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Judge rejects delay of ruling backing North Dakota tribes’ effort to change legislative boundaries

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to delay his decision supporting two Native American tribes that sought changes to North Dakota’s legislative boundaries to give the tribes more influence in the Legislature. U.S. District Chief Judge Peter Welte denied Republican Secretary of State Michael Howe’s motion to stay his … Read more

Congo’s president makes campaign stop near conflict zone and blasts Rwanda for backing rebels

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GOMA, Congo — A fiery President Felix Tshisekedi rallied thousands of supporters at a stadium in a conflict-stricken eastern region of Congo on Sunday, making one of his final campaign sweeps through the country in the lead-up to elections later this month. Supporters waited hours to hear the first-term president’s speech in a region torn … Read more

Catching up with Keith Rabois on the state of VC, his newest bet, and who he’s backing for president

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Chances are that however busy you are, Keith Rabois is busier. He’s an active investor as a general partner at Founders Fund, the early-stage outfit co-founded 18 years ago by Peter Thiel. He’s also the CEO of OpenStore, the company that he co-founded in 2021 to acquire and scale commerce brands on Shopify’s platform. And … Read more

Amazon confirms it’s backing away from charging an additional vendor charge

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Amazon PR supervisor Jonathan Hillson informed The Verge in an e-mail that “the two% Vendor Fulfilled Prime charge was meant to cowl our prices,” however added that the corporate determined to not transfer ahead as a result of it was afraid “vendor sentiment associated to the charge” may have an effect on participation in this … Read more

MFast get backing from Wavemaker Companions to extend monetary companies entry in Vietnam

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The vast majority of Vietnam’s inhabitants reside in rural areas and infrequently lack entry to monetary companies as a result of banks and different establishments open most of their bodily places in cities. MFast needs to alter that with what it says is the main monetary companies distribution community in Vietnam. The corporate introduced at … Read more

Niger’s junta is not backing down, and a regional drive prepares to intervene. Right here’s what to anticipate

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ABUJA, Nigeria — Regional mediation efforts to reverse the coup in Niger and restore its democracy collapsed as quickly as they began. Tensions have escalated because the Sunday deadline nears for doable army intervention by different West African international locations. On Friday, the area’s protection chiefs finalized a plan to make use of drive towards … Read more

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview

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Reddit is preventing for its soul. Many customers are in revolt over API pricing adjustments that can shut down among the hottest third-party Reddit apps, they usually’re livid at CEO Steve Huffman after final week’s AMA that made it clear the platform wouldn’t budge. Huffman has argued the adjustments are a enterprise choice to pressure … Read more