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🇺🇲 A New York judge is expected to issue a ruling that could shatter Donald Trump's business empire and force him to pay up to $370 million over fraud allegations. Trump is accused of unlawfully inflating his wealth and manipulating the value of his properties to obtain more favorable

🚨 BREAKING: Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence said #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

OpenAI unveiled Sora, a GenAI model that creates video from text. Given a brief — or detailed — description or a still image, Sora can generate 1080p movie-like scenes with multiple characters, different types of motion and background details, OpenAI claims. Read all about Sora here: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Around 70 countries estimated to cover nearly half the world’s population are set to hold national elections this year. While AI makers and social-media platforms often have policies against using AI in deceptive ways or misleading people about how to vote, how well those companies will enforce those…

🇵🇸 The Biden administration and a small group of Middle East partners are rushing to complete a detailed, comprehensive plan for long-term peace between Israel and Palestinians, including a firm timeline for the establishment of a Palestinian state, that could be announced as early as the next several weeks. The…

🇮🇱 Israel's vow to push ahead with a "powerful" operation in Gaza's Rafah was met with a growing chorus of international condemnation on Thursday, with leaders warning against catastrophic consequences for the 1.5 million Palestinians trapped there. Australia, Canada and New Zealand warned Israel

🇺🇦 Ukraine has sent more soldiers to the embattled eastern town of Avdiivka, an army unit said on Thursday, describing the situation there as "extremely critical". Russian forces have been storming the industrial hub in the eastern Donetsk region since last year and have it surrounded by three sides.

🇯🇵 Japan lost its spot as the world's third-largest economy to Germany after the Asian nation unexpectedly slipped into recession. The economy shrank in the second quarter on anemic domestic demand, prompting some central bank watchers to push back bets on when Japan's negative interest rate

🇱🇧 BEIRUT — Israel on Wednesday launched its longest and heaviest attack in years on neighboring Lebanon since the start of the Gaza war, striking several locations in the south, killing at least one Hezbollah fighter and three civilians, and raising further the specter of war between the two long-standing enemies.

🪪👨‍💻 Instead of posing for a photo and setting up passwords, in the future, a new employee might spend a few minutes supplying biometric information. Face scanned, gait analyzed, spoken phrase recorded and voilà: Your body becomes your security key. The technology could do away with the hassle of forgotten badges…

Lyft CEO David Risher’s response to a clerical error that unintentionally inflated the company’s earnings outlook on Tuesday and sent shares soaring: “My bad.”⁣ ⁣ “First of all, it’s on me,” Risher said in an interview with @BloombergTV, taking the blame for a typo in a company press…

Democrat Tom Suozzi won a hotly contested special election for Congress on Tuesday, the Associated Press projected, retaking a seat in suburban New York and offering his party some reassurance amid high anxiety about President Biden’s political vulnerabilities. Read more: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Uber has unveiled an inaugural $7bn share buyback programme, days after reporting its first full year of operating profit, making it the latest Silicon Valley company to step up its returns to shareholders. The move comes after Facebook parent Meta announced its debut dividend this month, triggering a record leap…

🇺🇦 Ukraine's new army chief said the situation on the front line was "extremely difficult" as delays to much-needed US military aid cast a shadow over how long Kyiv's troops can hold out. "The Russian occupiers continue to increase their efforts and have

🇮🇩 BREAKING: Ex-general Prabowo Subianto is set to win Indonesia's presidency and lead the trillion-dollar economy for the next five years, according to unofficial counts. Follow our free-to-read live blog for the latest: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

US stocks dropped and Treasury yields jumped on data that showed US inflation easing less than expected, as investors scaled back bets that the Federal Reserve will begin cutting interest rates as soon as May. The S&P 500 index of blue-chip US stocks closed down 1.4%

🇵🇰 Former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was nominated as Pakistan’s next premier after a rival group pledged support, ending a deadlock in the formation of a government following national elections last week that delivered a split mandate.⁣ ⁣ Nawaz Sharif, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League-N party, nominated his younger…

A Y Combinator-backed startup called Cambio is bringing AI to the banking world in a surprising way: it’s putting AI bots on the phone with companies and consumers. The startup began by offering an AI-powered service that negotiated debt collections on behalf of consumers. Now, Cambio is…

🇷🇺 Russia is spending around one-third of its budget on defense, but is burning through arms, ammunition and troops at an unsustainable pace, said a report published today. The Kremlin will be able to sustain its war effort in Ukraine for "two to three more years," said International