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Meta lawsuits: Is social media facing a global legal reckoning?
Meta battles legal challenges in the US, Europe and beyond over platform design and its impact on younger users.
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Kildare: Officers told not to pursue car on motorway
The Garda Representative Association said officers were given a command to "disengage" with the car after it took "evasive action".
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British couple on honeymoon killed in helicopter crash on Greek island of Sifnos
The newlyweds, named as Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert, were killed alongside their Greek pilot.
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South African Business Confidence Edges Higher Amid War Headwind
South African business confidence improved sightly in July, though the economy continues to be affected by inflationary pressures stemming from the Iran war, the country’s main commerce chamber cautioned.
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Hayden Panettiere: Ex Wladimir Klitschko says family is in 'profound shock and grief'
The former heavyweight boxing champion shares a child with the Heroes actress, who died on Sunday.
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BofA Poll Sees Few Bears Left as Investors Pile Into Stocks
Bullish global investors have ramped up their stock holdings to the highest in almost five years, leaving no room for pessimists, according to Bank of America Corp.’s Michael Hartnett.
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Pakistan top court orders Imran Khan’s hospital transfer amid access battle
Supreme Court grants jailed ex-PM Imran Khan transfer to hospital for a month after concerns raised over blood pressure.
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Baidu Posts Fifth Straight Sales Drop After AI Lags Rivals
Baidu Inc.’s revenue fell for a fifth consecutive quarter, reflecting a weakening position in ads as well as AI development against rivals like Moonshot.
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Apple’s Anti-AI Position Suddenly Becomes Stock Market Baggage
Apple Inc.’s status as an anti-artificial intelligence play helped the stock tear through the first half of the year as investors grew skeptical of the AI trade. But that sentiment has flipped, and the shares are suddenly struggling.
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Canadian Home Prices Edged Up in July as New Listings Slowed
Canada’s benchmark home price rose for the first time in 20 months in July as markets across the country were buoyed by a stronger outlook for the economy.
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Optiver to Buy Majority Stake in Dutch Energy Trader Northpool
Market maker Optiver Holding BV has agreed to buy a majority stake in Dutch energy trader Northpool to expand in power and gas markets.
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Pakistan Top Court Orders Ex-PM Imran Khan Be Moved to Hospital
The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the government to shift former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a hospital from jail for medical treatment, a move that is a relief to the opposition leader who has been in prison for more than three years.
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AI Is Starting to Define Bank Internships as Much as Long Hours
Banking interns typically spend the summer learning the ropes. But the industry’s push to adopt artificial intelligence means some have even found themselves doing a bit of teaching of their own this year.
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Syrian court sentences Wassim al-Assad to death
The former regime figure was found guilty of charges including premeditated murder and torture.
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Six-minute ‘eclipse of the century’ is coming to the Valley of the Kings
Often described as the world’s greatest open-air museum, Luxor, in southern Egypt, will see the longest duration of totality during the 2027 solar eclipse.
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Alibaba Shares Jump 5% as Alipay Launches New Merchant Platform
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shares rose the most in two weeks as the launch of a new ecommerce platform boosted optimism toward the company before its June quarter earnings this week.
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What to watch in Tuesday’s Florida primary elections
Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, Trump’s politics and Israel’s war on Gaza figure prominently in the elections.
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Palestine weekly: Global outcry fails to break West Bank siege
Israeli settlers besiege Palestinian homes in West Bank, while Board of Peace goes back on Gaza disarmament deal.
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Israel’s siege on Gaza is creating a breast cancer crisis
Al Jazeera looks at the devastating impact that Israel’s war and siege on Gaza are having on women with breast cancer.
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Canada battles the clock, politics in scramble to avert Trump’s tariffs
Canadian officials are making a last-ditch effort to negotiate a reprieve from 50-percent tariffs.
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Russia says more than 600 drones targeted Moscow region
The attacks injured at least three people, including a girl, and damaged a Wildberries warehouse, Russian officials say.
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China’s most famous comedian under investigation for joke about communist song
A stand-up comedian, considered one of China’s most influential cultural figures, has been placed under investigation and had performances cancelled after he joked about a communist party song.
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Can China’s new Arctic Sea route to Europe replace Middle East chokepoints?
Beijing’s new ‘Ice Silk Road’ cuts through a melting Arctic, and could prompt fresh tensions with the US, say analysts.
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Video shows fuel tank explosion in Oklahoma | CNN
A lightning strike caused a fire at the Explorer Pipeline tank farm in Glenpool, Oklahoma, leading to an explosion that sent the lid of a tank up into the sky. The fire is now under control and no injuries have been reported, city officials say.
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Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs
German authorities seize dinghies and life jackets during their first raids under a new law that cracks down on smuggling.
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IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about donors at northern Cyprus clinics
Multiple children are feared to have been conceived using sperm and egg donors which were not the ones selected by the parents.
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Russia warns UK over supplying drones to Ukraine
An MoD spokesperson responds by saying Britain stands "shoulder to shoulder" with Ukraine.
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Pennsylvania cocaine trafficking case has ties to 2 fraternities
More than a dozen people were criminally charged Monday over their alleged ties to a cocaine-trafficking ring in Pennsylvania that involved two fraternities and students.
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Free bus travel for disabled people in England to be extended to 24 hours a day
The change, which has been welcomed by campaign groups, will come into effect in England from April.
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UK weather: Thunderstorms could bring risk of flash flooding
Heavy showers are expected over the next few days, bringing a risk of flash flooding. But there are early indications heatwave conditions could return in September.
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Ex-workers tell of 'chaotic atmosphere' at HMP Millsike
Former workers have described a "chaotic atmosphere" of under-staffing and inadequate training.
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The debate over young people taking prescription drugs instead of alcohol
Increasingly, young adults are taking anxiety medication to feel "drunk" at parties. But it's not a free lunch, experts warn.
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Buss family clashes over report of Lakers sale
Family drama is swirling around the sale of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Iran war live: Trump rejects MoU extension as US claims control of Hormuz
US president says Iran should ‘put up the white flag of surrender’ as the two nations’ MoU expired on Monday.
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ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct.
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Fact check: Every single part of this Trump story about South Korea is wrong
President Donald Trump told a story about South Korea on Monday. Every single part of it is false.
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Remains found miles from Nancy Guthrie home with ‘no indication’ of connection to case so far, sheriff’s department says
Human remains have been found in a desert area near West Ajo Way and South La Cholla Boulevard in Arizona, approximately 15 miles from the home of Nancy Guthrie, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
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Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, where hardship and resilience share quarters
Three days onboard the Lincoln, and dozens of conversations with sailors — both officers and enlisted — showed me genuine hardship and genuine resilience side by side
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