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Technology
Elon Musk is once again richer than Mark Zuckerberg as fortunes reverse
Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune plunged US$18bil as shares of Meta Platforms Inc tumbled, allowing Tesla Inc’s Elon Musk to cement his status as the world’s third-richest billionaire.
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Gadgets
GPS bracelet places 18-year-old at the scene of 11 different break-ins, US cops say
An 18-year-old is facing 31 charges after his GPS bracelet connected him to two St. Louis burglary sprees, Missouriauthorities said.
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World
Ukraine court orders agriculture minister to be taken into custody
KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian court ordered Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky to be taken into custody on Friday to face allegations of his alleged involvement in an illegal acquisition of state-owned land worth about $7 million.
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Internet
Cat hides in Amazon return package – then ends up in California 700 miles from home
A cat went missing after hiding in an Amazon return package. Then her Utah owner got a call – from hundreds of miles away – that “changed everything”.
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Mobile apps
ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say
TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the U.S., four sources said.
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Mobile apps
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy deleted chats amid FTC antitrust probe
Top Amazon.com Inc executives including founder Jeff Bezos and chief executive officer Andy Jassy destroyed text messages discussing business, the Federal Trade Commission alleged, erasing evidence the agency could have used in its antitrust case against the retail giant.
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World
Mexican lawmakers approve new pension fund backed by president
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's Senate approved the creation of a new pension fund on Thursday aimed at boosting payouts to the lowest-earning recipients.
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World
Kiribati parliament votes to remove Australian-born high court judge
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Kiribati's parliament has voted to remove Australian-born High Court Judge David Lambourne, who said on Friday the move was politically motivated and an attack on the independence of the Pacific Island nation's judiciary.
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World
Musk's X says posts of Australia bishop stabbing don't promote violence
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Elon Musk's social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon as "part of public discussion", rejecting a regulator's order to take down the content on grounds it is offensive and violent.
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AI
Athletic director used AI to frame principal with racist remarks in fake audio clip, US police say
A high school athletic director in Maryland has been accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and antisemitic comments, authorities said Thursday.
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World
India election sees turnout fall in second phase as Modi and Gandhi trade barbs
BENGALURU/MATHURA, India (Reuters) - India held the second phase of the world's biggest election on Friday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rivals hurling accusations of religious discrimination and threats to democracy amid flagging voter turnout.
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Internet
US reinstates open Internet rules rescinded under Trump
The US Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to reinstate tougher rules to guarantee open access to the Internet, reversing a decision made during the Trump administration.
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World
13 dead in central Senegal road accident
DAKAR, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen people were killed and around 40 others were injured in a traffic accident in central Senegal Thursday evening, local media reported.
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World
Indigenous people protest Brazil not protecting ancestral lands
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Several thousand Indigenous demonstrators marched chanting to drum beats on Thursday to the seat of power in Brazil's capital to protest against the government's failure to protect their ancestral lands.
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World
Canada launches U.S. dollar global bond to bolster foreign reserves
OTTAWA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian Finance Ministry announced Thursday it has launched a five-year U.S. dollar global bond to bolster the country's foreign reserves.
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World
Algeria hosts 23rd "Chinese Bridge" language competition for university students
ALGIERS, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The final round of the 23rd "Chinese Bridge" language competition for university students in Algeria was held on Thursday at Algiers 2 University.
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World
Trump's three US Supreme Court appointees thrash out immunity claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately rules on Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, a third of those deciding the matter will be justices he appointed to their lifetime posts.
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World
Alphabet reports revenues, net income jump in first quarter
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, on Thursday reported its first-quarter revenue at 80.54 billion U.S. dollars, up 15 percent from the same period last year.
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World
Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. increases: EIA
HOUSTON, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 2,425 billion cubic feet in the week ending April 19, a net increase of 92 billion cubic feet from the previous week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday.
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World
Intel reports revenue increase in first quarter
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Intel Corporation on Thursday reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, with a revenue of 12.7 billion U.S. dollars, up 9 percent year on year.