their school last Friday is the latest in a string of similar incidents. (Image credit: Habibu Iliyasu /AFP via Getty Images)

Crisp, an Amsterdam-based, online-only supermarket focused on fresh produce, has raised €30 million in a Series B financing led by leading Target Global and joined by Keen Venture Partners and the co-founders of Adyen and Takeaway.com. Crisp has now raised

Food delivery — whether it’s ready-made orders from restaurants, meal kits or groceries — has been one of the most-used services in this last year of living under the cloud of a global health pandemic, and today one of the

Despite successful vaccination campaign, Chezy Levy says fourth lockdown possible if virus cases continue to rise

On Thursday, China’s biggest annual political meetings—known collectively as the “Two Sessions”—will kick off at Beijing’s cavernous Great Hall of the People amid stringent COVID-19 restrictions. Meetings of China’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), and its top political

Michael Taylor and Peter Taylor are in Japanese custody after their nine-month legal battle to avoid extradition failed.

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo accused by third woman of unwanted sexual advances  Fox News Haberman: Andrew Cuomo knows he’s in trouble  CNN Second Former Cuomo Aide Makes Sexual Harassment Accusation | NBC Nightly News  NBC News Cuomo Accused of Unwanted Advance at a

Elizabeth Warren unveils proposal for wealth tax on “ultra-millionaires” as richest Americans see gains during pandemic  CBS News Elizabeth Warren Introduces ‘Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act’  CBS Boston Two of the most powerful economic voices in America disagree on a tax for the uber-rich  CNN

Beijing could tighten its grip on Hong Kong further, showing lack of concern for international outcry  CNBC WorldView: U.K. hospitals still strained; Hong Kong charges pro-democracy activists  CBS News Hong Kong protesters come out as 47 pro-democracy figures appear in court  CNN Opinion

Biden’s getting no free ride from Democrats on foreign policy  POLITICO Khashoggi report spurs 9/11 families to push Biden for more Saudi disclosures  Yahoo News Biden’s Iran Problem  The Wall Street Journal Opinion | Biden’s Response to the Khashoggi Killing  The New York Times