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Entertainment over policy? White House arcade games ignite backlash
White House arcade games spark criticism for prioritising entertainment amid rising living costs and war concerns.
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OpenAI unveils GPT‑6 Astra amid rising scrutiny and safety concerns
OpenAI claims GPT-6 Astra is the most advanced AI model, amid escalating safety and ethical concerns.
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US continues to squeeze Cuban economy with new round of sanctions
Cuba announces new pro-market reforms amid threats of military attack from the Trump administration.
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France agriculture production sees economic hit from heatwaves
France's recent heatwaves didn't just pose enormous health risks, they also hampered the economy. Authorities have estimated that the recent heat and drought caused production to plummet and expect wealth…
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Sports - Premier League sets new transfer market record
There’s the Premier League and then there’s everyone else. The 20 Premier League sides spent more than €4 billion this summer in the transfer market, setting a new record. Manchester City broke the record…
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German growth prospects brighten as economy defies Mideast turmoil
German growth this year is set to come in stronger than previously estimated, leading research institutes said Thursday, as Europe's biggest economy withstands the fallout from the Middle East war.
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Economy - Chevron and the Italian Eni commit billions to reactivate Venezuelan oil
The American oil company Chevron plans to invest more than 7 billion dollars to develop new fields and more than double its production in Venezuela over the next five years, while…
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US judge rejects bid to break up Google's ad business
A US federal judge on Wednesday refused to force Google to sell a division of its digital advertising business, rejecting the government's push to break up part of the company's ad empire.
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Economy - G20 financial leaders, except China, support measures against trade distortion
The United States sought, at the two-day meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Asheville, North Carolina, for member countries to commit to acting against…
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Economy - Years of exploitation and oil “at cost”: US reveals details of the agreement with Venezuela
The White House explained that it will hold a 35% stake in a private company in partnership with North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP), which, in turn, committed to investing 100 billion...
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Illegal mining ravages S.Africa's economic hub
Whole chunks of a once-busy road in Johannesburg have collapsed because of damage caused by the illegal mining rampant across South Africa's economic hub.
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Spotlight - 'Sea change: Much of the world's economic GDP has moved to the Asia-Pacific region'
François Picard is pleased to welcome Rana Mitter, historian, author and ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. He discusses the significance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation…
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