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Nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka blamed on a monkey

A monkey has been blamed for causing a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka.

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Germany’s Scholz, Merz, clash over far-right AfD in election debate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support from the far-right AfD to push an anti-immigration motion through parliament. In their first direct TV debate ahead of the

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Leaders at the Paris AI Summit Must Set Global Standards or Risk a Destructive Race

Today, world leaders from over 90 countries will gather in Paris to discuss artificial intelligence policy. We need leaders to seize this unique opportunity to set common AI risk management rules, or risk a dangerous race to the bottom. Indeed,

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World and tech leaders grapple with AI challenges at Paris summit

by Tom BARFIELD and Daxia ROJAS Political and tech industry leaders descended on Paris Monday for a two-day summit on artificial intelligence, hoping to find common ground on the revolutionary technology set to remake business and society across the world.

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Ecuador’s dueling presidential hopefuls

by Paola LOPEZ Ecuador’s closer-than-expected presidential election is likely headed for an April runoff between two very different candidates who have faced each other three times already. Incumbent president Daniel Noboa and leftist Luisa Gonzalez both hail from the country’s

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Democrats Need Judges to Rein In Trump. There’s No Plan B.

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Judges are starting to restrain Donald Trump and Elon Musk, doing the work the legislative branch and

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Trump Says Minting U.S. Pennies Is ‘Wasteful.’ Does Making Cents Really Make No Sense?

President Donald Trump doesn’t ever need a penny to offer his thoughts, and on Sunday during the Super Bowl, he shared his on the penny. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more

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The country that could benefit most from Trump’s tariffs

On the day China’s retaliatory tariffs on the US were due to take effect, the world has been blind sided by Donald Trump’s latest bombshell – a blanket 25% tariff on steel and aluminium exports to the US.

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Trump to Impose 25% Steel and Aluminum Tariffs in Latest Trade Escalation

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later in the week.

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Trump 2.0 Heralds an Aggressive Flexing of Power

President Trump’s early moves to slash the federal government and expand American territory represent significant ideological swings from his first term.

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