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Ghanaian Fintech Zeepay has completed a $7.9million Series A funding round, which will be a combination of both equity and balance sheet funds.

Sagamihara (Japan) (AFP) – It might not make the cut for Olympians at Tokyo 2020, but millions perform a stretching routine each day in Japan's parks, schools and offices. Dating back over a century, the tradition is known as "radio taiso".

Some Facebook users in the United States are being served a prompt that asks if they are worried that someone they know might be becoming an extremist. Others are being notified that they may have been exposed to extremist content.

Lawyers for Donald Trump's company pleaded not guilty to tax crime charges Thursday, along with the Trump Organization's longtime finance chief who arrived in court in handcuffs. (July 1)

A wildfire amid a record heat wave in western Canada has forced authorities to order residents to evacuate a village in British Columbia that smashed the country's record for hottest temperature three days in a row this week. (July 1)

The heat wave that engulfed the Pacific Northwest sent an 'unprecedented' number of people to hospitals, according to a doctor who oversees Seattle's busiest emergency room. (July 1)

A total of 182 unmarked graves were uncovered at the side of the St. Eugene's Mission School near the town of Cranbrook, British Columbia, as announced on Wednesday. On Thursday, a makeshift memorial with flowers, toys and children's shoes could be seen on site, as some residents came by to commemorate the victims.

Thousands rallied in Montreal on Thursday to oppose the celebration of Canada's national holiday on July 1 and to support the First Nations and Inuit population.Many held 'cancel Canada Day' signs and banners as they marched in Montreal.The so-called anti-Canada Day rally comes at the heels of the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves containing Indigenous children who died in residential schools across Canada.

Three large wildfires destroyed several homes and forced mountain communities to evacuate in Northern California where hundreds of firefighters battled flames in triple-digit heat Thursday. (July 2)

The U.S. State Department condemned Tuesday's deadly Houthi missile attack in the government-held city of Marib in Yemen that killed at least three people, including a child. (July1)

U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were in Surfside, Florida, on Thursday, where search and rescue teams are working for an eighth day at the site of a partially collapsed condominium building. The bodies of 18 people, including two children, have been pulled from the rubble, and more than 140 people are still missing.

Lawyers for the Trump Organization say charges against the company and its finance chief for fraud and tax crimes are "political", after they pleaded not guilty in a New York court. "If the name of the company was something else, I don't think these charges would have been brought," says one outside the Manhattan courtroom.