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🇫🇷 France voted to explicitly enshrine access to abortion in its Constitution, making it the first country in the world to do so. The impulse for the change was the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022. “We are sending the message to all…

🇮🇳 India has waded into global AI debate by issuing an advisory that requires “significant” tech firms to get government permission before launching new models. India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT issued the advisory to firms on Friday. The advisory — not published on public domain but a copy of which…

🇺🇲 The Supreme Court restored former President Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the Republican accountable for the Capitol riot. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

🇺🇦 Even as he promises international partners that Ukraine will handle the fighting if given needed weapons and other support, President Volodymyr Zelensky and his top military commanders have failed so far to come up with a clear plan to conscript or recruit many thousands of new soldiers critically needed to…

🇰🇵🇰🇷 North Korea's hacking groups have broken into at least two South Korean manufacturers of chipmaking equipment, as the country looks to evade sanctions and turn out its own semiconductors for weapons programs, South Korea's spy agency said #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

💸 The $26.5tn US Treasury market is the biggest and most liquid in the world and Treasury securities are held by investors and central banks across the globe. The market is the mechanism by which the Federal Reserve executes monetary policy and through which the US government borrows. Yields on…

Elon Musk filed suit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging they have breached the AI startup’s founding agreement by putting profit ahead of benefiting humanity. The 52-year-old billionaire, who helped fund OpenAI in its early days, said the company’s close relationship with Microsoft has undermined…

🇮🇱 Global condemnation flows after Israeli forces in war-torn Gaza opened fire as Palestinian civilians scrambled for food aid in a chaotic melee that the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said killed more than 100 people. The Israeli military said a "stampede" occurred when thousands of

Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira will plead guilty to leaking of classified military information in a case from last year that was considered one of the most serious U.S. national security breaches in recent years, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston said #Nostr

🚨 BITCOIN SPIKE CRASHED COINBASE 🚨 As BTC hit its daily high, Coinbase and other exchanges crashed under unprecedented demand. For a few intense hours, some users saw $0 balances even though their crypto was safely tucked away. Brian Armstrong jumped on X to reassure the panicking masses: "Apps are back

🎦 The $4 billion surveillance startup has been selling law enforcement clients on the promise of dramatic reductions in crime. But it’s not clear that the company lives up to its own hype. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

🇪🇺 The European Central Bank is unlikely to discuss cutting interest rates seriously before June, Governing Council member Robert Holzmann told us in an interview. Full story: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West of the risk of nuclear war if they send their own troops to fight for Ukraine, saying Moscow had the weapons to strike Western targets. In his annual state of the nation address to Russia’s elite on Thursday, Putin said claims that…

🇯🇵 Fumio Kishida became the first sitting Japanese prime minister to appear before a parliamentary ethics committee, as he sought to draw a line under a funding scandal that has hurt his popularity and may delay next year's budget #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

The Gaza war's Palestinian death toll has passed 30,000, the Hamas-ruled territory's health ministry says, in the conflict sparked by the October 7 attack on Israel. While mediators say a truce deal between Israel and Hamas could be just days away, aid agencies have

🇺🇸 President Joe Biden and Donald Trump will pay dueling visits to the US-Mexico border as they try to win over voters on one of the most divisive issues of November's presidential election. The showdown in Texas comes as record numbers of migrant crossings into the United States

🎮 Rockstar Games is asking employees to return to the office five days a week beginning in April. The video-game maker is entering the final stages of development on its next game, the hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI. In an email to staff reviewed by Bloomberg, Rockstar Head of…

For young people, particularly young men, one 24-year-old's attempt to use sports betting to pay his $50,000 student-loan debt touched on two prevalent forces in their lives: the spreading legality and popularity of online wagering and their hefty loans. With the resumption of student-