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Visit to Qatar

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after my first visit to the country of Qatar. It was a lightning visit of only two days (Sunday and Monday), with a focus on attending the World Economic Forum's Global Redesign Summit 2010 (the GRI). The government of Qatar hosted the conference, and underwrote travel and accommodation. I’m on the plane heading back to the U.S.

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Fanatics reveals NFL was biggest backer in $1.5B round announced last month at $27B valuation

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Fanatics added that other major investors in the round included Major League Baseball (MLB) and its owners, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), the National Hockey League, Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai via his fund Blue Pool Capital and the Qatar Investment Authority.

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Draftea kicks off LatAm fantasy football with NFL partnership, fresh funding

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Mexico is the second-biggest market globally for the NFL, Jaime Misrahi told TechCrunch in an interview. The company is eyeing the FIFA World Cup in Qatar this November, expected to be this year’s biggest live sports event worldwide, as a major opportunity to gain traction.

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Our WIPO Statement on the Treaty for Access for People with Disabilities

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. • These publisher agreements have also included permissions to distribute books outside the United States: most frequently, we are provided global rights. Now, more than 30,000 current copyrighted books are available globally on Bookshare to thousands of users. •

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Eksab gets $3M to scale its fantasy football platform across MENA and Africa

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Football or soccer, the latter commonly used in the US, is the most popular and watched sport globally with over five billion football fans according to its apex governing body , FIFA. We started with football because that’s the main sport that people care about.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

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August 1, 2023 China requires AI apps to obtain an administrative license Multiple generative AI apps have been removed from Apple’s China App Store ahead of the country’s latest generative AI regulations that are set to take effect August 15. “As A source tells us Founders Fund is also investing.

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