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Shabana Mahmood says the government accepts the "fundamental failures" identified by an inquiry.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is joining Gulf lenders to help arrange about $7 billion of debt financing for a Qatari firm’s projects in Syria, marking one of the biggest foreign commitments to the country’s reconstruction since dictator Bashar al-Assad was ousted by rebel forces.
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Man once called ‘godfather’ of Calais migrant camps lives in Leicestershire and is said to be trying to claim asylumA convicted people smuggler who has reportedly been found living in Britain should be arrested and deported, the Conservatives have said.The man, once labelled “the godfather” of the Calais migrant camps, was tracked down by the BBC to Leicestershire, where he reportedly changed his name from Twana Jamal and was working illegally while attempting to claim asylum. Continue reading..
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Technology stocks fall ahead of the US June payrolls report. The yen strengthens sharply against the dollar as traders stay alert for a potential intervention from the Japanese government. Apple is said to have appealed to the Trump administration in an effort to buy Chinese-made memory chips from firms on Pentagon's blacklist. OpenAI is reportedly having discussions about giving the US government a 5% stake in the company. Veronica Clark of Citi looks ahead to the June jobs report. (Source: Blo
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The frequent swings in the market’s biggest drivers come as traders react to any sign that a near-parabolic rally in chipmakers, the biggest beneficiaries of the vast outlays on AI infrastructure, has run too far. In the latest instance, Meta’s plan to sell computing power raised questions about a glut of capacity.
Traders will also focus on the US jobs report at the end of a holiday-shortened week. The data will offer fresh clues on the path for interest rates after comments Wednesday by Fede
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Ars Technica
Google tries balancing AI data center emissions with clean energy efforts.
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MarketWatch
Strategists at Goldman Sachs said the three key catalysts for the Russell 2000’s recent outperformance were the artificial-intelligence industry, a strong economic backdrop and a boost in biotechnology stocks.
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Saudi Arabia is exporting the most crude from inside the Persian Gulf since the the Iran war blocked the Strait of Hormuz, as producers across the region boost shipments following an interim peace deal between Washington and Tehran.
WSJ World News
Authorities pointed to personal, not political, motivations after the 66-year-old flew his light aircraft into the Chinese capital’s tallest building.
Financial Times
Ruling coalition overcomes divisions to agree longer Sunday opening hours and tighter sick-leave rules
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The French animator, director and voice of those lurid yellow assistants to the despicable answers your questionsCould we please have a Minions/Backrooms mashup movie? TaffRaffiaI don’t know if it would work because it would be yellow against yellow. All you’d see would be eyes and even they would be hard to see. It would just be voices coming out of yellow.Will there be a gritty “old man Minion” type story to round the franchise off? BatteredRingpieceMinions don’t age. I sometimes draw them lik