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Associated Press
Croatian officials welcome the arrival of Rafale fighter jets purchased from France
The first six of a dozen Rafale multipurpose fighter jets purchased by Croatia from France landed at an air force base near Zagreb on Thursday with a welcome ceremony attended by top officials. The deal, signed in 2021 with French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation, was said to be worth over a billion euros.
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Reuters
EU court adviser backs data privacy activist Schrems in Meta fight
Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems on Thursday received backing from an adviser to Europe's top court in his fight against Meta Platforms over personalised advertising based on processing of personal data. The adviser's opinion is non-binding, but judges at the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), follow the majority of such recommendations. Schrems, who has repeatedly sued Meta for alleged breaches of the EU's privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), took his grievance to an Austrian court, saying he regularly received advertisements directed at homosexuals.
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Associated Press
Union Pacific's first-quarter profit creeps up 1% as railroad limits expenses
Union Pacific's first-quarter profit crept 1% higher as the railroad tightened up on expenses — particularly its fuel bill — even though it delivered slightly less freight. Shipping volume was down 1% in the quarter. "These results build on the momentum we established as we exited 2023 and provide further proof of what's possible as we strive to be the best in safety, service and operational excellence,” CEO Jim Vena said.
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USA TODAY
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Reuters
Analysis-New ASML boss Fouquet must navigate US/China chip war
ASML's new boss Christophe Fouquet faces a tricky balancing act in helping to steer Europe's biggest tech company through the US/China "chip war", while maintaining the group's lead over rivals and managing the current AI boom. Fouquet, whose appointment as CEO was approved at the semiconductor equipment maker's annual meeting on Wednesday, inherits a company that is profitable and dominant in its field, but potential pitfalls abound. Export restrictions imposed by the United States and the Netherlands mean the upper half of ASML's product range cannot be sold in China, one of its biggest markets.
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NBC News
Venice launches world first tourist entrance fee in bid to fight overcrowding
Visitors to Venice will have to pay for an entry fee after the Italian city became the first in the world to introduce a charging system for tourists.
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Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: US futures tumble after Meta's reality check, soft GDP print
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USA TODAY
Supreme Court immunity case: Live updates of oral arguments in Trump's fight for immunity
Lawyers for former president Donald Trump argue to the Supreme Court that he can't be criminally charged for any action he took while in office.
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The Conversation
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The Conversation
Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then
Abortions happened in Arizona, despite a near-complete abortion ban enacted in 1864. But people also faced penalties for them, including a female doctor who went to prison.
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Associated Press
US applications for jobless claims fall to lowest level in 9 weeks
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite higher interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve in its bid to curb inflation. The Labor Department reported Thursday that unemployment claims for the week ending April 20 fell by 5,000 to 207,000 from 212,000 the previous week. Weekly unemployment claims are considered a proxy for the number of U.S. layoffs in a given week and a sign of where the job market is headed.
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The Conversation
The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system
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The Conversation
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
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The Conversation
The costs of workplace violence are too high to ignore
Conservatively speaking, workplace violence costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
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The Conversation
The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
It’s not easy to collect rocks on a budget when the rocks are 140 million miles away.
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The Conversation
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
Tau neutrinos are notoriously difficult to spot in detectors like IceCube. But researchers have managed to isolate 7 candidates.
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The Conversation
Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems
TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans.
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Yahoo Finance
GDP: US economy grows at 1.6% annual pace in first quarter, falling short of estimates
The reading of first quarter economic growth comes at a crucial time as investors digest the potential impacts of the Fed holding interest rates higher for longer.
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CNN
Blades fall off Moulin Rouge windmill in Paris
The blades of the windmill atop the famous Parisian dancehall the Moulin Rouge fell off overnight, damaging the facade of the building, it was reported Thursday.
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CNN
What we know about the protests erupting on college campuses across America
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Markets: Stocks close near session highs - YF Premium is bullish on Autozone (AZO)

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Croatian officials welcome the arrival of Rafale fighter jets purchased from France

EU court adviser backs data privacy activist Schrems in Meta fight

Union Pacific's first-quarter profit creeps up 1% as railroad limits expenses

Weight loss drugs like Wegovy have taken the country by storm. But who can afford them?

Analysis-New ASML boss Fouquet must navigate US/China chip war

Venice launches world first tourist entrance fee in bid to fight overcrowding

Stock market today: US futures tumble after Meta's reality check, soft GDP print

Supreme Court immunity case: Live updates of oral arguments in Trump's fight for immunity

Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it

Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then

US applications for jobless claims fall to lowest level in 9 weeks

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

The costs of workplace violence are too high to ignore

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems

GDP: US economy grows at 1.6% annual pace in first quarter, falling short of estimates

Blades fall off Moulin Rouge windmill in Paris

What we know about the protests erupting on college campuses across America