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UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund announces its largest investment of startups in developing and emerging economies

Children use their tablet to learn in a village on the outskirts of Kassala in Eastern Sudan.

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7 Plead Not Guilty to Looting More than $132 Million from South African Bank

Seven suspects accused of taking just over $132 million from VBS Mutual bank in South Africa have pleaded not guilty to dozens of fraud and theft charges.

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UNICEF airlifts COVID-19 testing kits to Yemen to boost response as cases soar

A first batch of 10,000 COVID-19 tests arrived in Sana’a on a UNICEF-chartered plane , to increase the COVID-19 testing capacity amid the rapid increase of cases in Yemen on June 18. An additional shipment of 8,000 tests is expected to arrive in Aden...

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Guyana Election Commission's Awaits Report Confirming Election Winner

The seven-member Guyana Elections Commission could get a report from Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield Friday that could move the South American country closer to confirming the results of March presidential and regional elections.

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