Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained when he went before the UN and made faulty claims to justify the US war in Iraq, has died of Covid-19 complications. In announcing his death on social media, Powell's family said he had been fully vaccinated. As President George W Bush's first secretary of state, Powell led a State Department that was dubious of the military and intelligence communities’ conviction that Saddam Hussein possessed or was developing weapons of mass destruction. Powell died at age 84 from Covid-19 complications despite being fully vaccinated, his family announced on Monday.

This round was co-led by East Ventures (Growth Fund) and Vulcan Capital, with participation from NYCA and other existing investors including MassMutual Ventures, Endiya Partners. Several existing angel investors across India, Singapore and Indonesia including Alto Partners, Partners of the Northstar Group, K3 Ventures, Mission Holdings, Anjali Bansal (Founder of Avaana Capital) and Sujeet Kumar (CoFounder of Udaan) also invested in this round. With the proceeds from this round, Qapita plans to add more products to its platform that will not only provide solutions for private and start-ups, but also to investors, shareholders and employees.“East Ventures is excited to double down its investment in Qapita to build an operating system for private markets in this region.

On-demand cloud communication services provider Ozonetel, has raised $5 million in Series A funding from Stakeboat Capital, a private equity fund based out of Bangalore. Ozonetel introduced contact/ as a service (CCaaS) in the India market in 2010 and since then has been providing omni-channel call center services to businesses of all sizes – from large enterprises to startups. Everyday more than 100,000 call center agents use Ozonetel’s CCaaS platform ‘CloudAgent’ making Ozonetel one of the largest CCaaS players. With Ozonetel’s disruptive CCaaS and CPaaS platforms, businesses will be able to turn call centers into profit centers.

A man approached the boy while his parents were preoccupied and asked the boy to come over to the man’s house for dinner, the boy joined the man and lost track of time. It got late and the boy stayed the night and the next morning had breakfast at the man’s house and asked the man if he could show him the way back home because the boys parents must have gotten worried. When the boy got back his parents and a group of other people came running to him crying because apparently the boy had been missing for a few days already, while the boy thought he had only been gone for less than a day.I assume it’s a patron who was making their way out but no one comes out from the hallway, so I call down to the back that the museum is closed, and I’d be happy to show them out the back way.

In the Second Crusade, the Muslim commanders defeated Western crusaders at Damascus, said Jonathan Phillips, a professor of the history of the Crusades at Royal Holloway, University of London. It makes sense that it was found in the sea, he said, because many battles were waged near beaches, where Christian soldiers landed and were sometimes attacked by Muslim forces. The general director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, Eli Escosido, praised Mr. Katzin because “every ancient artifact that is found helps us piece together the historical puzzle of the Land of Israel.” Mr. Katzin was given a certificate of appreciation for good citizenship. At the time, Pope Gregory VIII tried to inspire Western Christians through “great emotional language” to retake Jerusalem from Muslims, but ultimately the Muslim army maintained control of the city, Dr. Cotts said.

LONDON — When President Biden met Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the White House last month, one of Mr. Biden’s advisers passed him a note reminding him to raise the issue of trade tensions over Northern Ireland. It is not clear what Mr. Biden told his British guest, but the president’s interest in Northern Ireland has not diminished since then. In recent days, unprompted, Mr. Biden asked his staff for an update on the negotiations between Britain and the European Union over trade arrangements in Northern Ireland. Mr. Biden’s deep political and familial ties to Ireland set him apart from his predecessor, Donald J. Trump, who was an avid supporter of Brexit and encouraged Mr. Johnson’s tangles with Brussels.

“You have blind people to thank for that,” said Catherine Kudlick, director of the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University. The godfather of the book being read aloud through your smartphone headphones was Talking Books, the records developed in the 1930s in the United States for people with impaired vision as an alternative to Braille.I’ve been discussing the history of audiobooks with Dr. Kudlick, who calls herself “imperfectly blind,” and other experts because, well, I love listening to books. Audiobooks are a prime example of a technology developed by or for people with disabilities that has helped all of us.

The strength of the U.S. dollar and its role as the world’s reserve currency means that the United States can cut off countries, groups or individuals from much of the global financial system at its discretion. That has intensified efforts to find new ways to evade America’s sanctions, including by using digital currencies that do not flow through the traditional banking system. This year, the Biden administration is on a pace to impose 900 sanctions, which would tie for the third-highest total on record. Last month, the Biden administration cracked down on the growing problem of ransomware attacks, expanding its use of sanctions to cut off digital payment systems that have allowed such criminal activity to flourish and threaten national security.

Robert Haas, a financier who in his 50s used his wealth to go in a markedly different direction, becoming a published aerial photographer, and then in his 60s began collecting vintage and custom-made motorcycles and creating a Texas museum to display them, died on Sept. 28 in a hospital in Dallas. He was 74. The cause was a respiratory illness, said Stacey Mayfield, his companion and the director of the Haas Moto Museum & Sculpture Gallery in Dallas. Mr. Haas, who was known as Bobby, made his fortune in the 1980s.

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is planning to allow Americans to receive a different Covid-19 vaccine as a booster than the one they initially received, a move that could reduce the appeal of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and provide flexibility to doctors and other vaccinators. The study found that recipients of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot who received a Moderna booster saw their antibody levels rise 76-fold in 15 days, compared with only a fourfold increase after an extra dose of Johnson & Johnson. is expected to authorize boosters of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines by Wednesday evening; it could allow the mix-and-match approach by then. The agency last month authorized booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for at least six months after the second dose.

MEXICO CITY — Statues of Columbus are being toppled across the Americas, amid fierce debates over the region’s legacy of European conquest and colonialism. Few have been more contentious than the replacement of a monument at the heart of Mexico’s capital, touching on some of the most intense disputes in the country’s current politics, including not just race and history, but also sex. After prolonged debate, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced Tuesday that the Columbus statue that once gazed down on Mexico City’s main boulevard will be replaced with a precolonial Indigenous figure — notably, a woman.

Chris Boshuizen, a co-founder of the satellite data firm Planet, took a ride to the edge of space with Captain Kirk this week on Blue Origin’s second crewed New Shepard launch. The Norwegian government is funding an effort to monitor deforestation using Planet data, an initiative that emerged from a previous UN climate conference. Planet is also preparing to launch two satellites for the NGO Carbon Mapper that will provide real-time methane emission monitoring from space. Sending humans to space teaches a profound lesson about how precious the planet is, but yesterday’s trip underscores that humanity’s most pressing space mission is close to home.

Now, a new study published Oct. 15 in the journal Science, identified a factor external to the individual delivery that has an influence over whether doctors will perform a C-section, or opt for a vaginal delivery: their previous patient’s delivery.“When there are complications in a prior delivery, the physician is more likely to switch to the other mode of delivery for the next patient,” says Singh. Although she clarifies the study didn’t focus on how the previous delivery might influence a doctor’s decision, Singh offers a clue: the obstetrician’s personal comfort with tricky deliveries.“If there is a prior complication in a prior vaginal [delivery], maybe this threshold is lowered just a little, they are slightly more likely to use a Cesarean.” In the opposite direction, a complicated C-section might push the threshold marginally up, making it less likely that the doctor will opt for a surgical delivery.

A Tour Inside the Narrowest Apartment in New York CityThis three-level townhouse, known as the Millay House, is 8 feet 7 inches (2.62 m) at its widest point inside, making it the narrowest residence in the entire city. This is a look inside the NARROWEST Apartment in New York City. After showing you the SMALLEST Micro apartment in NYC we are now giving you a tour of the narrowest apartment in New York

Around the world, many people go through the fertility treatment process, when they are not able to conceive naturally. You are likely to have different coping mechanisms for the grief of discovering infertility and the stress of undergoing fertility treatments,” says Dr Sanyal. According to the doctor, it is natural to feel a range of emotions while undergoing fertility treatment, especially if you’re taking medication that can affect your hormones. It is important to remind yourself that there are numerous ways to start a family, including naturally conceiving, fertility treatments, and many others,” the doctor concludes.

Al Jean, an executive producer and writer of “The Simpsons,” said that when he learned of the Balenciaga project in January, “my response was, ‘What’s Balenciaga?’” He turned to Wikipedia for answers. His first pitch to Balenciaga had a similar framing to the one they ended up going with — Marge’s birthday wish — but diverged with Gvasalia’s character deciding that the brand’s next show would be held in Springfield. Jean said that in addition to the crash course in Balenciaga earlier in the year, watching the Netflix series about Halston, who was a great fan of Balenciaga, helped him understand the evergreen excessive culture of fashion. When asked why he wanted to align Balenciaga with “The Simpsons” and whether he felt the brands had any commonalities, Gvasalia said that “it’s more personal to me.”

And while we were looking for 27% earnings growth on revenue growth of 14%, the first few reports average an earnings growth of 32.6% on 17.6% higher revenue. The Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stock with both Value and Growth Scores of A is expected to grow 6,357.1% in the current quarter to end the year with 598.4% growth is also trading at cheap valuations. The Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock is a member of the Retail - Consumer Electronics industry (Top 6%). The company’s Growth Score of A is supported by the 177.1% expected earnings growth in the current quarter and 124.3% expected growth for 2021.

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Being complimented is great, especially if it's on a feature you've worked on, like having shapely calves or a distinct smell of sandalwood and coca butter. But sometimes we get compliments that we don't expect, and they always seem to reveal more about the giver of the compliment than the recipient. Like, if someone tells you that your eyes are so beautiful that they want to pop them out and roll them around in their mouth a few times, you've just learned 3 or 4 other new things. Here are some more of the weirdest compliments people received.

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