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Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.President Emmanuel Macron said he would not appoint a new government until after the Olympics, to avoid causing “disruption” at a time when France is hosting the world’s most-watched sporting event. Macron called for what he called an “Olympic political truce”, referring to the historical tradition of suspending hostilities during the Olympics, and said it was important that the current caretaker government and ministers stay in office because they had worked hard to plan the games. “We cannot change the situation until mid-August…
INDORE: Geeta, a speech and hearing impaired woman who garnered national attention when she returned to India from Pakistan in 2015, is seeking a civil service job after clearing her Class 8 first class examination.Geeta, 33, secured special distinction in social science and Sanskrit with 411 marks out of 600 in the class eight examinations conducted by the Madhya Pradesh State Board of Open School Education, officials said on Wednesday.Anand Service Society, an Indore-based non-governmental organisation, is trying to help Geeta, who has returned from the neighbouring country, reintegrate into mainstream society.”Geeta is extremely excited about her exam results and…
Journalist Javier Cabral wanted to test Google’s much-touted experimental artificial intelligence-powered search results, so he typed in a question about a topic he knows a lot about: coffee from Long Beach bakery Gusto Bread.In less than a second, Google’s AI summarized the bakery in a few sentences and bullet points. But Cabral said the summary was not original and appeared to have been taken from an article he wrote last year for LA Taco, a local food, community and culture publication where he is editor-in-chief. For the previous article, he spent at least five days writing a profile on the…
This is the gist of today’s Morning Briefing. sign up Get the following in your inbox every morning:Tesla (TSLA) and Alphabet (GOOGL) reported mixed results among Big Tech companies on Tuesday, with both stocks falling in premarket trading on Wednesday.But despite concerns about the concentration of huge profits in the hands of a few powerful people, stock bulls have two reasons to celebrate as earnings season gets underway.First, the market completed a strong rotation, shifting profits from the seven largest U.S. stocks — Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), Nvidia (NVDA), Tesla, and Alphabet — to smaller caps…
Image. AFP fileMore than 2.7 million Singaporeans can check their names on the voters’ roll from Tuesday, ahead of a general election this year called by new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.The revised list was approved on Sunday and will be made available to the public from Tuesday, Channel News Asia reported, citing the Electoral Department (ELD).Wong, who took office on May 15, had instructed the ELD to revise the voters’ register and complete the revision by July 31.Singapore’s last general election was held on July 10, 2020, and the next one is scheduled to be held by November 2025.But political…
Anais Lopez, a 26-year-old California voter, Vote As she faces her third presidential election, she has some misgivings. “Young Latinos feel like their voices aren’t being heard,” she said. Lopez said he and other young Latinos aren’t very enthusiastic about voting in this election. electionShe said she feels overlooked by campaigns despite efforts by both Republican and Democratic groups to step up their outreach to Latinos during recent election cycles. Lopez is one of about 12 million Latinos under the age of 30 who will be eligible to vote in November. Click here to see related media. Click to enlarge…
Here are three tech stocks that should definitely be on your buy list. In just 50 years or so, technology has advanced exponentially, evolving from the large mainframe computers of the 1970s to the internet-connected smartphones of the 2020s. Fortunately, these advancements still have a long way to go. Artificial intelligence (AI), digitalization, and cloud computing represent the future of how we work and communicate, and businesses are jumping on these long-term trends. Investors looking for investment ideas should turn to the technology sector, where many solid growth stocks can be found. A wide range of businesses are benefiting from…
U.S. midfielder Rose Lavelle, right, controls the ball ahead of Portugal’s Dolores Silva during a group game at the Women’s World Cup in August 2023. The U.S. women’s soccer team opens its Olympic group game against Zambia on Thursday. (Andrew Cornaga/The Associated Press)Live broadcast unless otherwise noted (subject to change). All events are streamed live. peacock or NBCOlympics.com With streaming or cable login.All times are Pacific Standard Time.handballWomen’s Team CompetitionLate Night — Slovenia vs. Denmark | USA2am — Netherlands vs Angola | USA10am — Hungary vs France | USANoon — Norway vs Sweden | USARugby SevensMen’s Pool1:30am — Fiji vs.…
The richest man in the world warns that the United States is on the verge of bankruptcy. Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared an image on social media platform X showing the US dollar transforming into the Zimbabwean dollar, a currency that has experienced a steep decline in value due to excessive printing of money. Before the currency collapsed in 2009, the country’s central bank printed $100 trillion worth of paper money and the price of a loaf of bread reached $300 billion. Musk says. One may ask, “How far has the dollar’s value been destroyed?” Source: Elon Musk/X Elon Musk…
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A plane crashed Wednesday shortly after taking off from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and injuring the pilot, who was the sole survivor.Police official Basanta Rajauri said authorities had recovered all 18 bodies. The pilot suffered injuries to his eye but his life was not in danger, said a doctor at Kathmandu Medical College Hospital where he was being treated, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.According to a press statement issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the domestic Saurya Airlines plane, bound for the…