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  • NEOintralogistics secures €3M to democratise warehouse automation through RaaS

    German robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) provider NEOintralogistics has closed a €3 million seed funding round, led by the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund with participation from Cetus Holding. The need for accessible automation solutions continues to grow. While automation can deliver significant operational cost savings, adoption has been constrained by high upfront investment requirements. As a result, many read more

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    NEOintralogistics secures €3M to democratise warehouse automation through RaaS

  • French accounting software platform Pennylane raises $200M

    French accounting software platform Pennylane has raised $200m in a funding round, but says it had no immediate need for the fresh funds. The round was led by growth investor TCV, with Blackstone Growthand existing investors, including Sequoia, DST Global and the venture arm of Alphabet, CapitalG, also participating. The funding round values Pennylane at read more

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  • Orbem raises €55.5M Series B to scale AI-powered MRI technology

    Munich-based Orbem, a deeptech company applying artificial intelligence to magnetic resonance imaging to analyse food and biological systems, has closed a €55.5 million Series B financing round. The round was led by Innovation Industries, with participation from Supernova Invest and follow-on investments from existing backers, including General Catalyst, 83North, The Venture Collective, Possible Ventures, and read more

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    Orbem raises €55.5M Series B to scale AI-powered MRI technology

  • British Business Bank invests £25M in Kraken Technologies

    The UK government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) is taking a £25m stake in Kraken Technologies, the software entity being spun out of Octopus Energy, marking the bank’s biggest ever direct investment into a private firm. Octopus Energy sold a $1bn stake inKraken last month to a syndicate of investors, paving the way for its demerger read more

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    British Business Bank invests £25M in Kraken Technologies

  • Afcon final: Senegal reserve keeper jokes after Afcon towel scuffles

    Senegal’s reserve goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf has joked about his unique role of protecting his team-mate’s towel in his side’s chaotic Afcon final victory on Sunday. Diouf, 26, was an unused substitute during the final in Rabat but played a key role in Senegal’s second continental triumph in five years amid extraordinary circumstances. In the torrential read more

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    Afcon final: Senegal reserve keeper jokes after Afcon towel scuffles

  • GeneralMind raises $12M to build AI autopilot for operational workflows

    Berlin-based GeneralMind, an AI-based system focused on automating operational and coordination tasks in supply-chain environments, has closed a $12 million equity financing round. The round was led by Lakestar, Leo Capital, LucidCapital, Heliad, and BOOOM, with additional participation from angel investors including Alexander Kudlich, Jens Urbaniak, and Samir Sood. Many enterprises continue to rely on read more

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    GeneralMind raises M to build AI autopilot for operational workflows

  • Stoïk raises €20M to strengthen its position in the European cyber risk market

    Paris-based Stoïk has completed a €20 million Series C funding round co-led by Impala, which joins as a new investor, and Opera Tech Ventures, an existing investor. Current investors Alven and Andreessen Horowitz also participated in the round. Stoïk is a European insurtech focused on cyber risk coverage for companies with revenues of up to read more

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    Stoïk raises €20M to strengthen its position in the European cyber risk market

  • Guatemala mourns 10 police slain by gangsters amid state of emergency

    State of emergency imposed after gang violence allows police to arrest suspected criminals without judicial order. Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Ten police officers have been killed in a wave of coordinated gangster attacks in Guatemala that began with prison riots in three facilities read more

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    Guatemala mourns 10 police slain by gangsters amid state of emergency

  • Stilla emerges from stealth with $5M to address collaboration challenges in AI-driven companies

    Stockholm-based Stilla has emerged from stealth with $5 million in pre-seed funding to develop an intelligence layer designed to support collaboration between humans and AI within product teams. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from a group of angel investors. As organisations accelerate the adoption of AI across workflows, coordination has become read more

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    Stilla emerges from stealth with M to address collaboration challenges in AI-driven companies

  • Government warned of potentially catastrophic legal challenge over Chinese embassy

    The government has been warned it faces an “embarrassing and potentially catastrophic” legal challenge if it approves a controversial new Chinese “mega-embassy” in the UK. An announcement is expected this week on proposals for the building at Royal Mint Court, a site near the Tower of London, and could be made as soon as today. read more

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    Government warned of potentially catastrophic legal challenge over Chinese embassy

  • In pictures: Valentinos creations through the years

    Getty Images Valentino walks the runway with Naomi Campbell and Gisele Bündchen at the end of his 1999/2000 Haute Couture show in Paris The late Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, known as Valentino, has dressed some of the most famous women and men of recent decades. Since he co-founded the Valentino fashion house in 1960, read more

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    In pictures: Valentinos creations through the years

  • Trump threatens 200% tariff on French wines as Macron reportedly snubs Board of Peace seat

    U.S. President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025. Alexander Drago | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose 200% tariffs on French wines and champagne, as French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly set read more

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  • Dresden medtech Cancilico closes €2.5M round to advance AI in oncology

    Cancilico, an AI diagnostics startup specialising in blood cancer, has raised €2.5 million in Seed funding. The Dresden healthtech startup was founded in 2023 as a spin-off of the EKFZ for Digital Health at TUD Dresden, University of Technology, and University Hospital Dresden. The company develops AI-driven diagnostic solutions for haematology to automate and improve read more

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    Dresden medtech Cancilico closes €2.5M round to advance AI in oncology

  • North Koreas Kim Jong Un fires vice premier, publicly rebukes officials

    Kim condemns ‘incompetent’ party members for delays in government projects in advance of key ruling party meeting. Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired a senior official tasked with economic policy and condemned “incompetent” party members, according to read more

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  • What UK social media ban on children could look like – as government considers action

    Ministers are consulting on banning social media for under-16s in the UK – just weeks after a ban in Australia came into force. The government’s consultation will look at various options, including increasing the digital age of consent and restricting potentially addictive app design features such as “streaks” and “infinite scrolling”. There have been growing read more

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    What UK social media ban on children could look like – as government considers action

  • Voter Voices: US voters evaluate Trumps economy after year one

    BBC When campaigning to become president for the second time, Donald Trump made improving the economy a central part of his pitch to voters. One year after returning to the White House, we asked voters about that promise. What do they think of the state of the economy? Are their lives better today than they read more

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  • France makes first interception targeting small boat crossings to UK

    French officials have made their first interception on the water as part of a new policy aimed at stopping small boats carrying illegal migrants to the UK. A so-called “taxi-boat” was boarded by French officers on Saturday on the Aa canal in Gravelines, which is on the Channel coast above Calais. It follows a change read more

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  • Surfer injured in fourth shark attack in Australian state in 48 hours

    A surfer has been bitten by a shark, the fourth attack along Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) coastline in under 48 hours. The 39-year-old man suffered minor cuts after a shark bit through his board near Crescent Head on Tuesday morning. He is currently in hospital in stable condition, say reports. It follows three other read more

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    Surfer injured in fourth shark attack in Australian state in 48 hours

  • Kasali Akangbe Ogun: Tributes paid to Nigerias renowned Yoruba wood carver

    Molara Wood Renowned Nigerian master wood carver Kasali Akangbe Ogun has been buried following his death last week after a brief illness. He came from a long line of wood carvers from the Yoruba people, and took the tradition from his birthplace of Osogbo in the country’s south-west to the global art space. Akangbe Ogun read more

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    Kasali Akangbe Ogun: Tributes paid to Nigerias renowned Yoruba wood carver

  • Yorkshire Cold War nuclear bunker hangs on a cliff edge and is close to falling into the sea

    A Cold War nuclear bunker hanging from a cliff edge could now be just weeks, if not days, away from falling into the sea. The bunker – built around 70 years ago as a look-out post – is precariously hanging off the Holderness coastline in Tunstall, East Yorkshire. Amateur historian Davey Robinson, who is using read more

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    Yorkshire Cold War nuclear bunker hangs on a cliff edge and is close to falling into the sea