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TechCrunch Fintech representation in YC’s Demo Days is definitely shrinking This week, we’re looking at just how many fintech companies made it into Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort, how much funding slid in the first quarter, and more! Y Combinator held demo days for its Winter Cohort this week. Of the 260 companies in the […]

Poland’s national-conservative opposition party PiS has a slight lead in local elections, according to initial forecasts giving the edge to the party recently booted from power. Several television stations reported on Sunday, citing forecasts by the Ipsos Institute, that PiS won 33.7% of the vote in the elections for the 16 regional administrations. Prime Minister […]

Russia and Ukraine must avoid actions that “jeopardise nuclear safety”, a UN watchdog has said, after a drone attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant. Russia said Ukraine was behind the attack, which it said injured three people. Ukraine has denied involvement. The giant Russian-held nuclear plant, with six reactors, is on the frontline of the […]

A suspect was arrested Sunday in connection with a fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office that is being investigated as arson, according to the Department of Justice. Shant Soghomonian, 35, also known as Michael Soghomonian, previously of Northridge, California, was arrested Sunday on charges of using fire to damage a building in Burlington, Vermont, […]

An airline new to the Charlotte region is already doubling down on its first route here — before it even launches. Avelo Airlines is bumping up service on its only nonstop route at Concord-Padgett Regional Airport. Flights to Tweed-New Haven Airport in southern Connecticut will increase to four times a week from twice weekly during […]

She was tired of being tired all the time. Alyssa Davis often found herself dozing off at school and in dance classes growing up, which she chalked up to not getting enough sleep. But the 26-year-old model and digital marketer knew something was amiss when she found it “impossible” to fight the urge to close […]

In light of the constant barrage of Russian airstrikes hitting the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made a plea with international allies to deliver urgently needed air defence systems. “It is quite obvious that the air defence capacities we have in Ukraine are not enough – and this is clear to […]

The Israeli military chief of staff said on Sunday that even though some troops are being withdrawn from the Gaza Strip, the six-month-old war in the Palestinian territory is far from over. “The war in Gaza continues, and we are far from stopping,” said Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, who serves as chief of staff of […]

A Southwest Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing Sunday morning after the engine cover detached during takeoff, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which had been scheduled to fly from Denver to Houston, landed safely back at Denver International Airport just after 8:00 a.m. and was towed to the […]