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US President Donald Trump managed to slash the funding of National Public Radio, a public broadcaster which has faced the Republican's ire for years US President Donald Trump managed to slash the funding of National Public Radio, a public broadcaster which has faced the Republican's ire for years

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Trump’s budget hacksaw leaves public broadcasting on precipice

Hundreds of television and radio stations across the United States risk seeing their resources evaporate.

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Weak credentials were found across banking dashboards, email logins, and internal tools - leaving critical data vulnerable.

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Brazil’s Lula calls Trump’s tariff threat ‘unacceptable blackmail’

Brazilian President slammed Trump's threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on Latin America's largest economy as "unacceptable blackmail."

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Op-Ed: UK to lower voting age to ‘protect democracy’ — Catchphrases aside, is it a good idea?

If you want to protect a democracy, it makes more sense to have a trustworthy democracy.

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US House passes landmark crypto measures in win for Trump

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Zuckerberg settles lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal
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OpenAI's ChatGPt and DeepSeek are among growing ranks of rivals as tech firms compete to lead in the hot field of generative artificial intelligence models

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AI Appreciation Day: Glossy on the outside, empty in the middle

AI has rapidly reshaped nearly every industry, promising greater efficiency and a sharper competitive edge.

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Streaming platforms battle for viewer attention
Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell speaks with Fed vice chair for supervision Michelle Bowman (L), as he chairs a Federal Reserve Board open meeting

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Trump says not firing Fed chair — but not ruling out
Tariffs on metal imposed by US President Donald Trump are hitting small businesses like Independent Can very hard

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Op-Ed: Imbecility in slow motion — Tariffs drive inflation

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Hospital staff said they were overwhelmed by the number of bodies from the fighting

World

‘Mass grave’: Medics appeal for aid at last working hospital in Syria’s Sweida

In the last barely-functional hospital in Sweida, bodies are overflowing from the morgue, staff said, amid violence that has wracked the Druze-majority southern Syrian...

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Dramatic aid cuts by the United States and other countries have left many aid organisations facing gaping shortfalls Dramatic aid cuts by the United States and other countries have left many aid organisations facing gaping shortfalls

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Over 11 mn refugees risk losing aid because of funding cuts: UN

Massive cuts to humanitarian budgets risk leaving more than 11 million refugees without desperately needed aid, the United Nations warned Friday. That corresponds to...

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will have to wear a monitoring device as he awaits the verdict in his coup plotting trial Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will have to wear a monitoring device as he awaits the verdict in his coup plotting trial

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Brazil police raid home of Bolsonaro, accused of plotting coup

Brazilian police on Friday raided far-right ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro’s home, his son said, after a judge curtailed his freedom while he stands trial on...

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US President Donald Trump is seeking to dampen fallout from a bombshell Wall Street Journal report on his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

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Trump administration seeks to release some of Epstein probe material

President Donald Trump attempted Friday to control the storm triggered by a bombshell report on his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, ordering the Justice Department...

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The statement marks a rare consensus for the G20, which has been jolted by US trade policy under President Donald Trump The statement marks a rare consensus for the G20, which has been jolted by US trade policy under President Donald Trump

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G20 nations agree central bank independence ‘crucial’

The G20 finance ministers stressed Friday that central banks must remain independent, after months of escalating attacks by US President Donald Trump on Federal...

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What’s in the EU’s two-trillion-euro budget bazooka?

EU members got their first chance on Friday to debate the bloc’s two-trillion-euro budget bazooka, laying bare divisions among the 27 capitals over the...

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Disinformation catalyses anti-migrant unrest in Spain

The rare anti-migrant violence that recently rocked a Spanish town demonstrated how online disinformation feeds xenophobic hate speech, which leapt from screens to real...

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