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Fear & Greed 69/100
Why is Walmart raising prices due to tariffs?
How did Trump’s Middle East trip affect US investments?
What caused UnitedHealth shares to plunge recently?
Why did Meta delay its Behemoth AI model release?
How will Trump’s tariffs impact US manufacturing growth?
Why is Tesla’s stock surging this week?
Wall Street Journal
- America’s Love Affair With Posh British Cars Is Under Threat Despite Trade Deal
- Gold Consolidates; Likely Supported by Signs of Disinflation
- Walmart’s Price Hikes Open Door to Increases From ‘Everybody Else’
- JGBs Mixed; Market May Track Declines in U.S. Treasury Yields
- Oil Futures Edge Higher on Possible Technical Recovery
- Away, an Original Internet Darling, Will Sell Its Luggage in More Places
- Berkshire Sells Financial Stocks, Doubles Constellation Stake, Holds Steady on Apple
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Financial Times
- Hong Kong’s fintech ambitions keep lawyers busy on policymaking and deals
- US administration split on when to add Chinese chipmakers to export blacklist
- Supreme Court weighs power of judges to halt Trump’s orders nationwide
- Jumbo jets, megadeals and flattery: Trump’s Gulf tour
- EY delays start dates for consulting recruits for third year in a row
- EU leaders urge Starmer to improve mobility deal in last ditch ‘reset’ talks
- US producer prices tumble in April as tariffs squeeze profit margins
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Benzinga
- Trump Becomes A Grandfather Again As Daughter Tiffany Welcomes Baby Boy Alexander
- Cathie Wood's Block Sale: Ark Sells Bitcoin Play — See What She's Buying Instead
- Applied Materials, Cava Group, Coinbase, Quantum Computing, And Meta Platforms: Why These 5 Stocks Are On Investors' Radars…
- Chuck Schumer Blasts Trump For Backing AI Chip Sales To Saudi Arabia, UAE: 'This Deal Could Very Well Be Dangerous'
- Steve Ballmer's Missed Call: $1000 Investment Then Worth $289,000 To Apple Investors Today — Why Ex-Microsoft CEO Once…
- Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Nike Stock In The Last 20 Years
- If You Invested $100 In This Stock 10 Years Ago, You Would Have This Much Today
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Movers
Bloomberg
- China Tech Earnings Expose AI Growing Pains
- NJ Transit Engineers Declare Strike After Wage Negotiations Fail
- Romania to Hold Rates With All Eyes on Leu Path
- China’s BlissBio Is Said to Be Considering Hong Kong IPO
- LNG Traders Look to Increase Exports to Malaysia, Indonesia
- Distressed Hong Kong Builder Parkview Gets Private Loan From PAG
- India’s Midcaps Beat Larger Peers in Earnings Growth
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Yahoo Finance
- Rivian’s service fleet charging enhanced by Bluedot technology
- Why Is Biohaven Stock Falling On Thursday?
- Deere Surges to Record on Optimism for Upturn in Farm Economy
- Jim Cramer Says That NVIDIA “Has Made a Historic Comeback”
- Why Nice Stock Sank Today
- Dick's Sporting Goods takes on major risk with $2.4 billion bet on Foot Locker
- Deere Projects Half a Billion Dollars in Tariff Costs This Year
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Marketwatch
- Why Friday’s options expiration could send market's rally skidding to a halt
- This ‘Trump trade’ could wreck U.S. housing finance, warns Pimco
- GOP tax bill raises Obamacare premiums. These families would be hit hardest
- Soros’s fund places new bets on Nvidia and a SpaceX rival, sells off Super Micro
- This ‘Trump trade’ could wreck U.S. housing finance, warns Pimco
- Soros’s fund places new bets on Nvidia and a SpaceX rival, sells off Super Micro stake
- Third Point sells off Tesla and makes these other ‘Magnificent Seven’ moves
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Google Business
- Fury as probe exposes how America's second biggest grocer overcharges customers by listing false sales prices
- Berkshire Cut Stake in BofA, Eliminated Citigroup. It Has a New Holding
- Japan's economy shrinks more than expected as US tariff hit looms
- Meta delays release of its 'Behemoth' AI model, WSJ reports
- It looks like Meta just hit a big AI roadblock
- Retail sales slow in April after a spending splurge as Americans sought to front-run tariffs
- Here’s how a Trump nuclear deal with Iran could impact global oil supplies and prices
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Tipranks
- West Cobar Metals Issues Unlisted Advisor Options
- Coventry Group Limited Announces Director’s Interest Change
- Appen Limited Announces Director Departure
- Althea Group Holdings Shifts Focus to THC-Infused Beverages
- 3D Energi Welcomes KNOC to Otway Gas Exploration Joint Venture
- AuMEGA Metals Unveils Major Discovery at Bunker Hill
- Forrestania Resources Welcomes New Director
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ZeroHedge
- It's Time To End Federal Control Of Education And Restore Parental Authority
- How Widespread Are Food Intolerances?
- New York To Send 'Inflation Refund' Checks To Eligible Residents
- Water Wars: One-Fifth Of Pakistan's Electricity Comes From Hydro
- "I Can't Understand My Professor"
- New York Tops London As World's Leading Financial Center In 2025
- The DoD Audit Conundrum: Accountability Over Accounting
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Seeking Alpha
- UnitedHealth: Should You Buy This Falling Knife?
- UnitedHealth Hits Peak Panic After DOJ Probe. A Bottom Is Near
- UnitedHealth: Remember, Such Golden Opportunities Don't Come Often
- UnitedHealth: Sell-Off Has Gone Too Far
- I've Made This 5.5% Yield A Foundational Holding: NNN
- Built To Last: 2 Of My Favorite Dividend Stocks For The Next Decade
- Correction Alert: Gold Miners Are Crashing, But We Are Rejoicing
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Barrons
- Berkshire’s New Mystery Stock Could Be an Industrial Company
- Loeb’s Third Point Dumps Tesla. What Other Hedge Fund Honchos Are Doing
- Cava’s Earnings Beat Expectations. Growth Was Strong Despite Tariff Fears
- Berkshire Cut Stake in Bank of America, Eliminated Citigroup; Requests Confidentiality on New Holding
- Take-Two’s Outlook Disappoints as Gamers Await Next Grand Theft Auto. The Stock Is Sliding
- U.S. Markets Closed Mixed Thursday As Steris Led, Fiserv Lagged
- S&P 500 Gains for 4th Day. Tech Rally Stalls
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Barchart
- Dividend Aristocrats Offer Safety in Market Storms. Buy These 2 Top-Rated Stocks Now
- Wheat Posts Thursday Strength
- Hogs Rebound on Thursday
- Cotton Closes Weaker but Pulls Off Lows
- Corn Closes Mixed on Thursday
- Soybeans Collapse on Thursday with RVO Rumors and Bean Oil Limit Losses
- Cattle Collapse Continues on Thursday
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SEC / FED
Remarks of Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda
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An Incremental Step Along the Journey: The Division of Trading Markets’ Frequently Asked Questions Relating to Crypto Asset Activities and Distributed Ledger Technologies
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Withdrawal of Joint Staff Statement on Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Asset Securities
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Regulation S-P – Back to the Future
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Statement on Certain Form N-PORT Data
Reuters
- Japan to release more rice from stockpiles to tackle shortage and rein in prices
- Mitsui Chemicals studying use of ethanol to make petrochemicals
- RBA to lower key rate by 25 bps on May 20, two more cuts likely this year - Reuters poll
- Tariff cuts ease mass China layoffs threat, but job market pain persists
- Gold set for worst week in six months as trade calm dents appeal
- Asian shares set to end strong week on soft note, bonds enjoy relief rally
- Rubio says NATO members will agree to 5% defense spending over next decade by June summit
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Tipp Insights
- Trump Presses Tim Cook To Keep iPhone Production In U.S
- Trump Eyes Return To Washington But Leaves Door Open For One Final Stop
- Vance, Rubio To Attend Inaugural Mass Of First American Pope
- Who’s To Blame For The Left’s ‘Assassination Culture’?
- Last Year Saw Dramatic Fall In U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths
- Europe Prepares For Electoral ‘Super Sunday’
- Iran Ready To Forgo Nukes, Sign Deal Today, If U.S. Lifts Sanctions
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Investing.com
- New Zealand inflation expectations rise in Q2, central bank survey shows
- RBA to lower key rate by 25 bps on May 20, two more cuts likely this year: Reuters poll
- Analysis-Tariff cuts ease mass China layoffs threat, but job market pain persists
- New Zealand boosts movie production incentives after Trump's 100% tariff plan
- Japan Finance Minister to focus on forex consensus in dialogue with Bessent
- Dollar tracks Treasury yields lower on benign US data
- Japan's economy shrinks as US tariff hit looms
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Morning Brew
How to host a better Memorial Day party than everyone else
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Max is becoming HBO Max again
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Why Trump is seeking a new plane of existence
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How AI is breaking college
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ESPN finally unveils its standalone streaming service
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Climbers plan to use gas to scale Everest quickly
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Foreign tourists are shunning the US
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US and China are in makeup mode
CNBC
- CNBC Daily Open: U.S. stocks are buoyant for now — but lurking dangers could weigh them down
- Japan's economy contracts by a more than expected 0.2% from prior three months
- Walmart's former U.S. CEO Bill Simon thinks retailer can easily absorb tariff costs, criticizes its 'doom and gloom' commentary
- Cerebras CEO says chipmaker's 'aspiration' is to hold IPO in 2025
- Trump's military parade cost: Up to $45 million for D.C. march
- Nvidia owned $900 million in CoreWeave stock as of March, filing shows
- The U.S. has struggled for crypto clarity. Canada may have the answer
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CBS
- Small businesses face financial whiplash from Trump's changing tariffs on China
- Is TikTok down? Here's what to know
- Toxic environments are pushing workers to speak up, in some cases quit
- Why there's no tax break for Social Security benefits in the new tax bill
- Fed Chief Jerome Powell warns that U.S. could face "supply shocks"
- Ford recalls nearly 275,000 SUVs over possible brake damage
- Energy Star program faces possible shutdown amid federal budget cuts
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NYT Business
- Can C-SPAN Pull Off ‘Crossfire,’ but With Civility?
- Federal Officials May Limit Recommendations for Covid Vaccine
- Trump’s Computer Chip Deals With Saudi Arabia and UAE Divide US Government
- Bondi Sold Millions in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Imposed Vast Tariffs
- S.E.C. Investigating Whether Coinbase Misstated Its User Numbers
- YouTube Releases Its Ranking of Top Podcasts in the U.S
- Colorado Air Traffic Control Facility Lost Contact With Pilots
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EurActiv
The Brief – From showdown to no-show
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Slow Food festival comes to Brussels to connect plates, people, and policy
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Bulgaria in talks with US hedge fund to expand TurkStream capacity
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Paris and Beijing fail to reach agreement on Cognac tariffs
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Trigger warning: Fico’s year of ‘revenge politics’ after the assassination attempt
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Rutte says NATO allies ready for big jump in defence spending commitments
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Polish Presidency eyes early June breakthrough in EU Pharma Package talks
MSNBC
- Ed Martin may have just found his true calling. It could make him more dangerous
- Elon Musk’s chatbot just showed why AI regulation is an urgent necessity
- The $400M jet is the tip of the iceberg. Gulf property deals could make Trump millions
- N.Y. Republican clashes with Marjorie Taylor Greene over GOP budget: ‘Doesn’t have a clue’
- ‘Get out sooner rather than later’: Yale professors flee U.S. over fascism concerns
- The Supreme Court hearing exposed the illegality of Trump’s bid to kill birthright citizenship
- Dem senators want answers on Trump dealings with pardon-seeking crypto bro
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NBC
- Trump says he doesn’t want Apple building products in India: ‘I had a little problem with Tim Cook’
- More than 2,000 Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code
- James Comey under investigation for social media post seen as a potential threat to Trump's life
- House Republicans work on disagreements on Trump agenda
- Musk’s xAI supercomputer concerns some Memphis residents
- Cassie Ventura cross-examined in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial
- Cassie faces skeptical cross-examination from Diddy's defense team
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investors.com
- Robinhood Stock Has Bullish Momentum. But Don't Be Blinded By This Big Risk
- Chip Gear Maker Applied Materials Disappoints With Slight Sales Miss
- Video Game Publisher Take-Two Offers Mixed Results, Outlook
- Meta Stock Falls On Report Of Delayed Rollout For AI Model Update
- GameStop Stock Sees RS Rating Grinding Higher
- Coinbase Global Stock Scores RS Rating Upgrade
- CrowdStrike Downgraded Ahead Of First Quarter Earnings Report
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ABC News
- California man who used underwater scooter in lake to try to evade arrest pleads guilty to fraud
- UN forecasts slower global economic growth following Trump's tariffs
- Why was Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa's racial politics?
- How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 5/15/2025
- US lost business travelers in April amid economic anxiety and border detentions
- Average rate on US 30-year mortgage rises to 6.81%, highest level since late April
- China allows visa-free entry for 5 Latin American nations to boost ties
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Fox Business
- Chili's throws serious shade at TGI Friday's over mozzarella stick dig
- Coinbase estimates cyberattack could cost crypto exchange up to $400M
- Pennsylvania Catholic high school teaches students in-demand trade skills
- Jamie Dimon says a recession is still a possibility: 'I wouldn’t take it off the table at this point'
- California approves State Farm's request for double-digit insurance rate hike
- Mortgage rates rise for first time in weeks, Freddie Mac says
- Trump doesn't want Apple making iPhones in India: 'I had a little problem with Tim Cook'
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CNN
- Video GOP lawmaker on possible long-term problems of Trump tariffs 4:43
- FCC commissioner rips a “weaponized” agency punishing news outlets Trump dislikes
- One of America’s biggest companies is imploding
- Jamie Dimon continues to warn of recession, despite pullback in China tariffs
- New Jersey rail strike could cause nightmare for commuters … and Shakira and Beyoncé fans
- Americans pulled back significantly on spending as higher tariffs took effect in April
- Walmart warns it will raise prices because of tariffs
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Youtube
AP News
- Historic year for female Olympic leaders sees table tennis president face election challenge
- Jon Batiste announces Big Money Tour with promise of fresh sounds, improvisation and connection
- Unsweet 16: World's top 3 golfers make mess of 16th hole at PGA Championship, taking double bogey
- Manny Machado's 2 1/2-week hitting streak is keeping Padres among baseball's best
- Coinbase said cyber crooks stole customer information and demanded $20 million ransom payment
- Vardy to cut short Leicester career with home send-off on Sunday
- China allows visa-free entry for 5 Latin American nations to boost ties
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The Economist
- The Economist reads: Six books about how conflicts end—or don’t
- Money Talks: Lessons from the US-China trade war
- One of a kind: For the first time, a CRISPR drug treats a child’s unique mutation
- Better angels: How to prevent drunken punch-ups
- Red herrings: When levelling-up comes to town
- Cost of living: Cheap petrol offers a small respite for squeezed households
- Giving fast: Why some tycoons are speeding up their charity
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The Hill
- Coinbase: Cyber crooks stole customer data, demanded $20M ransom
- Lummis believes senators have reached deal on stablecoin bill, expects votes next week
- Debt shifts: Credit cards, auto loans cool while student loans heat up
- Wholesale prices fell off a cliff in April amid trade war
- Trump takes swing at Tim Cook over Apple manufacturing in India
- US economy could face ‘more persistent supply shocks’: Powell
- Walmart says it will raise prices due to higher costs from tariffs
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The Guardian
- Edinburgh tops list as US housebuyers eye a UK home
- Divine intervention against cold callers | Brief letters
- Is Burberry’s job-slashing shake-up enough to save the troubled brand?
- Default rate for energy bill direct debits hit record high last month, says ONS
- Largest US crypto exchange says cost of recent cyber-attack could reach $400m
- TikTok breached EU advertising transparency laws, commission says
- Trump says he has a ‘little problem’ with Tim Cook over Apple’s India production
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BBC
- Nissan says it could share global plants with Chinese state firm
- The camera tech propelling shows like Adolescence
- One in 10 have no savings, financial regulator says
- UK needs more nuclear to power AI, says Amazon boss
- UK business group calls for 'reset' with EU
- BA fined £3m after luggage handlers hurt in falls
- More pupils auto-enrolled for free school meals
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Baha Breaking News
- Russia downs 6 Ukrainian drones over Black Sea
- IDF kills 5 Palestinians after settler dies in shooting
- Asia-Pacific trades mostly lower after Japanese data
- Rubio voices confidence in NATO members agreeing to 5% spending
- Rubio: NATO members will agree to 5% spending over next decade
- Rubio says 'only chance' of Ukraine peace is Trump, Putin meeting
- Rubio hopes Iran chooses path of 'peace and prosperity'
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YouGov
How many Americans are MAGA?
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International relations, tariffs, Pope Leo XIV, and space exploration: May 9-12, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll
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How Americans rate Donald Trump's handling of 52 issues
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Among married women in the U.S., two-thirds changed their last name after the wedding
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70% of Americans say it’s likely the U.S. will have a widespread outbreak of a new infectious disease in the next decade
The Street
- Amazon is selling $170 waterproof earbuds for just $30, and buyers say 'it totally delivers on the quality'
- Amazon is selling a 'powerful' $200 cordless vacuum for just $90, and shoppers say it ‘works the same as Dyson'
- Legendary pizza restaurant chain closes distressed locations
- Veteran fund manager unveils bold Nvidia stock price target after rally
- Goldman Sachs resets interest rate cut forecast, recession outlook
- Suze Orman shares one radical move to save big on car costs
- Walmart is selling a $350 portable air conditioner for $190, and shoppers love its 'exceptional quality'
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Insider
- Michelle Obama says she struck a deal with Barack early in their marriage about teasing each other
- Canvassers file a class action suit against Elon Musk's America PAC, alleging they weren't paid their $47
- Elon Musk's xAI says Grok kept talking about 'white genocide' because an 'unauthorized modification' was made on the backend
- Jamie Dimon has a very specific image of the WFH employee
- I've lived in 6 places since becoming a digital nomad last year. One stood out above the others
- You'll stay stuck in unwanted subscriptions for 2 more months after the FTC delayed its new click-to-cancel rule
- Bond vibes, six-figure price tag: Apple's CarPlay Ultra debuts in new Aston Martins
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RawDiary
- Trump Agenda’s ‘Big Bill’ Faces Hardline Revolt
- Smokey Robinson Under Criminal Sexual Assault Probe
- Harvard Moves to Self-Fund Amid Massive Trump Budget Cuts
- Trump Locks $1.4 Trillion UAE Investment Pact
- House GOP to Speed Up Medicaid Work Rules
- Comey’s ‘8647’ Post Sparks Secret Service Probe
- Trump Says Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Very Serious,’ Progress Made
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- If You Invested $25,000 In Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 20 Years Ago, This Is How Much Cash From Dividends You Would Have Today
- NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) Stock Price Prediction for 2025: Where Will It Be in 1 Year
- Our portfolio just fell from $3 million to $2.7 million – retirement now feels like living on a knife’s edge
- 3 ETFs that Could Outperform the S&P 500 (SPX) Over the Next Three Years
- My wife took her benefit before I did and never filed for spousal benefits – can we retroactively claim it?
- Baby Boomers: These 3 ETFs May Be the Best Options For Retirement in 2025
- 3 Medicare Changes Trump Should Make – But Probably Won’t
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LA Times
- Retail theft surge in Inland Empire store prompts new policy: Leave shopping bags with the cashier
- Walmart, Mattel and other retailers to boost prices as trade war hits shoppers
- Microsoft layoffs hit its Silicon Valley workforce
- LA28's plan for a car-free Olympics now includes air taxis the price of a high-end Uber
- Riverside wants to become 'the new Detroit.' Can this self-driving electric bus get it there?
- Tariffs give 157-year-old chocolate maker Guittard a bitter taste
- Hiltzik: Crypto was already in bad odor before jumping into bed with Trump. Now it smells worse
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Washington Post
- FAA investigating Denver air traffic control communications outage
- House GOP plan to raise child tax credit adds citizenship provisions
- U.S. preparing to relax big-bank capital rules
- Walmart’s quarterly profits rise even as tariffs kick in
- Dick’s Sporting Goods to buy Foot Locker for $2.4 billion
- GOP tax bill on track to add more than $2.5 trillion to U.S. deficit
- Beleaguered Boeing wins massive deal to sell jets to Qatar airline
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Chicago Tribune
- These retailers have announced higher prices amid President Trump’s tariffs
- Plan Commission approves luxury townhomes for riverfront site, and some worry it could endanger manufacturing jobs
- Chicago saw a boost in tourism last year. Will the pope be a blessing in 2025?
- Egg prices drop, but the cost of beef hits record high. Here’s how everyday costs are changing under Trump
- Will County Board rejects solar facilities in near New Lenox, Wilmington
- Dick’s Sporting Goods to buy struggling shoe chain Foot Locker for $2.4 billion
- Northbrook home once owned by former Chicago Bears player Jim McMahon to be listed for sale
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Boston Herald
- UN forecasts slower global economic growth following Trump’s tariffs and trade tensions
- Why was Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa’s racial politics?
- Ticker: Walmart warns of higher prices ahead
- Coinbase said cyber crooks stole customer information and demanded $20 million ransom payment
- US lost business travelers in April as economic anxiety and border detentions cooled demand
- Hot Property: Falmouth home is roomy, comfy, ready
- European Union accuses TikTok of breaching digital rules with lack of transparency on ads
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Financial Post
- Canadian Tire buying Hudson's Bay stripes and brand name for $30M: 'Meant to stay Canadian'
- Hudson’s Bay to sell name, stripes, brands to Canadian Tire for $30 million
- Ontario projects $14.6-billion deficit amid tariff impacts
- X advertisers from Nestle to Shell deny Musk’s boycott claims
- Atlantic Canada's lobster industry stung by low prices and global economic turmoil
- In Canada’s housing crisis, are modular homes a cheaper and faster solution?
- Canada's S&P/TSX Composite Index hits intraday record
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Digiday
- The state of social media marketing for publishers | Trends and tactics shaping paid social
- The Upfronts got a taste of the creator economy
- How creator platforms are building tech infrastructure to keep pace with a maturing industry
- Media Briefing: Reliant on search, haunted by AI: publishers at a crossroads
- Digiday+ Research Briefing: A look at how tariffs could impact consumer and advertiser spending
- Microsoft Advertising is closing the Xandr DSP
- Can brands like American Eagle appeal to Gen Z with Substack?
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The Trade
- Reducing market hours makes sense in practice, but feasibility remains a question
- The liquidity conundrum persists as experts unpack the current state of play at TradeTech Europe 2025
- Driving European liquidity in the face of US political uncertainty
- Trillium Surveyor and Blue Ocean to offer 24/5 trade surveillance coverage
- GFO-X launches regulated trading venue for centrally cleared assets
- Instinet expands bilateral liquidity offering as part of BlockMatch venue rebrand
- Thailand stock exchange and Nasdaq expand partnership
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Observer
- Walmart Executives Warn of Imminent Price Increases Despite Lowered Tariffs
- British Billionaire Jeremy Coller Funds A.I. Race to Understand Dolphin Language
- Your Brain Wasn’t Built for This. Algorithms Know It
- ChatGPT Is Becoming a Stand-In Doctor—Here’s What OpenAI Is Doing About It
- From Ramen-Making Class to Horseback Riding, Airbnb Pivots to Experiences and Services
- The Case for Positive-Sum Capitalism
- Sam Altman’s OpenAI Is Mulling a Data Center in the Middle East
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Semafor
- Democrats plot a midterm comeback fueled by Republicans' Medicaid cuts
- Analysis: How the UAE sees AI
- Boomerang CEOs are corporate security blankets
- US Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case
- China’s emissions fall despite surging demand for energy: Report
- US producer prices fall as some companies absorb tariffs hit
- Can Wall Street’s subscription craze survive a recession?
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Reason
- "President Trump Has To Obey The Constitution, But So Does Chief Justice Roberts"
- "Israel Police Recently Used [AI] to Prepare Arguments for a Criminal Case, … Citing Legislation That Does Not Exist"
- The Supreme Court May Rule for Trump on Nationwide Injunctions but Probably Not on Birthright Citizenship
- Noah Smith: I Owe Libertarians an Apology
- David Hogg, Victim of Wokeness
- Seemingly Nonexistent Citation in Anthropic Expert's Declaration [UPDATE: Apparently Caused by Lawyer's Misuse of Claude to…
- Trade War Means Higher Prices, Fewer Customers for This Vermont Distillery: 'It's Just Chaos'
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Nikkei Asia
- GlobalWafers open to investing $4bn more in US to meet local demand
- Japan's Q1 GDP shrinks annualized 0.7% on weak consumption
- Australia's Lynas makes heavy rare earths breakthrough in Malaysia
- US assesses financial support for construction of Cambodia airport
- Japan's Resonac to close graphite electrode plants in China, Malaysia
- Britain is open for business
- China on track to become top nuclear power generator by 2030
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Financial News London
- Can SJP conquer Dubai?
- Trading Places: BofA banker bags Treasury role, Citi names UK private banking boss
- SJP wants 55 advisers in Dubai by year-end
- UK’s £1.4m investment summit bill, and why fund groups aren’t budging on WFH
- Wintermute opens New York office, hires ex-Ripple manager to lead policy
- Revealed: Government spent more than £1m on one day investment summit
- Brooks Macdonald hires BlackRock executive in another leadership shakeup
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- I want to keep $100K of my 401K in some brokerage high yield savings account or another option (open to suggestions)
- Regards take the win
- God bless Luigi, F ur calls
- Not your usual Looking For Ideas post. Just want your upvotes
- What’s the play tomorrow boyz?
- United Healthcare puts $260 -> $6,410
- If you could only invest in 5 companies for the rest of your life what would they be?
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PYMNTS
- Meta Delays ‘Behemoth’ AI Model; Business Impact May Be Muted
- FTX to Distribute $5 Billion to Creditors in Second Distribution
- Dick’s Sporting Goods to Acquire Foot Locker and Expand Internationally
- Report: Meta Delays Rollout of Behemoth AI Model Amid Performance Concerns
- FinTech Partnerships Look to Crack Stablecoin On- and Off-Ramp Challenges
- Coinbase Says SEC Investigating Its Past Reporting of User Metrics
- Allpay Says AI Transformation Boosts Productivity, Software Releases
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Forbes
- ‘NYT Mini’ Clues And Answers For Friday, May 16
- AI Money Moves: Hedra, Cartwheel, And Schemata Raise Cash While Google And Meta Show Their Hands
- CVS To Buy And Operate 64 Rite Aid Stores In Pacific Northwest
- AI Startup Cartwheel, Led By OpenAI And Google Veterans, Raises $10 Million To Simplify 3D Animation
- Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1427 Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday, May 16th
- Rite Aid To Sell Pharmacy Assets From More Than 1,000 Stores To CVS, Walgreens And Grocers
- The OnePlus Watch 3 Completes The OnePlus Mobile Ecosystem
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Fortune
- A brain-dead Georgia woman has been kept alive since February in order to carry a fetus to birth
- Delta drops ‘basic economy’ label in rework of fare categories
- Deere surges to record on optimism for upturn in farm economy
- Trump’s trade war has a new victim: Workers traveling for business to the U.S
- Newark chaos spreads to another airport as Denver air traffic controllers lose communications for 90 seconds
- Stocks close mixed Thursday as tariffs continue to weigh on sentiment
- As the Fed devises its new strategy, Powell sees an economy with ‘more volatile’ inflation
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Inc.
- Custom Gene Editing Could Treat Millions
- Everyone Is Rushing to Order Their Inventory From China
- Why Workers Are Saying ‘No’ to Toxic Workplaces
- April’s Retail Sales Signal a ‘Sluggish’ Economy Ahead
- Why Uber Just Unveiled Its Cheapest Ride Option to Date
- 4 Ways to Stop Fake Applicants—and Remote Employees—In This North Korean Job Scam
- Why Audible is Silencing Humans—and Giving AI a Listen
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Axios
- Baby treated with first-ever personalized gene editing treatment
- Secret Service investigating cryptic post on Trump by ex-FBI chief James Comey
- How "white genocide" claims became central to Trump's view of South Africa
- "State of the People Tour" seeks to organize Black voters into new coalition
- Trump wants two new cutting-edge fighter jets: F-22 Super and F-55
- Supreme Court wrestles with limits on Trump's executive orders
- FAA probes radio failure at Denver airport
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Vox
- Is birthright citizenship safe from Trump?
- Humans are on pace to slaughter 6 trillion animals per year by 2033
- “Dry texting,” explained
- Trump officials are trying to yank this animal’s last shot at survival
- Trump’s surprising new approach to Israel
- Are white South Africans really refugees? A historian who grew up under apartheid explains
- This life-changing piece of health tech is getting cheaper — and more advanced
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FastCompany
- Will NJ Transit go on strike? New warning as Friday midnight deadline nears
- Coinbase FAQ: What users need to know about stolen customer data and the cyberattack that could cost $400 million
- Noodles & Company closing more locations: Doomed list now up to 21 as restaurant chains trim down in 2025
- How Congress’ weakening began decades before Trump
- The 2028 Olympics plan to beat notorious Los Angeles traffic with an air taxi
- Walmart warns of higher prices due to tariffs; stock price falls in early trading
- Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying Foot Locker: Here’s everything to know about the $2.4 billion deal
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Entrepreneur
- Coinbase CEO Says Company Won't Pay Hackers' Ransom
- 'It Was Unfair': Warren Buffett Finally Reveals Why He Stepped Down as CEO
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- Being a 'Good Communicator' Isn't Enough — and It's Costing You More Than You Think
- It's Time to Break the Cycle of Cheap, Disposable Junk — Here's How Entrepreneurs Can Lead the Way
- Walmart Is Raising Prices, According to the Company's CEO. Here's When
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Politico
- Megabill teeters after hard-liners make their stand
- Lots of talk, little outward progress as House GOP closes in on megabill
- Dems move to block Middle East arms sales over Qatar plane deal
- Capitol agenda: Inside the megabill asks
- House Ag urges industry groups to back megabill farm spending
- Moderate Republicans call for fixes to energy tax credit cuts in House GOP megabill
- MTG, Lawler clash over SALT deal
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Newsweek
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Reacts to Report Trump Pushed Her Against Senate Bid
- What Does '86' Mean? White House Reacts to James Comey's Post
- Donald Trump's 'Golden Dome' Defense Project Takes Major Step
- Pentagon To Use Health Screenings to Remove Transgender Troops
- 'Liver King' Under Fire Again as Netflix Doc Reveals Steroid Scandal
- James Comey Deletes Post Depicting '8647' After Backlash Online
- Cassie Ventura Details Relationship With Kid Cudi at Diddy Trial
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NPR
- Dick's Sporting Goods is buying Foot Locker for $2.4 billion
- The streaming platform Max is getting a new name: its old name, HBO Max
- AvKare recalls over-the-counter eye drops after FDA audit
- Walmart says higher prices from tariffs coming as soon as this month
- Under attack, public media makes its case to Congress and the courts
- The Tax Collector
- Bond market nightmares
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Globe And Mail
- Gold set for worst week in six months as trade calm dents appeal
- Alberta regulator approves coal applications at Grassy Mountain
- How Carney's Liberal government can function without a tabling a budget this year
- Ontario budget boosts enforcement powers for investment industry regulator
- Canada Post workers could go on strike. Here’s what to know
- Canadian home sales flat in April as buyers remain cautious
- The new math – the Carney math – of the new government
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CBC
- Canadian Tire to take over Hudson's Bay's iconic stripes, logos
- The condo market is slowing down. Where are all the buyers?
- Tariffs hitting shoppers in Canada and U.S., with some prices set to rise at Loblaw stores, Walmart
- Enbridge sells stake in Westcoast pipeline to First Nations group
- Will the Liberals' campaign promises help fix the housing crisis?
- Union representing Air Canada's flight attendants files for conciliation as talks stall
- Ontario, Manitoba agree to boost interprovincial trade, facing U.S. tariff crunch
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Techmeme
- MoviePass secures a $100M capital investment from Global Emerging Markets to accelerate the development of Mogul, a fantasy…
- Shanghai-based Synyi AI launches a trial program in Saudi Arabia to let patients see an AI doctor for diagnoses and…
- Sources: DOJ is conducting a criminal antitrust probe into whether Live Nation and AEG illegally colluded on concert refunds…
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- Source: hackers bribed enough Coinbase customer service representatives to achieve effectively on-demand access to Coinbase…
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- Sources: Cohere, which has raised $1B+, was on pace to generate just $70M in revenue annually as of February 2025, after…
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Silicon Valley
- PG&E CEO predicts bills won’t rise in 2025 and will fall in 2027
- San Jose hotel foreclosure hints at worsening woes for Bay Area market
- 5 tips for a successful Nintendo Store San Francisco visit
- Trump says he has a ‘little problem’ with Tim Cook
- Trump’s Mideast visit opens floodgate of AI deals led by Nvidia
- Trump asks Apple to stop moving iPhone production to India
- Coinbase says bribed workers leaked data to hacker seeking $20 million in ransom
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Techcrunch
- xAI blames Grok’s obsession with white genocide on an ‘unauthorized modification’
- Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember ‘your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing
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- Viral outrage over Apple’s EU payment warnings misses key fact
- Fake fired Twitter worker ‘Rahul Ligma’ is a real engineer with an AI data startup used by Harvard
- Redpoint raises $650M three years after its last big early-stage fund
- Redpoint raises $650M 3 years after its last big early-stage fund
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The Register
- Trump says he has a problem if Apple builds iThings in India
- Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI
- DoorDash scam used fake drivers, phantom deliveries to bilk $2.59M
- NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix
- Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing
- Plan to keep advanced chips from China with tracking tech gains support in Congress
- Uncle Sam claims H-1B fraud crackdown is working as registrations drop 25%
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Silicon Republic
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- TikTok faces billions in penalty over potential DSA breach
- Version 1 to transform Ireland’s school employee payroll systems
- Non-bank lender Linked Finance raises €50m fund for Irish SMEs
- Cisco results and guidance exceed estimates, Patel promoted
- Reuters: Microsoft escapes ‘hefty’ EU fines over Office-Teams bundle
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Tech Co
- Study: Tech Leaders Are Rushing to Implement AI Agents
- Zoho Cracks US Payments Market with Zoho Payments
- US Cuts the De Minimis Tariff for Small China Packages to 54%
- Republicans Push Bill to Ban State AI Regulation for 10 Years
- Microsoft Is Laying Off 3% of Its Workforce
- US Copyright Head Fired After Report Finds That AI Breaches Standards
- DHL Announces Hundreds of Layoffs in California
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Business Journals
- How Udemy's new CEO is refocusing the San Francisco company amid shifting AI landscape
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- What Y Combinator wants more of, UC scientists get boost: Week in AI
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- Chicago-born biotech startup Pathos AI secures massive $365 million funding round
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InvestorPlace
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Wolf Street
- The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, April 2025: Single-Family & Condo Prices Drop to Multi-Year Lows, Driven by Toronto
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Mises Institute
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- How War Propaganda Has Fueled American Foreign Policy for a Century
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The Week
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PBS Newshour
- Dozens of deaths in police custody were misclassified in autopsies, Maryland officials say
- Supreme Court hears Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship and judicial constraints
- Trump wraps Mideast tour with UAE pledging new investments in U.S
- News Wrap: Walmart says it is raising prices due to tariffs
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- What’s behind the significant drop in opioid overdose deaths
- Retired Gen. McChrystal on current Pentagon leadership and his new book ‘On Character’
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Naked Capitalism
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SCMP
US lawmakers introduce bill to stop smuggling of Nvidia’s AI chips to China
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Hong Kong stocks sink, trimming week’s trade-deal gain on Alibaba earnings miss
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Euronews
- EU unlikely to get rid of all US tariffs - Commission
- Coinbase says cyber criminals stole customer data and demanded $20 million ransom
- YouTube will start playing ads at ‘peak’ video moments using new artificial intelligence tool
- Dutch competition agency launches two probes under EU Digital Market Act
- The launch of ESA's Biomass: A European leap into Earth observation | Euronews Tech Talks
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Asia Financial
- China And Russia Sign Deal to Build Power Station on Moon – LS
- Trump Tells Apple CEO ‘I Don’t Want You Building in India’
- Apple Sales in China Plunge 50%, Huawei Back on Top – Fortune
- WTO Complaint Shows India Wants a Better Tariff Deal With US
- World Now Sees China, Xi More Favourably Than US, Trump
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Japan Times
- Japan Display to cut 1,500 jobs in Japan on consecutive years of losses
- Japan’s steep bond curve divides investors, challenges economy
- IPhone supplier TDK readies batteries geared for thin AI gadgets
- Japan’s economy shrinks for the first time in a year before tariff jolt
- Mizuho anticipates record earnings in fiscal 2025 despite tariff dent
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Coindesk
- DOJ Will Still Pursue Roman Storm Case Despite Blanche Memo, Prosecutors Say
- Dave Portnoy Says Meme Coins Are 'Gambling' and Not Built to Last
- Bitcoin Holds Above $100K, Altcoins Slide as Analyst Sees Crypto Rally Into Summer
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- ‘Really Great Example’: Coinbase Praised for Hack Response Amid $400M Crisis
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The Block
- US federal judge rejects SEC and Ripple’s request for indicative ruling, further delaying resolution
- Ethereum stablecoin volume hits record $908 billion as institutions, tech giants, and Trump jump in
- BlackRock’s sBUIDL launches ‘first direct DeFi protocol integration’ with Euler on Avalanche
- Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm’s trial to proceed as DOJ drops part of one charge
- State of Wisconsin unloads over $300 million worth of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF
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- SEC investigates whether Coinbase inflated user numbers ahead of 2021 IPO: NYT
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Blockworks
- Thursday Mailbag: Dinners, memecoins and lobbyists
- Solana ticketing platform XP raises $6.2M
- Parsing the data for hints of US tariff impacts
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 15
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist militant group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin claims 200 soldiers were killed in an attack on a Burkina Faso Armed Forces military base on Sunday in Djibo, Sahel, Burkina Faso. They also claimed responsibility for another attack this week at a military post in Loroum Province that killed 60 soldiers. (Al Jazeera)
- Papua conflict
- The Indonesian military confirms that 18 Papuan separatists and three civilians were killed in yesterday's military operation in West Papua, Indonesia. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- A long-lost version of the British Magna Carta, dating to 1300 in the reign of King Edward I, is believed to have been found at Harvard University, United States. (BBC) (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- Sinking of the Bayesian
- British investigators say the cause of the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht that killed seven people, including billionaire tech magnate Mike Lynch in Italy in 2024, is from being knocked over by extreme wind and could not recover. (CTV News)
- Five people are killed and three others are injured after a van drives into the back of a truck on the national road 2 in Konotopa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. (TVN24)
- Two people are killed and 1,000 others are evacuated after wildfires spread across central Manitoba, Canada. (Euronews)
International relations
- Iran–United States relations
- 2025 US–Iran negotiations
- U.S. President Donald Trump says that the U.S. and Iran have "sort of" agreed on the terms of a deal on Iran's nuclear program, which reportedly includes Iran agreeing to give up highly enriched uranium while keeping lower-grade uranium needed for civilian nuclear power, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. (AP)
- 2025 US–Iran negotiations
- Visa policy of mainland China
- At the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry announces it will allow nationals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay to enter the country without a travel visa starting June 1. (AP)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Florida
- The U.S. state of Florida executes serial killer Glen Edward Rogers for the 1995 murder of a woman at a motel in Tampa. (The Washington Post)
- Russian media reports that police raided the publisher office of Eksmo Publishing House yesterday and arrested several of its employees, accusing them of spreading "LGBTQ+ extremism". (The Moscow Times)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Australian Greens leadership election
- Larissa Waters is elected leader of the Australian Greens, following the resignation of Adam Bandt after the party's poor performance at the 2025 Australian federal election. (ABC News)