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Can the Conservative government’s budget win over British voters? | Business and Economy

Britain is cutting taxes for workers again ahead of elections. Britain slipped into recession late last year, and many people and businesses are struggling with a high cost of living. The Conservative Party is battling for its electoral future against a bleak economic backdrop.Britain’s spring budget of 2024 was seen as a chance for Chancellor […]

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Sea turtle meat leaves 9 dead, 78 hospitalized after eating on Pemba Island

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Nine people including 8 children are dead and at least 78 others have been hospitalized after eating sea turtle meat on an East African island, multiple media outlets are reporting. According to the National Institutes of Health website, eating marine turtles can cause chelonitoxism, a rare and potentially deadly type of food poisoning. The deaths

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Uneasy quiet in Haiti capital after prime minister pledges to step down | In Pictures News

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Uncertainty hangs over Haiti as it waits for a new government following the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The move has been welcomed by Haitians, who are exhausted from months of escalating gang violence. But while the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince appeared largely calm on Tuesday, the security situation is still far from

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Three killed, 38 injured in Russian attack on Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih

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Ten children are among those injured in the missile attack on apartment buildings as rescue teams search for survivors. A Russian missile has hit two apartment buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killing three people and injuring at least 38, with rescue teams sifting through rubble in a night-time search for survivors.

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World watches as China sets out priorities for 2024 | Business and Economy

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National People’s Congress discusses future of nation amid increasingly turbulent geopolitics. China’s plans for the coming year have been set out at its National People’s Congress. The country is aiming for the same modest economic growth as it did last year, but its economy is facing several challenges, and geopolitical tensions are rising. That makes

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Google bans AI chatbot Gemini from answering election questions: ‘Try Google Search’

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Google is restricting AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions about the global elections set to happen this year, the Alphabet-owned firm said Tuesday, as it looks to avoid potential missteps in the deployment of the technology. The update comes at a time when advancements in generative AI, including image and video generation, have fanned concerns of

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Romania’s president launches bid for NATO top job against Mark Rutte – POLITICO

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“Russia will remain the most significant and direct threat to the Alliance for the foreseeable future,” he wrote. Iohannis would be the first NATO chief from a country that was once in the Soviet bloc, but he faces an uphill struggle to edge out Rutte. The U.S., Britain, France and Germany — the four biggest

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Ukrainian drones and missiles strike Russian oil refineries

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Ukraine continues to target Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure. Ukraine has launched a barrage of drone and missile strikes against Russia, igniting two oil refineries. The overnight attacks, some of which reached deep into Russian territory, hit refineries in towns hundreds of miles apart in the Nizhny Novgorod and Oryol regions. No casualties were reported,

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Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapse – BBC.com

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Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapse BBC.com Haiti’s leader resigns as gangs run rampant through country engulfed in crisis CNN Haiti’s prime minister says he’ll resign once a transitional council is created NPR Haitian PM tenders resignation after Jamaica talks Reuters Canada Haiti PM Ariel Henry says he will resign, and appeals for peaceful

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3 in 4 US teens say they are happy or peaceful without their smartphone

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Survey by the Pew Research Centre comes amid growing push to regulate children’s access to digital platforms. Nearly three out of four teenagers in the United States say they feel happy or peaceful when they do not have their smartphone with them, a survey has found, underscoring concerns about the effects of digital media on

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