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The president’s costly proposals amount to a risky gamble that a country polarized along ideological and cultural lines is ready for a more activist government.

Paxos has raised a $300 million Series D funding round led by Oak HC/FT. With today’s funding the round, the company is now valued at $2.4 billion. The company has been building infrastructure and white-label services for enterprise clients that

The #ResignModi hashtag was blocked on the social-media platform for several hours amid controversy over Indian authorities’ response to a Covid-19 surge and government efforts to curb dissent.

The French president is under intense pressure to crack down on terrorism as well as Islamist separatism, an ideology his government says fuels attacks by radicalizing segments of the country’s Muslim minority.

Five states, with a combined population of over 500 million, now account for about 35% of the country’s active cases.

The prime minister is being investigated following allegations that he failed to declare who funded an upgrade of his residence, the latest of a series of political battles over his conduct and that of his government.

Countries that recently controlled the spread of Covid-19 are now seeing surging hospitalizations and deaths from the P.1 coronavirus variant.

Afghan Gen. Sami Sadat spoke with NPR about day-to-day life in Afghanistan, how the army will operate without U.S. support and what he’s learned over the years during the war. (Image credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called long overdue elections to unite Palestinians and renew his legitimacy internationally. But he faces challengers from his own party and may postpone the vote.

To her family in southern China, Feng Daoyou remains a mystery. They remember her as generous and headstrong but they knew little of her life in the U.S. She was among eight people killed on March 16. (Image credit: Feng