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The NATO Innovation Fund, launched last year, is the world’s first multilateral venture capital fund, backed by 24 of NATO’s 32 member states. While there are limits on direct investment in weapons technology, it is investing in emerging technologies that NATO hopes will strengthen its future defenses and resilience.The fund aims to leverage connections within the alliance to help make investments: “Most of the time, early stage companies are completely overwhelmed and have no idea how to engage. [government and defense] “We are uniquely positioned to support our portfolio companies through their growth and through our partnerships with private and…

One of them leads a team in a financial company and earns more than her husband, another is pursuing her dream of becoming a civil servant, and the third is an up-and-coming influencer who dreams of becoming the breadwinner for her family.No matter what their husbands say or what preferential treatment a Chinese government worried about its ageing population might dangle, the women are all raising one young child and have no plans to have another. Gone are the days of China’s one-child policy. At a recent political forum, President Xi Jinping urged women to take on greater family responsibilities…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tom Cole George H. W. Bush of Oklahoma, the powerful Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, was trying to fend off a challenge in Tuesday’s primary from a businessman who has poured millions of dollars of his own money into the race.Political newcomer Paul Bondar has poured more than $5 million of his own money into his campaign in Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District, which also has three other Republican candidates running.Mr. Cole, a longtime Republican political strategist in Oklahoma before being elected to the House in 2002, has the backing of former President…

U.S. News and Word Report once again placed MIT’s graduate engineering programs at the top of its annual rankings released today, a position the institute has held since 1990, when the magazine first ranked such programs.MIT Sloan School of Management also ranked highly in the rankings released on April 9, taking the No. 5 spot for best graduate business programs. In terms of engineering fields, MIT ranked first in six fields: Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering (tied with Stanford University and UC Berkeley), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. It also ranked second in Biomedical…

Campaigning for France’s early parliamentary elections kicked off on Monday, with opinion polls predicting the far-right National Rally will win ahead of a left-wing coalition, with President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc coming in third. France: As campaigning for early elections begins, polls show President Macron trailing far-right RN party (AFP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Political uncertainty has sparked a heavy sell-off in French government bonds and stocks since President Macron suddenly called general elections after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) party swept past ruling centrist parties in European elections. Watch your favorite games anytime, anywhere with Crickit. Here’s how…

Swansea have signed Ronaldo under a contract that runs until 2027, with the option of a further 12 months. [Getty Images]Luke Williams says Swansea City are making a global push to recruit new players in order to compete with the “big teams” in the Championship.Williams said Swansea’s summer target list included few established second-tier players because of the high wages and transfer fees they would require.Instead, the Welsh club are looking elsewhere in the English market and, buoyed by the success of January signing Ronald, are looking at players from around the world.”We’re obviously focused on the UK market, but…

Stuart Law is a hard-nosed former Australia cricketer who has coached previously in England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Bangladesh. But having taken over the USA side only two months before the World Cup, even he and his Australian optimism didn’t expect to be sitting in Antigua awaiting the start of the Super Eight. The journey for USA has been emotional and fulfilling, and Law candidly takes us along for the ride on their first round of this World Cup. Do any of your players have to extend their leaves of absence from their workplaces, now that…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As he heads to Pyongyang on Tuesday for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for supporting his actions in Ukraine and said the two countries would work closely to overcome U.S.-led sanctions.Putin’s comments were published in an opinion piece in North Korea’s state media just hours before he is expected to arrive in North Korea for a two-day visit as the two countries deepen ties amid their respective escalating conflicts with Washington.Putin, visiting North Korea for the first time in 24 years, said he appreciated…

BOSTON — Two years ago, Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown wasn’t ready for the NBA Finals.He shot 43.3 percent from the field and 31.8 percent from 3-point range over his final three games (all losses to the Celtics) and committed 10 turnovers in his final two games.And over the past two seasons, he repeatedly rewatched the Celtics’ loss to the Golden State Warriors in the 2022 Finals.”You can really learn something from anything,” Brown says, “but you can also look at those moments and learn from them how to manage your emotions and what you might have done differently.””I don’t…

Kisses, hugs or presents? None of these. Some couples have their own way of celebrating a win. As athletes prepare for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics, for many, support from loved ones is what motivates them to win a medal. As Katie Moon, a two-time world champion for the U.S. women’s pole vault team, prepares for this year’s competition, her husband, Hugo Moon, might buy her some T-shirts with some very unique prints to give her an extra boost of motivation. “We have a joke about it, and he printed my ugliest face, big and bold, on a T-shirt,” Katie…