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Yahoo Finance
- Huge Artificial Intelligence (AI) News for 3 Tech Companies This Week -- None of Which Are Named Nvidia
- 2 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks With Yields Above 11% That Billionaires Are Buying Hand Over Fist
- Plug Power Continues to Burn Cash, but There Are Signs of a Turnaround After DOE Loan Commitment. Time to Buy the Stock?
- How Long Might the S&P 500 Bull Market Last? Here's What History Says
- 1 Unstoppable Stock That Could Join Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta in the $1 Trillion Club
- 2 Millionaire-Maker AI Stocks
- Global Ship Lease Stock Scores RS Rating Upgrade
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Google Business
- Dow surges to first close above 40,000
- Nearly 900K Yogi tea bags recalled for excessive pesticide residue
- 2 arrested for allegedly laundering over $73 million in cryptocurrency scams
- The world faces a shortage of minerals needed for the energy transition
- California home prices just reached a new record high
- Social Security COLA increase slammed as new estimate released
- OpenAI exec calls out Sam Altman for choosing 'shiny products' over AI safety
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Tipranks
- Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Challenges Nvidia with AMD AI Chips on Azure
- DXC Technology’s Compliance Challenge: Navigating the Shifting Sands of Data Privacy Laws
- Logitech’s AI Gamble: Navigating Risks and Regulations in the Race for Tech Supremacy
- AstraZeneca Sharpens Focus on Innovation
- Purpose Investments Announces May 2024 Distributions
- Dye & Durham Initiates Major Debenture Buyback Offer
- AnalytixInsight Struggles Amidst Financial Turmoil
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Movers
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AP News
- It was once a center of Islamic learning. Now Mali's historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors
- Ex-Honolulu prosecutor and five others found not guilty in bribery case
- Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
- How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 5/17/2024
- Take-Two Interactive, RBC Bearings rise; Cracker Barrel, Flowers Foods fall, Friday, 5/17/2024
- UN experts say South Sudan is close to securing a $13 billion oil-backed loan from a UAE company
- Witness at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial says meat-export monopoly made costs soar
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Wall Street Journal
- How Hard Should Tesla Fight for Elon Musk's Attention?
- RFK Jr. Voters Span MAGA to Liberal---Making Them an Election Wildcard
- He Survived a Beatdown From Congress. Can He Survive One From His Own Staff?
- Pepper…and Salt
- The 84-Year-Old Man Who Saved Nvidia
- Japan's Beef With a Weak Yen: The Best Wagyu Is Just for the Tourists
- Trump Is Rarely Silent, but Testifying Would Be 'Really Dangerous'
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Financial Times
- Why an uncertain world needs to take on more risk
- Saudi Arabia seeks to revive boxing with mighty fight
- The HTSI spring travel special
- Why won’t my coffee shop play Taylor Swift?
- ‘Whispers of better things come to us’: a Victorian pioneer at Chelsea
- Should you sell your home ‘off market’?
- Heavy flooding in southern Brazil kills 150 and displaces 600,000
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Reddit Trending
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Bloomberg
- Charting the Global Economy: US Inflation Eases; Rescue Package for China Property Crisis
- Oil Tanker Hit by Missile Off the Coast of Yemen, AFP Reports
- China Says Agriculture Minister Tang Renjian Is Under Investigation
- Climate Activists Briefly Disrupt Munich Airport Operations
- Labour Would Discuss Boosting Youth Mobility With EU, Lammy Says
- India’s Election Body Raises Turnout Figures, Despite Criticism
- Ukraine Refugees Face Dwindling Job Opportunities in the UK
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Reuters
- Russian court seizes Deutsche Bank assets as part of lawsuit
- Nestle India shareholders vote against increase in royalty to Swiss parent
- Mexico president's 'dream' Pemex refinery hits another delay, internal data shows
- New York's electric grid prepped for summer demand, flags reliability concerns
- Brazil's Petrobras sacks 20 employees close to former CEO
- Libya's Berniq Airways buys six Airbus aircraft
- Moderna wins COVID shot patent case against Pfizer-BioNTech in Europe
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Marketwatch
- Boeing’s Starliner launch pushed back to May 25 for first crewed mission
- Shoppers are taking on credit-card debt to buy groceries. That’s ‘a canary in a coal mine.’
- Trump’s immigration plan could add trillions of dollars to national debt, fueling inflation and market jitters
- The folks who are most excited about Dow 40,000? The hat sellers
- Gold and copper are breaking records. Silver is at an 11-year high. But the narratives vary
- Reddit OpenAI deal highlights demand for the social-media platform’s data
- Why Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF is struggling in 2024 despite the stock-market rally
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Seeking Alpha
- A.O. Smith: Great Company, Inferior Investment
- BM Technologies, Inc. (BMTX) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
- Runway Growth Finance: Solid BDC But Stagnant NAV Due To Decreased Venture Deals
- Nobody Wants To Buy A GoPro Anymore
- Politics And The Markets 05/18/24
- Nvidia Q1 Preview: Competition Is Now Real (Rating Downgrade)
- What I Wish I Knew Before Investing In BDCs
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Benzinga
- Alabama Mercedes-Benz Workers Reject UAW Unionization Bid In A Blow To Organized Labor's Southern Strategy
- Miles Gaines Soars on the Charts with "Crescendos" Under 10K Projects/Warner Music Group
- Suze Orman Says Ditch The 4% Retirement Rule: Five Strategies Suggested By The Finance Guru For Saving Smarter
- Celebrities Flock to the Maldives for Unmatched Holiday Escapes
- What's New On Netflix This Week? The Romance Of Bridgerton And 4 Other Releases You Can't Miss
- Verizon supports Texas and Louisiana communities affected by recent storms
- Had Your Identity Stolen? Don't Panic And Get Started With These 5 Things Right Away
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SEC / FED
SEC Names Nathaniel H. Benjamin as Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion
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Federal Reserve Board announces its denial of two rulemaking petitions due to legal and policy considerations
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Statement on the Application of IFRS 19, Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures, in Filings with the SEC [1]
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SEC Announces Departure of Policy Director Heather Slavkin Corzo and Appointment of Corey Klemmer to the Role
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SEC Charges Audit Firm BF Borgers and Its Owner with Massive Fraud Affecting More Than 1,500 SEC Filings
Marketplace
- Paco de Leon wants you to embrace the little wins
- The Dow hit a record high! So what?
- America wants cheap EVs, unless they come from China
- When assessing inflation, it’s not just the data, it’s also the narrative
- Credit card companies see big opportunity in small business spending
- Why some drivers are still hesitant to go electric
- Pro-Palestinian student protests spread across Europe
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ZeroHedge
- Sen. Cruz Urges DOJ, FBI To Investigate Whether Foreign Adversaries Are Behind Gaza War Protests In US
- NOTAM Sparks Confusion Over Possible Russian Hypersonic Missile Test Off California Coast
- Drug Overdose Deaths Drop For First Time Since 2018
- Watch: Houthis Shoot Down A 4th US Reaper Drone
- US Power Grid May Become Unreliable This Summer, Watchdog Warns
- First Images Of American Taxpayers' $350 Million Completed Gaza Pier
- Santa Monica Homeless Man Slapped With Felony Charges After Dragging Jogger By Ponytail
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Investing.com
- UBS warns gold prices may pull back soon, remains bullish long-term By
- The market is still underestimating the number of cuts this year: Morgan Stanley By
- HSBC shares its natural gas prices outlook
- Gold and silver to continue to appreciate
- Tesla, Li Auto lost China market share in April; BYD, Nio up
- Stock Market Today: Dow closes above 40,000 for first time to extend wining streak By
- Just in: Deutsche Bank lifts S&P 500 target on strong earnings By
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Morning Brew
Alabama Mercedes-Benz auto factory votes no on unionizing
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World’s No.1 golfer arrested en route to PGA tourney
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Chaos on French soil thousands of miles away from Paris
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Brew crossword: Tossup
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Brew Classifieds: Week of May 13
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Why is raw milk discourse a thing?
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Wayfair will open first large-format store in Chicago suburb
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Two MIT grads charged with inventing a new crime
CNBC
- Jim Cramer's week ahead: Earnings from Nvidia, Target, Macy's
- New York crypto personality used 'Seinfeld' joke in fraud, feds reveal
- Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against UAW union membership
- Women are worried about their financial security. That may impact the 2024 presidential election
- More and more stocks are joining the market's rally to new highs. Here's why and when to buy
- The best and the worst sectors in the stock market during this recording-setting week
- Some vacationers expect to carry summer travel debt, report finds. Here's how to avoid that
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CBS
- Samsung trolls Apple after failed iPad Pro "crush" ad
- Dow closes above 40,000 for first time, notching new milestone
- Chevy Bolt owners win $150 million settlement after EVs caught fire
- TikTok says it's testing letting users post 60-minute videos
- Mercedes-Benz workers cast final votes in high-stakes UAW election
- Biden's Chinese EV tariffs don't address national security concerns
- Elon Musk confirms Twitter's transformation is complete. It's now X.com
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NYT Business
- A Loss at Mercedes-Benz Slows U.A.W.’s Southern Campaign
- What Caitlin Clark’s Arrival Could Mean for WNBA’s Business
- What’s BlackRock Without Larry Fink? Shareholders Fret About Future
- The Night That Sotheby’s Was Crypto-Punked
- Biden’s China Tariffs Are the End of an Era for Cheap Chinese Goods
- Sony and Apollo Take Key Step in Bid for Paramount’s Assets
- ‘Blockout 2024’ Wants to Send Celebrities to the ‘Digital Guillotine’
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Stocktwits
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MSNBC
- Day 8 of Trump's hush money trial in 60 seconds
- Trump trial in 60 seconds
- Video appears to show Sean Combs attacking Cassie in 2016 incident like one in her lawsuit
- The killing of Roger Fortson exposes a fatal double standard for Black gun owners
- Why calling orca incidents ‘attacks’ is both grossly misleading and weirdly self-serving
- Why Alito should, but probably won’t, recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases
- David DePape sentenced to 30 years for hammer attack on Paul Pelosi
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NBC
- Amid signs of waning enthusiasm, Biden reaches out to Black voters
- Powerful storm causes multiple deaths and widespread damage in Houston
- 17 of 20 U.S. doctors stuck in Gaza depart with the help of U.S. officials, source says
- Dow closes above 40,000 for first time ever
- Chevy Bolt owners to receive settlement checks after successful class-action suit over faulty batteries
- Frontier Airlines does away with change fees in budget airline pricing overhaul
- Students speak out on Harrison Butker's 'uncomfortable' commencement address
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investors.com
- Tesla Holds Support Amid EV Woes; High-Margin BYD Eyes Buy Point
- Alphabet, 2 Others Hit All-Time Highs, On Stock Spotlight List: See New Stocks Just Added To IBD Stock Lists
- First Solar Stock Sees Relative Price Performance Flare Up
- Global Ship Lease Stock Scores RS Rating Upgrade
- Bitcoin Institutional ETF Inflows May Spark Test Of Record Highs Next Week, Analyst Says; Coinbase Surges On Upgrade
- Detect Liars By Noticing These Giveaway Body Language Clues
- Palo Alto Earnings Due. Will Cybersecurity Firm Win Back Wall Street's Confidence?
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ABC News
- House signs off on FAA bill that addresses aircraft safety and the refund rights of passengers
- They made one-of-a-kind quilts that captured the public's imagination. Then Target came along
- An annual rich list says Paul McCartney is Britain's first billionaire musician
- Putin concludes a trip to China by emphasizing its strategic and personal ties to Russia
- How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 5/17/2024
- 'Overlooked' workers who train AI can face harsh conditions, advocates say
- OpenAI, Reddit teaming in deal that will bring Reddit's content to ChatGPT
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Fox Business
- Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against union in major blow to UAW
- Dow 40,000, GameStop meme craze and inflation hangover
- Fed Chairman Powell tests positive for COVID-19
- Interest costs on the national debt just surpassed spending on defense, Medicare
- GameStop shares sink after company update on business, plans stock sale
- Car insurance rates surge again, keeping inflation elevated
- Homeowners insurance premiums rising amid mounting weather-related losses, inflation: report
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CNN
- From Taylor Swift tickets to gasoline
- Boeing whistleblower died by suicide, police investigation reveals
- More OpenAI drama: Exec quits over concerns about focus on profit over safety
- Dow closes above 40,000 for first time ever
- Workers at Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama vote against unionizing
- CARE CEO fights global poverty 3:02
- At 81, Paul McCartney is worth £1 billion for the first time
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Ticker
Trump and Mike Johnson discuss plans for next year, according to Axios
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UKMTO reports receipt of 76nm northwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen
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Biden to head to Wilmington, Delaware on May 19th
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Biden to visit Detroit, Michigan on May 19
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Biden to visit Atlanta, Georgia on May 18
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US and Iran discuss prevention of attacks in Oman meeting: Axios
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Fitch affirms Kazakhstan at BBB with stable outlook
Barrons
- This Little-Known ‘Mega Backdoor’ Strategy Is Gaining in Popularity
- Job Market for College Grads Looks Tougher This Year. Try Healthcare, Sales
- How China’s Retirement Crisis Is Contributing to Weak Consumption
- What if Buffett Bought Chubb Outright? It Makes a Lot of Sense
- Good News for Fliers
- Masimo, Adams Diversified, and More Stocks See Action From Activist Investors
- Why Exxon Stock Can Rise More. Plus Netflix, Home Depot, and More
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The Economist
- Bayer wants legislative help to fight its cancer lawsuits
- A fresh Russian push will test Ukraine severely, says a senior general
- India’s biggest conglomerate takes on chipmaking
- What is weighing on CEOs’ minds this earnings season?
- What do Joe Biden and the boss of Starbucks have in common?
- How not to name a new car
- Meet the Swedish firm trying to shake up heat pumps
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MarketBeat
- Take-Two Interactive Software Offers 2nd Chance for Investors
- Deere & Company’s Q2 Report: Strong Revenue, Cautious Outlook
- Analysts Still Want Double-Digit Upside Out of Applied Materials
- Baidu Stock Earnings Prove Ray Dalio Right about China?
- 3 Reasons Nvidia is on The Verge of a 4 Digit Stock Price
- Bargain Alert: Lululemon Shares Could Be About To Hit Rally Mode
- Bears Sent a False Alarm for Under Armour Stock
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The Hill
- Nearly 900K Yogi tea bags recalled for excessive pesticide residue
- Mercedes workers in Alabama vote against joining UAW
- X finally moves away from Twitter.com
- McConnell, Collins on collision course with Democrats over spending parity
- Billionaire investor sees 1 in 3 chance of civil war
- House GOP releases farm bill proposal as clock ticks
- Want to get ahead but don’t want to manage people? You need a job with dual-track promotion
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BBC
- Unpaid carers being forced to repay £250m to DWP in allowance overpayments
- Flooding in the garden 'shows need to work with nature'
- Union momentum stalls with defeat at Mercedes-Benz
- Shrinkflation: Ritz reduces content by 30% but price remains same
- Boeing boss's $33m pay package approved
- Leeds: Bank of England to increase staff in city from 50 to 700
- Household energy bills predicted to fall by 7% in July
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The Guardian
- As the AI world gathers in Seoul, can an accelerating industry balance progress against safety?
- ‘Bloody £9 for two’: TikTok twins rage at ice-cream van prices
- ‘It felt like a historic moment’: the Hollywood strikes one year on
- AI may cause job losses and rise in carbon emissions, report finds
- UK state pensions: are older retirees getting a bad deal?
- Nationwide doubles maximum personal loan to £50k amid rising building costs
- UK’s garden centres hope sunshine and Chelsea flower show will help them rebound from the rain
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YouGov
Trump supporters warm toward legal immunity for ex-presidents
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Most Americans believe marijuana is safer than alcohol and tobacco
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Polls show Drake is losing his feud with Kendrick Lamar
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How Americans characterize polls about policy support among two groups and elections
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Many Americans dislike both Biden and Trump. Here’s how polls say they’ll vote
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Most Americans expect a neutral or positive response to a man in U.S. pro sports coming out as gay
The Street
- Cybertrucks can't touch this posh Bentley's off-road skills
- Dow surges to first close above 40,000
- Comcast to launch streaming bundle
- Ford CEO says this iconic model will "never" be an EV
- Amazon is selling a pair of Beats earbuds for its lowest price in history, and over 10,000 have already sold
- American Airlines letter goes viral for shocking flight attendant salary
- The Porsche-Cybertruck drag race myth has finally been debunked: Guess who's faster
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Insider
- The model for NATO defending Ukrainian airspace from Russian attacks already exists, says German politician
- A millennial CEO launched a fully remote tech company. He says hybrid work is the worst of both worlds
- Google games: How to find and play iconic games like Snake and Pac Man hidden in your browser
- Low-income Americans wait years to get housing vouchers that are often impossible to use. Fixing the system could mean more funding and less red tape
- I spent an afternoon in Scottsdale, Arizona's most elite neighborhood, where homes cost up to $50 million. It felt like a private small town
- We asked ChatGPT to be a juror in Donald Trump's hush-money trial. It said it would find him guilty
- Senior Google engineer's top career tips include 'do it, then do it right, then do it better'
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AOL Finance
- Millennials have a fresh take on the FIRE movement, and it's less about taking it easy in retirement
- Welcome to the club: You're middle class but still counting your pennies
- From Taylor Swift tickets to gasoline
- Debt-hungry American companies are flocking to Europe as interest rate cuts fuel $33 billion ‘Reverse Yankee’ effect
- This is the best time of day to exercise for people living with obesity, new study shows
- A bridesmaid says she's out $3,200 for the wedding, and if she did everything the bride wanted, she'd probably have to move
- Boeing whistleblower died by suicide, police investigation reveals
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- These Foreign Countries Have American War Memorials and Cemeteries
- Here’s Why AI Stocks Skyrocketed This Week (Celestica, Super Micro Computer, Broadcom)
- Is Fidelity A Fiduciary To Your Money? What You Need To Know
- Here’s Why Meta Will Likely Announce a Stock Split in 2014
- Avoid These Three AI Stocks (BIDU, INTC, AI)
- 5 Ultra-Yield Stocks That Pay Massive 13% and Higher Yields
- These Car Brands Have the Pushiest Dealerships
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LA Times
- How the NBA's next TV deal could disrupt the media landscape
- In scramble to protect workers against heat, California officials exclude prisons from new rules
- Sam Ash, iconic retailer to musicians, plays its last notes
- Troubled EV maker Fisker closing Manhattan Beach headquarters
- Deal or no deal for Paramount? Here are the options on the table
- New Mexico weighs whether to toss Alec Baldwin criminal charges in 'Rust' shooting
- As job growth in California falls back, unemployment rate remains highest in the country
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Washington Post
- Boeing delays spaceflight again as it continues to struggle with leak
- Dow closes above 40,000 for the first time
- CFPB readies crackdown on predatory lending after Supreme Court win
- Why this company’s biggest fans turned against it
- UAW faces pivotal test at Mercedes union drive in Alabama
- These ISIS news anchors are AI fakes. Their propaganda is real
- mortgage rates, and more!
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Chicago Tribune
- Doctors ask Advocate Health Care to support physicians in Gaza and those who support them
- Record set in West Loop with $7.6M condo sale
- Welcome to the Wayborhood: Wayfair’s ribbon cutting ceremony opens much anticipated Wilmette store
- Chicago Tribune journalists file lawsuit alleging pay discrimination against female and Black employees
- New Metra station to open in Edgewater
- Plan Commission approves more than 1,400 new apartments, but vote on historic properties hits snag
- Illinois legislature approves measure to amend state biometric privacy law
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Seattle Times
- It was once a center of Islamic learning. Now Mali’s historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors
- Ex-Honolulu prosecutor and five others found not guilty in bribery case
- North Face store closure highlights downtown Seattle’s mixed recovery
- King County janitors march in Seattle for better pay, health benefits
- UN experts say South Sudan is close to securing a $13 billion oil-backed loan from a UAE company
- Frontier Airlines, stuck in a money-losing slump, is dumping change fees and making other moves
- New endangered listing for rare lizard could slow oil and gas drilling in New Mexico and West Texas
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Boston Herald
- MacKinnon: Poor kid from the projects in Toledo makes a positive impact in Boston
- Ticker: Federal judge hears challenges to NYC’s fee for drivers into Manhattan; Alabama Mercedes employees overwhelmingly vote against joining union
- The Dow closed above 40,000 for the first time. The number is big but means little for your 401(k)
- Home Showcase: Room to roam in Wellesley
- Your 2024 credit card checklist for summer travel
- FDA said it never inspected dental lab that made controversial AGGA device
- Undergrads are unionizing, in a sign of labor’s resurgence
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Financial Post
- Canada's budget 2024: 'Hinges on a lot of hope'
- Capital gains tax changes could lead to 'brain drain,' harm productivity as some fear tech exodus
- David Rosenberg: Time for Macklem to turn before it's too late
- Lack of investment is a 'big part' of Canada's productivity slowdown
- Rising oil prices may affect timing of Bank of Canada rate cuts, economists say
- The winners and losers as the loonie keeps flying south
- Canada to dodge recession, but economy remains fragile
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The Trade
- Ex-RBC head of US credit sales joins MarketAxess as North American head of client sales
- Fireside Friday with… Groupama Asset Management’s Eric Heleine
- SGX FX partners with Rand Merchant Bank to enhance opportunities for South African Rand trading
- From The TRADE’s research desk: A tale of two algo strategies
- Conscious usage of TCA: Making trade analytics more actionable
- DWS Group senior equity trader to re-join sell-side in Bankhaus Metzler sales trading role
- BNY Mellon combines market offerings through Global Markets Trading integration
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Observer
- The Scientists Behind the Arctic ‘Doomsday Vault’ Receive the World Food Prize
- Will Zeekr’s IPO Bounce Get Americans Excited About Chinese EVs?
- Paintings By Forgotten Artist Kyohei Inukai Are Headed to the Brooklyn Museum
- A Virtuous Loop: Foreign Entertainment and A.I. Tech for Language Learning
- OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs 6 Months After Failed Sam Altman Ouster
- An Anonymous $100M Donation Could Help Keep Artists in San Francisco
- The World’s First Desktop Computer Heads to Auction
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Semafor
- Trump agrees to third debate as NBC scrambles to catch up with rivals
- Land deliveries urgently needed in Gaza despite floating pier, aid groups say
- France sends more police to quell New Caledonia violence as civil war fears brew
- Intruder who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband sentenced to 30 years
- Why Biden and Trump ditched the Commission on Presidential Debates
- Mike Hixenbaugh on how a Dallas suburb led a national panic over race and schools
- Massive Ukraine drone strike hits energy infrastructure in Russia and Crimea
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Reason
- Apparent Suspension of Student Groups at Wisconsin for Pro-Hamas Chalking
- Compendium of Bryan Caplan's Guest-blogging Posts on His New Book "Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation"
- Kamala Harris falsely claims Biden's marijuana pardons number in the 'tens of thousands'
- Daniel Perry's pardon makes a mockery of the right to self-defense
- Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
- The 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
- CFPB v. CFSAA: Originalists v. Traditionalists
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Nikkei Asia
- Japan's small regional companies vie to raise pay amid labor shortage
- Weak yen and lower costs lure factories back to Japan
- Ukrainians in Kharkiv vow to stay despite Russia's advance
- Japan and other allies brace for Trump but also for a divided U.S
- 70 years on, Vietnam reflects on Dien Bien Phu's legacy
- China-focused pet goods startup draws Zozo founder's fund as investor
- Lawrence Wong, Singapore's new PM, begins term: 5 things to know
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Institutional Investor
- Agriculture and Energy: A Historic Intersection
- Tiger-Related Funds Made Big Moves in the First Quarter
- Goldman Sachs Wins $43.4 Billion UPS Deal
- The Winners and Losers of Meme Stock Mania Redux
- Tiger Grandcub Valiant Makes New Bets on AI
- CalSTRS Names Next CIO
- Internal Threats Pose Underappreciated Risks to Family Offices
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PYMNTS
- Lightspeed CEO on Helping Smaller Merchants Challenge Industry Goliaths
- AI Takes Turn as Archaeology Assistant to Uncover Ancient Commerce, Trade Routes
- DOJ Charges 2 With Money Laundering Around ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
- Washington Federal Bank to Sell 2,000 Commercial Real Estate Loans to Bank of America
- Federal Regulations Remain Under Fire After Supreme Court’s CFPB Ruling
- Report: Dolce & Gabbana Sued Over NFT Sale
- Online Sales Recede From 2023’s Year-End Splurge
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Forbes
- Bullish Two Hundred Day Moving Average Cross
- Ex-Dividend Reminder: Lennar, Lowe’s And West Pharmaceutical
- Ex-Dividend Reminder: Nuvei, Walgreens And Johnson & Johnson
- Investing The Warren Buffett Way: Screening For Earnings Growth
- Searching For Return On Equity: A Powerful Screening Strategy Explained
- United Kingdom’s FTSE 100: Reversion Or Dead Cat Bounce?
- This Stock Has A 1.08% Yield And Sells For Less Than Book
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Fortune
- Electric mobility has 'won the race' but Volkswagen hits brakes on EV strategy
- Debt-hungry Americans focking to Europe as interest rate cuts fuel $33bn 'Reverse Yankee'
- Wealthy travelers seeking sun, sand, and luxury are flocking to the Caribbean paradise next to Haiti, where armed gangs dominate
- This is the best time of day to exercise for people living with obesity, new study shows
- World's largest asset manager wants Fed to reverse course: Slash rates to tame inflation
- Tiny, light-brown lizard sparks massive clash between environmentalists and oil giants
- Pacific Coast Highway reopens after rockslide deluge
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Inc.
- 3 Quick Ways to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence and Master Difficult Situations
- Are DEI-Based Jobs Disappearing in 2024? Here's What You Need to Know
- With 6 Words, Scottie Scheffler Addressed His Arrest Friday and Taught a Lesson in Emotional Intelligence
- The CEO Skill Most Leaders Never Learn: How to Quit
- Why Levain Bakery's Co-Founders Let Their Company Rise Slowly
- New EY Report Forecasts 2024 Deals Rebound
- Why Wayfair Is Opening Its First Brick-and-Mortar Store
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Axios
- Trump and Mike Johnson plot 2025 plans
- TikTok, DOJ request prompt decision on potential app ban
- OpenAI's long-term safety team has disbanded
- Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama reject UAW
- Hamas left hostage talks to pressure Israel, Sullivan tells ambassadors
- Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband sentenced to 30 years in prison
- "Dumpster fire" hearing spurs groans about Congress' new low
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Vox
- Blood, flames, and horror movies: The evocative imagery of King Charles’s portrait
- Why the US built a pier to get aid into Gaza
- The controversy over Gaza’s death toll, explained
- Why a GOP governor’s pardon of a far-right murderer is so chilling
- The video where Diddy appears to attack Cassie — and the allegations against him
- ChatGPT can talk, but OpenAI employees sure can’t
- “I lost trust”: Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded
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FastCompany
- Microfeminism: On TikTok, women share the little ways they fight sexism in the workplace
- Forget Ozempic: There could be an even more effective weight-loss drug on the way
- GameStop’s stock price plunges about 20% after meme stock surge
- WNBA live stream: How to watch women’s basketball without cable, including limited free options
- Tinder is rebranding away from hookup culture
- This is your brain on climate change, according to neuroscience
- Hamburgers are safe from bird flu if properly cooked, USDA says
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Entrepreneur
- Brand New GPT-4o Revealed: 3 Mind Blowing Updates and 3 Unexpected Challenges for s
- You're Reading Body Language All Wrong. Decode Non-Verbal Cues By Following These 5 Steps
- The Music Giant Behind Beyoncé, Harry Styles and Adele Bars ChatGPT From Using Its Songs
- Clinton Sparks Podcast: The Struggles and Fame of Rapper Lil Yachty's ship Journey in Hip-Hop
- OpenAI's New Deal Sees the ChatGPT Trailblazer Following a Competitor's Lead
- Clinton Sparks Podcast: The Secrets of ship Told by David Meltzer
- McDonald's Introduces a New Dessert Inspired By 'Grandmacore' Trend
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Politico
- Noem book dogged by new claims of inaccuracies
- May 2024
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
- “The truth as we know it is over.” “Civil War” star on how it really could happen here
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
- What Hochul said at the Vatican
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Newsweek
- Archaeologists unearth ancient tombs with "rare" bronze seals
- 'Wordle' #1,064 clues, hints and answer for Saturday, May 18 game
- How COVID vaccines stand up to new FLiRT variants
- Population crises threaten Asia's economic juggernauts
- NYT 'Connections' hints May 18: clues and answer for puzzle #342
- Donald Trump blames "crappy contractor" after onstage wobble
- Hepatitis A report at California grocery store sparks dire warning
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NPR
- The hack that almost broke the internet : Planet Money
- How tariffs — like those on Chinese goods
- Comcast plans to offer a new streaming bundle. Is streaming the new cable?
- Mercedes workers vote no to union, putting the brakes on UAW's march South
- Morning news brief
- The result of a union election at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama is about to be revealed
- 'The Indicator from Planet Money' sheds light on the 'winner-take-all' problem
- More
Globe And Mail
- Opinion: A $42,000 gym membership? In this economy?
- Opinion: Climate change will knock one-third off world economy, study shows
- Peruvian copper mine Antamina sees production steady in 2024
- Former OpenAI leader says safety has ‘taken a back seat to shiny products’ at influential AI company
- Pitching in: Encouraging scientists and donors to take chances through research
- Moderna wins patent case in Europe against Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID shot
- Moderna wins COVID shot patent case against Pfizer-BioNTech in Europe
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CBC
- Quebec to force gas stations to report their prices. Will it lower fuel costs?
- Minister suggests Canada is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs following U.S. move
- Taylor Swift fans are flying to Europe for cheap concert tickets
- Loblaw agrees to sign grocery code of conduct
- Customers are fed up with anti-theft measures at stores. Retailers say organized crime is to blame
- Olive oil is how much now? Prices jump — again
- Home sales and new home construction both drop in April
- More
Techmeme
- Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way
- ‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’: my soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI warfare conference
- https://s.nikkei.com/4bi2OBd
- Access Now: 2023 was the worst year for internet shutdowns since monitoring began in 2016, with 283 shutdowns across 39 countries, led by India at 116
- A US judge approves Genesis Global Capital's Chapter 11 repayment plan to return Bitcoin and other tokens to creditors, defeating a challenge by its parent DCG
- These ISIS news anchors are AI fakes. Their propaganda is real
- Expedia fires its CTO Rathi Murthy and SVP Sreenivas Rachamadugu due to a “violation of company policy”, days after its annual product and partner conference
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Silicon Valley
- Undergrads are unionizing, in a sign of labor’s resurgence
- Three arrested in San Mateo roofing scheme
- How elaborate deepfake scam duped finance worker into paying out $25 million
- Bay Area and California add jobs in April
- The first electric school bus fleet in the US will also power Oakland homes
- “Experience economy” may bolster post-COVID downtown San Jose recovery
- Santa Cruz County a case study on pandemic Project Roomkey
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Techcrunch
- Adobe comes after indie game emulator Delta for copying its logo
- Meta’s latest experiment copies BeReal and Snapchat’s core ideas
- Startups Weekly: It’s the dawning of the age of AI
- Indiebio’s SF incubator lineup is making some wild biotech promises
- YouTube TV’s ‘multiview’ feature is now available on Android phones and tablets
- OpenAI created a team to control ‘superintelligent’ AI
- Two students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free
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The Register
- Gentoo and NetBSD ban 'AI' code, but Debian doesn't
- How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist
- MediSecure hit by 'large-scale ransomware data breach'
- Leasing rate for NA datacenters before construction hits 84%
- Reddit goes AI agnostic, signs data training deal with OpenAI
- Graph database shows Biden outspends Trump on social media
- Three arrested for helping North Koreans to secure remote IT jobs in US
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Silicon Republic
- Winds of change: How to monitor a wind farm
- Winds of change: How to monitor a wind farm
- How to prepare for the European Accessibility Act
- Meet the Irish teacher helping students prepare for exams on TikTok
- Microsoft faces EU pressure but avoids UK probe
- Why API security needs the attention of the C-Suite
- Ireland awards €2.8m to boost local biodiversity projects
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Tech Co
- How to Get a Job and New Career at OpenAI/ChatGPT
- 7 Grants For Black-Owned Businesses to Apply For in 2024
- How to Turn off AI Summaries With Google Search’s ‘Web’ Filter
- What Is a Dry Promotion? And Should You Accept One?
- Latest ChatGPT Model GPT-4o Released Free: What to Know
- Best Free AI Image Generators 2024
- Apple Could Bring ChatGPT Features to the iPhone With iOS 18
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Business Journals
- Charles Schwab to get new CFO amid senior exec changes
- CBRE strikes deal with Los Angeles company to bring EV charging to 10,000 properties
- Bank of America branch building in Chicago's Little Village hits the market
- Los Angeles emerging as a top climate-tech funding hub
- One of Greater Washington's largest companies is building a new generative AI platform
- Rockville bank taps industry veteran to lead Baltimore-area expansion
- Antitrust case 'too complicated for jury,' defendant states
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InvestorPlace
- PNRG Stock Earnings: PrimeEnergy Resources Reported Results for Q1 2024
- ABVC Stock Earnings: ABVC BioPharma Reported Results for Q1 2024
- THMO Stock Earnings: ThermoGenesis Holdings Misses EPS, Misses Revenue for Q1 2024
- AREN Stock Earnings: Arena Group Holdings Reported Results for Q1 2024
- DGLY Stock Earnings: Digital Ally Reported Results for Q1 2024
- Consumers Are Cracking…How It’ll Impact You
- BTTR Stock Earnings: Better Choice Co Reported Results for Q1 2024
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Wolf Street
- Ecommerce Still Hot, Rest of Retail Stagnates. Walmart US Online Sales +22%, Credits “Convenience” for Success with Higher Income People
- Who Fell Behind on their Credit Cards: Delinquencies, Balances, Burden, Available Credit, and the “Maxed Out”
- The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada: Spring Rally Fizzles, Prices -14% from Peak in Feb 2022, Below Sep 2021
- Beneath the Skin of CPI Inflation, April: After Some Zigs, a Zag. But 6-Month Core CPI Hits 4.0%, 6-Month Core Services CPI Hits 6.0%, Both Highest since…
- Here Come the HELOCs in Household Debt: Mortgages, Delinquencies, and Foreclosures
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Dealbreaker
- CFPB Funding Held Constitutional, Samuel Alito Gets Dragged For Saying Otherwise
- Current and Former Dodgers Owners, World's Wealthiest Law Firm Working On Bid To Buy TikTok
- Opening Bell: 5.17.24
- TikTok's Free Speech Argument Has Support Among Legal Scholars
- Elon Musk Threatening Law Firm To Silence Legal Scholar?
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The Week
- 5 arguably hilarious cartoons about the 2024 presidential debate
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: a solid summer blockbuster
- Tall Tales: church dedicates service to Taylor Swift
- The biggest climate records in the last year
- 'The future of abortion access in many states may come down to who has the final say'
- Supreme Court rejects challenge to CFPB
- US makes first Gaza aid delivery from floating pier
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PBS Newshour
- College course examines depiction of drinking in film and its social consequences
- News Wrap: Intense storms slam Houston and other parts of the Gulf Coast
- Capehart and Johnson on how the Biden-Trump debates could shape the campaign season
- What's behind the historic stock market highs and how it relates to the overall economy
- What led Texas governor to pardoning man convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester
- Methodist pastor discusses major shift in church over LGBTQ inclusion
- New book 'World on the Brink' argues U.S. failing to deter Chinese invasion of Taiwan
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Naked Capitalism
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/17/2024
- Defending Privacy in the Surveillance State and Fragmenting Internet
- Links 5/17/2024
- EU Commission Plans to Strip Funding From Public Prosecutors Investigating Ursula von der Leyen’s Pfizergate Scandal
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- The Long Goodbye? Mitch McConnell and Big Money Politics
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SCMP
Homebuyers snap up nearly all flats on offer at Sun Hung Kai’s Yolo Hub II for the second weekend, spurred by confidence-boosting market news
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When Sands Macau’s opening turned into a day of chaos
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TikTok tests 60-minute videos, expanding into YouTube’s territory
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Shanghai releases white list to expedite overseas data transfers for companies
Euronews
- Cartier-owner Richemont names new CEO amid luxury slowdown
- How AI technology could disrupt the future job market
- British supermarket Sainsbury’s plans to cut costs by harnessing AI
- France's move to block TikTok in New Caledonia sparks backlash
- China sends probe to collect samples from far side of the Moon
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Asia Financial
- TikTok, US Call on Court to Fast-Track Appeals as Ban Date Looms
- China Business Capital Okays Foreign Data Exports Sought By Tesla
- Hong Kong Gives Green Light For Digital Yuan Use in Local Shops
- Musk May Build China Data Centre for Tesla Self Driving System
- US Set to Double Tariffs on Chinese Semiconductors in 2025
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Japan Times
- For Taiwan shoppers, China's malls only a ferry ride away
- Short yen wagers linger due to gap between U.S.-Japan rate paths
- Nippon Steel boosts efforts to woo U.S. Steel workers and politicians
- Toshiba takes advantage of private status to chart new course
- 7-Eleven convenience store chain marks 50 years in Japan
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 17
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Humanitarian aid deliveries begin arriving at the U.S.-built Gaza floating pier. (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive
- The Israeli army recovers from Rafah the bodies of three people killed in the Re'im music festival massacre last October, including Shani Louk. (The New York Times)
- Hamas announces that an Israeli strike killed Sharhabil Sayed, a Hamas commander in Lebanon. (France 24)
- Israel announces that an Air Force strike killed Islaam Hamaisa, a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Jenin Brigade. (Jerusalem Post)
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine launches a massive drone attack across southwestern Russia, causing fires at several oil refineries, including at the port of Novorossiysk. (The New York Times)
- Kharkiv strikes
- At least three civilians are killed and 28 others are injured by Russian guided bombs in Kharkiv. (Reuters)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Red Sea crisis
- Houthi forces shoot down a United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone with a surface-to-air missile over Marib Governorate, Yemen. Wreckage of the downed drone appears on social media. (ABC News)
- 2024 Ulu Tiram police station attack
- Two police officers are killed and another is injured outside the Ulu Tiram police station in Johor, Malaysia. The suspect is later fatally shot. Seven suspected members of Jemaah Islamiyah are arrested in connection to the attack. (CNA)
- Terrorism in France
- An Algerian man is killed by French police after setting a synagogue on fire in Rouen, France. (BBC News)
- 2024 Bamyan shooting
- Hezbollah–Israel conflict
International relations
- Azerbaijan–France relations, 2024 New Caledonia unrest
- France accuses Azerbaijan of being behind the protests and violence in New Caledonia after Azerbaijani and Togolese flags are seen alongside indigenous Kanak symbols at the protests. Azerbaijan has previously spoken out against French colonialism and supported pro-independence participants. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- The RCMP identifies the killer of four people in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1976 and 1977 as American serial rapist Gary Allen Srery, who died in prison in 2011. (CFCN-TV)
- Iranian police arrest more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading Satanism and nudity in Iran. (ABC News)
- Police in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, arrest American golfer Scottie Scheffler, who was travelling to the 2024 PGA Championship, for assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals. (AP)
Politics and elections
- A brawl breaks out in the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan's parliament, following disagreements over draft reforms between the Democratic Progressive Party and the Kuomintang. (The Independent)
Science and technology
- Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope discover the earliest known merging of black holes, 740 million years after the Big Bang. (AP)
Sports
- The annual FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, awards Brazil the host rights for the 2027 Women's World Cup. (USA Today)