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Intel is planning a $100 billion spending spree across four US states to build and expand factories after securing $19.5 billion in federal grants and loans - and it hopes to secure another $25 billion in tax breaks #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

As fire engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris five years ago, the whole medieval landmark threatened to collapse. Today the nearly reconstructed monument is a symbol of hope and rebirth. A unique AP timelapse shows the scaffolding peeling away, revealing its glistening new spire. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

The Supreme Court temporarily allowed a Texas law to go into effect that makes it a crime for migrants to enter the state without authorization. The law was challenged by the Biden administration as an affront to federal power. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Germany is sending a further €500 million in military aid to Ukraine — including thousands of rounds of ammunition, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. Details here: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China in May for talks with Xi Jinping, in what could be the Kremlin chief's first overseas trip of his new presidential term, according to five sources familiar with the matter #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Hong Kong passes second national security law, widening crackdown powers and aligning city more closely with mainland China #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Japan's central bank pulls the plug on its ultra-aggressive monetary stimulus programme, hiking rates for the first time in 17 years. The Bank of Japan's outlier policy of negative rates and massive asset purchases was aimed at jump-starting economic growth and price rises after

Israel and Hamas are locked in Gaza truce talks with goals that seem impossible to reconcile: Israeli negotiators are seeking not only the release of dozens of hostages taken on Oct. 7 but also the freedom to resume a military campaign to crush Hamas once and for all after any…

Outside Democratic-leaning groups have pledged more than $1 billion to help President Joe Biden’s reelection, giving the incumbent a major fundraising boost as the general election heats up. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Armenia must hand over four frontier villages to Azerbaijan and return to its Soviet-era borders as part of a push for peace, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said, warning the alternative is another round of bloody fighting between the two South Caucasus nations. Full story: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press…

The EU has signed off on a security deal with the United States that will allow it to pay Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch its satellites. Read the full story: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

The president of Serbia on Monday batted away any suggestion that he might have intentionally tried to steer a valuable real estate project in Serbia’s capital to Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, in an effort to influence Trump should he return to the White House. The…

🎨🖼️ In the pre-dawn hours of March 18, 1990, following a festive St. Patrick’s Day in Boston, two men dressed as police officers walked into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and walked off with an estimated $500 million in art treasures. Despite efforts by the local police, federal agents,

More than a million people in the Gaza Strip are experiencing famine-like conditions, according to new estimates by food-insecurity experts who found evidence of widespread starvation and a sharp increase in child mortality in the war-ravaged enclave. Read more: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

🇷🇺 The Kremlin on Monday brushed aside condemnation of the Russian presidential election as neither free nor fair and rejected allegations of pervasive electoral fraud as the country’s Central Election Commission claimed record-high turnout and said that Vladimir Putin easily secured a new six-year term. Read more: #Nostr…

🍏 Apple is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, sources say, setting the stage for a blockbuster agreement that would shake up the AI industry. The two companies are in active negotiations to let Apple license Gemini, Google’s set of generative AI models,

4️⃣ The Michelin Guide unveils its annual list of the best French restaurants on Monday, with its boss praising the cultural dynamism of a new generation of chefs. 🇫🇷 After a long period of resting on the laurels of its gastronomic reputation, France has seen a flourishing of new establishments in…

Reddit's initial public offering is currently between four and five times oversubscribed, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, making it more likely the social media platform will attain the $6.5 billion valuation it seeks #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

🚀 Interlune, a daring startup, is shooting for the moon with an out-of-this-world plan to mine lunar resources and bring them back to Earth! 🌎 Their initial target? Helium-3 #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, meaning he will become the first Black leader of the semi-autonomous government in Wales. “Today, we turn a page in the book of our nation’s history …. not just because I have the honor of becoming the first…