Winds of more than 118 mph slammed the northern tip of France’s Atlantic coast, uprooting trees and blowing out windows, while thousands were without power in the U.K.
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House approves $14.5 billion in assistance for Israel, but Biden vows to veto Republican spending cuts
Speaker Mike Johnson’s package required that the emergency aid be offset with cuts in government spending elsewhere, turning what would typically be a bipartisan vote into one dividing Democrats and Republicans.
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Wall Street leaps toward its best week of 2023 amid hopes of an end to rate hikes
The S&P 500 leaped 1.9% for its fourth straight winning day. It’s already up 4.9% this week and on pace for its best week in nearly a year.
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Eric Trump testifies he wasn’t aware of dad’s financial statements, but emails show he was involved
Eric Trump followed brother Donald Trump Jr. in testifying Thursday at the family’s New York civil fraud trial, a prelude to their father’s scheduled testimony Monday.
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AI summit agreements tip the balance of fight against digital threats in favor of humanity, U.K. prime minister says
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hailed the gathering’s achievements, including a ‘Bletchley Declaration’ committing nations to tackle the biggest threats from artificial intelligence.
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FTX founder Sam-Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding cryptocurrency customers
After the monthlong trial, jurors rejected Bankman-Fried’s claim during 4 days on the witness stand in federal court he never committed fraud or meant to cheat customers before FTX.
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Putin signs a bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty
There are widespread concerns that Russia may resume nuclear tests to try to discourage the West from continuing to offer military support to Ukraine.
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Biden says 74 U.S. dual nationals have left Gaza Strip as he dispatches Blinken to Mideast
Blinken will be introducing a new element to the U.S. list of priorities: the need for Israel and its neighbors to begin to consider what a post-conflict Gaza will look like, who will govern it, how it can be made secure and how to establish an independent Palestinian state.
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FTC: Amazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites
The new excerpts, unveiled Thursday, alleged company executives intentionally deleted communication by using a feature on the popular app Signal that makes messages disappear.
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UAW members at first Ford plant to strike overwhelmingly approve new contract
Members of Local 900 at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, voted 81% in favor of the deal, according to Facebook postings by local members.