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Yahoo FinanceRivian stock soars as Volkswagen says it will invest up to $5 billion in new joint venture
Rivian shares are surging in extended hours after the EV maker announced a joint venture deal with Volkswagen, crucially bringing fresh capital into Rivian’s coffers.
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Opposition activists arrested in a crackdown in Mali were moved to prisons, families say
Opposition politicians who were arrested in a crackdown in Mali were sent to prisons across the country this week, their families said, in a move rights groups decried as another step back for the country where the ruling junta has suspended all political activities. Mali, a landlocked nation in the semiarid region of Sahel, has been embroiled in political instability that swept across West and Central Africa over the last decade. The nation has seen two military coups since 2020 as an insurgency by jihadi groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group worsened.
DeadlineToby Keith Tribute Concert Set For August On NBC With Guest Stars Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson & More
NBC will air two-hour Toby Keith tribute concert special this August, with a guest line-up to include Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Ashley McBryde, Carrie Underwood and more. Toby Keith: American Icon also will feature Parker McCollum, Jelly Roll, Darius Rucker, Lainey Wilson, The War And Treaty, with artists performing the late Keith’s hits as well …
