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World Bank Encourages Developing Nations To Embrace 'Small' AI To Accelerate Economic Growth

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Investors Rotated Out of the AI Trade and Geopolitical Tensions Soared. The Nasdaq Saw Its Worst Week in Months.

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Geopolitical Tensions Keep Rising. Oil is Now Hovering Around $110 a Barrel.

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Protests In France Are Becoming Increasingly Violent. Demonstrations Have Now Spread To Other European Countries.

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French Students Have Taken To The Streets Over Learning Conditions. Thousands Have Been Detained.

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Soaring Energy Prices Keep Pushing European Inflation. It Just Now Reached A Three-Year High.

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Europe's Student Revolt Grows Beyond France. Thousands Take To The Streets In More Countries.

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Trump Maintains Defiant Message In Kentucky Midterm Rally, Makes Dubious Claims About Republican Popularity

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Trump Waives Russia Sanctions He Previously Signed Into Law. The Move Has Prompted International And Domestic Backlash.

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Anthropic Co-Founder Claims AI Could Add Trillions To U.S. GDP Within Four Years

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Geopolitical Tensions Keep Rising. Oil Is Now Hovering Around $110 A Barrel.

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Iran's Economy Is Grappling Under The U.S. Blockade. But It Still Reportedly Managed To Export Some Fuel.

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The White House Reportedly Limited Ukraine's Access To Wartime Satellites. Shares Of A European Competitor Are Soaring.

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Ukraine Launches Large-Scale Drone Attack On Russia, Defies Trump's Demands To Leave Russian Energy Alone

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Russian Oil Company is Managing to Keep Service Stations Open Following Trump's Sanctions Waiver

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Israeli Settlers Attack Foreign Media And Diplomats In West Bank. Israel Questions The Reports.

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Calls Grow In Europe For Governments To Develop Alternatives To, Or Outright Abandon, Musk-Controlled Tech

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AOC Donated $1 Million To Michigan Candidate El-Sayed's Senate Campaign, Fuelling Speculation That She Will Run In 2028

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Gen Z Is Seeking Debt Help Faster Than Any Other Generation, New Figures Show

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A Canadian State Is Set To Vote To Secede From The Country. PM Carney Is Putting The Blame Outside.

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Why This Gen Z Tech CEO Says the Future Belongs to Generation Alpha

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Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine on Why AI Could Kill the Creator Economy

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Larry Sharpe on What Replaced the American Dream: "The Empire Is Falling"

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NUBURU Obtains Majority Stake in Italy's Tekne, Expanding European Manufacturing Base and Defense Portfolio

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INmune Bio Teams with Quantum Computing Inc. to Target New Indications for XPro

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Evolution Metals & Technologies Corp. Raises Fiscal 2026 Revenue Guidance 62% at Midpoint to $10–$11 Million and Reaffirms $400–$460 Million Fiscal 2027 Outlook

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Wall Street Is Trading Near Record Highs. The Richest 1% Own More Than Half Of America's Stock Wealth.

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S&P 500 Profits Set To Surge More Than 30% In Q3 With AI Giants Dominating Growth

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SpaceX Could Borrow $40 Billion For Nvidia Chips As Musk Makes A Massive New Bet On AI. Its Stock Fell.

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Oil Prices Are Already Soaring. Their 'Real' Cost Could Be Much Higher, Analyst Says.

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Most Registered Voters Dislike Politicians Who Support Building Data Centers Near Them, Poll Shows

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Scientists Have Found An Unlikely Alternative To Gasoline. It Could Cost About $2.75 A Gallon.

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Sanctioned Oil Tankers May Get a U.S. Reprieve from Trump. But Freight Costs Might Not Feel a Difference.

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U.S. Starlink Restrictions Fuel Russian Aggression, Ukrainian Minister Says. Millions are at Risk.

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Zelenskyy Warns That Tens of Millions of Ukrainians Could Flee and Head to Europe if Kyiv Loses the War

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Bitcoin ETFs Lost $65 Million In A Day. One BlackRock Fund Accounted For Every Dollar.

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China Launches National Blockchain As Part Of Wider Plan To Accelerate Expansion Of Digital Economy

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Acupuncture Deserves a Better Explanation

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Pond Management Consolidates, the Hardest Asset to Buy Is Trust

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Puerto Rico's Tax Incentive Debate Turns to Long-Term Economic Impact

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New Survey Find U.S. CEO Confidence In Negative Territory as Inflation and Economic Fears Mount.

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Nearly 9 In 10 CEOs Expect To Hire More Workers Despite AI. But The Jobs They Need Are Changing.

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FTC Subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic as AI Safety Incidents Trigger Consumer Protection Investigation

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OpenAI Employee Allegedly Took Secret AI Device Files to Apple, Presented it to Top Executives.

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Nearly 1 in 5 Older Americans Have Medical Debt Despite Medicare Coverage, Study Shows

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Nearly Half of Americans Are Less Optimistic About Their Lives Than a Decade Ago, Poll Shows

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Vast Majority of Americans Don't Want Nidal Hasan's Execution Live Streamed. Trump Said it Won't Happen.

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Trump Keeps Clashing With Ukraine's Zelenskyy. He Now Said Putin is Easier 'To Deal With.'

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The White House Limited Ukraine's Access to a Critical Wartime Satellite System: Report

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Trump is Reportedly Considering Resuming Attacks Against Iran. Nuclear Weapons and Ground Troops Wouldn't Feature.

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Most U.S. Voters Want 'Total Upheaval' In The Way The Country is Run, Poll Shows

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AI Safety Advocates Are Spending Tens of Millions To Get Lawmakers to Take Regulation Seriously

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Elon Musk Becomes Biggest 2026 Midterm Donor: $276 Million Have Gone to Republican Groups.

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Trump Announced a Diesel Deal With Russia. Four GOP Senators Sent a Letter Decrying It.

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OpenAI Faces Lawsuits From Multiple States Over Claims ChatGPT Harms Children and Deceives Adults.

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Bill Gates Wants to Take a Bigger Role In AI Safety. His Push Could Put Him At Odds With Trump.

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U.S. Is Falling Behind In Space Warfare, Top General Warns

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