Tesla shares soar 14% as Trump win is seen boosting Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company
NEW YORK — Shares of Tesla soared Wednesday as investors bet that the electric vehicle maker and its CEO Elon Musk will benefit from Donald Trump’s return to the White…
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Lebanon files complaint against Israel at UN over deadly pager explosions
GENEVA — A Lebanese government minister said Wednesday his country was filing a complaint against Israel at the U.N.’s labor organization over the string of deadly attacks involving exploding pagers,…
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South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including…
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You may have blocked someone on X but now they can see your public posts anyway
Elon Musk’s X has been modified so that accounts you’ve blocked on the social media platform can still see your public posts. X updated its Help Center page over the…
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In Cyprus, officials from Algeria to Iraq train to keep WMD from crossing their borders
LARNACA, Cyprus — From as far as Algeria, Iraq and Georgia, an assortment of senior government officials converge on this small facility for training by top U.S. experts to prevent…
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China space station crew returns to Earth after 6 months in space
BEIJING — Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Monday after a six-month stay on China’s Tiangong space station. A parachute slowed their capsule’s nighttime descent to a remote landing…
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Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again
TOKYO — A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it had survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that…
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Volcanic eruption burns houses in Indonesia, killing at least 9 people
MAUMERE, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least nine people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores. Authorities…
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Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says
RENO, Nev. — Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered desert wildflower to…
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Nvidia replaces Intel on the Dow index in AI-driven shift for semiconductor industry
Nvidia is replacing Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending a 25-year-run for a pioneering semiconductor company that has fallen behind as Nvidia cornered the market for chips that…
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