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Coronavirus Concerns May Lead To New Travel Restrictions | NBC Nightly News  NBC News Trump hints at expanding travel restrictions as coronavirus outbreak worsens  Fox News WHO Calls Coronavirus in South Korea, Italy, Iran and Japan Its ‘Greatest Concern’  U.S. News & World

French startup Le Wagon has raised its first round of funding after many years of bootstrapping. The company closed a $19 million funding round (€17 million) a few months ago. Cathay Capital is leading the round with AfricInvest also participating.

Late Night Bids Adieu to Buttigieg, Klobuchar and ‘Poor’ Tom Steyer  The New York Times O’Rourke endorses Biden at Dallas rally on eve of Super Tuesday, as ex-VP appears to offer gun-control role  Fox News The Stop Sanders movement has gone public  CNN

In a move that other states might want to emulate, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said that the state’s Department of Financial Services is requiring health insurers in the state to waive cost sharing associated with testing for

WHO chief warns ‘we are in uncharted territory’ as number of coronavirus cases worldwide passes 90,000  CNN Live updates: South Korea declares ‘war’ on coronavirus as U.S. deaths rise; markets eye economic rescue  The Washington Post Coronavirus in China: The most important

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory in the country’s third general election in under a year, after exit polls suggested a strong showing for his Likud party.

Absences of Republican president and leading Democrat candidate to replace him underscores increasing threat to viability of a pro-Israel posture that rests on bipartisanship

Sonantic, a U.K. startup that has developed “human-quality” artificial voice technology for the games and entertainment industry, has raised €2.3 million in funding. Leading the round is EQT Ventures, with participation from existing backers, including Entrepreneur First (EF), AME Cloud

Google today announced that it is canceling the physical part of Cloud Next, its cloud-focused event and its largest annual conference by far with around 30,000 attendees, over concerns around the current spread of COVID-19. Given all of the recent

Last week, I sat down with Connie Chan, a general partner with Andreessen Horowitz who focuses on investing in consumer tech. She joined the firm in 2011 after working at HP in China. From her temporary offices located in a