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Publicly, President Biden’s allies have spent the past several days aggressively downplaying his missteps in Thursday’s debate by assailing the “bedwetting brigade” of anxious Democrats, trumpeting a record influx of campaign donations and noting the long list of incumbents who stumbled during their first debates.Privately, they have worked the phones to reassure nervous donors, pleaded with concerned lawmakers to keep their powder dry and huddled with colleagues to commiserate — while steeling themselves for a battle that could determine not only whether Biden wins the election in November, but whether he will be on the ballot at all.The push to…

The recent French general elections have sent shock waves through the French political landscape with potentially far-reaching consequences for France’s Jewish community. As the country grapples with a divided political climate, the rise of both the far-right and the far-left has raised pressing questions about the future of Jewish life in France and the country’s stance towards the Middle East.The doubling of the Rally National’s support to 34% in two years marks a significant milestone. Once considered a social pariah due to its historical ties to anti-Semitism, the party has undergone a remarkable transformation under its new leadership. The…

In this year’s bull market, with artificial intelligence stocks like Nvidia and everything else, investors are starting to wonder if something needs to change as the second half of the year begins. In this year’s bull market, with artificial intelligence stocks like Nvidia and everything else, investors are starting to wonder if something needs to change as the second half of the year begins. Interest in the chipmaker, whose products are seen as crucial to powering AI technology, continued to grow in the second quarter. Nvidia in May reported sales and profits that beat Wall Street expectations for the fifth…

Whoever said the eyes are windows to the soul probably didn’t think they’d be key to diagnosing serious mental illness, but research shows that what a person focuses on, how their pupils respond, and other eye movements can indicate the presence of depression, PTSD, schizophrenia, and even developmental disorders like autism. Now SenseEye, a Texas-based mental health platform, is aiming to bring that research out of the lab and into therapists’ offices and patients’ homes. The company is testing a mobile app that measures how a person’s eyes respond to various visual tasks as a way to detect PTSD. The…

Although venture capitalist investments in MENA-based startups fell by double digits last year, the sector remains resilient with prospects for 2024 looking significantly brighter, according to a report by Tenet Consulting. The total number of deals closed in MENA in 2023 was 654, down from 864 the previous year, according to a report by the Dubai-based consulting firm. However, 2023 and 2022 were the absolute top years for MENA startups and scaleups seeking capital, with record amounts of money flowing into their coffers. In a calmer market, investors sought safety in their investments and scaled back on riskier pre-seed and…

Matthew Scullion says the turning point for the British software company he founded came when it secured backing from two US venture capital firms.In 2018, Scale Venture Partners and Sapphire Venture led a funding round for Matillion, then a seven-year-old startup headquartered in Manchester. British investors put in a small amount, but Scullion believes the injection of Silicon Valley money and know-how helped propel Matillion into the ranks of a select group of British unicorns – privately held companies valued at more than $1 billion. “[The US venture capital firms] “They want me to build the biggest company I can…

An 18-year-old Chinese student who drove to his university entrance exam in a Mercedes-Maybach and was derided as a “spoiled rich boy” has surprised doubters by achieving top marks.Zhu Yetian, a graduate of Hangzhou No.2 High School in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, has been dubbed the “Young Master of Maybach” after a video of his father driving him to and from work in his luxury car went viral online.he, Gaokao According to ChaoNews, he enrolled in university in China and scored 700 out of a possible 750 points, good enough to get into one of the country’s top universities.After Zhu’s…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. A Long March 4C rocket carrying the satellite Shiyan-23 was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 12, 2024. Chinese private space company Tianbing Aerospace Science and Technology announced on June 30 that its Tianlong-3 rocket had been launched by mistake during an engine test. Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua via Getty Images Chinese space company Tianbing Aerospace Science and Technology announced that it had accidentally launched a test rocket.The Tianlong 3 is designed as a rival to SpaceX’s Falcon 9, with a similar takeoff mass and…

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 28: Guardian of the Law or Authority, created by sculptor James Earle … [+] Justice Fraser rests next to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on September 28, 2020. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)Getty Images When the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted climate-related disclosure rules in March, a series of lawsuits challenged the commission’s ability to adopt the rules. The commission argued that Congress gave it the authority to adopt the rules, but delayed implementation until the courts resolved the issue. Under previous legal standards, the commission’s authority had been questioned. But new standards…

Or how about Theresa May, the short-lived prime minister who was quickly forced out of office after failing to take the country out of the European Union: during a trip to Africa, she performed a dance that one commentator likened to that of a “baby robot giraffe”. And then there’s Liz Truss: Her collapse as prime minister was so dramatic that a British tabloid livestreamed a clump of lettuce asking which would last longer. The vegetable (i.e. the lettuce) won. That’s not just an impression: British politics is more entertaining than politics in other countries, says Steve Gimbel, a philosophy…