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Ireland sets hottest April record at 25.9°C
Ireland set daily max temperature record of 25.9 degrees in April

DUBLIN, Ireland: Ireland recorded its hottest-ever April day as temperatures hit 25.9 degrees Celsius, according to the EU's Copernicus...

Foreign workers drive post-pandemic growth in eurozone: ECB
Foreign workers a key driver of eurozone growth

FRANKFURT, Germany: Foreign workers have emerged as a critical force behind the euro zone's economic growth since the pandemic, offsetting...

Nordic, Baltic nations plan offline card payments amid rising risks
Nordics, Estonia launching offline card payment in case Internet cut

HELSINKI, Finland: In response to rising geopolitical risks, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Estonia are preparing to roll out...

EU plans Russian gas exit by 2027
EU to propose ban on Russian gas imports by end-2027

BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union is preparing to unveil a detailed plan to reduce its reliance on Russian gas, including a proposal...

More than two dozen world leaders join Putin for Victory Day commemoration
Russia marks 80th anniversary of Allies victory in World War II

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia came to a standstill on Friday as the nation commemorated its victory over Nazi Germany in the second World...

Trump envoy reveals NATO troop deployment plans for Ukraine
Trump envoy reveals NATO troop deployment plans for Ukraine

Military contingents from France, Germany, the UK, and Poland may be involved, Keith Kellogg has said Washington is in talks with...

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Microsoft bans Chinese AI app Deepseek over data security fears
Microsoft denies its employees use of China's Deepseek

REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft has prohibited its employees from using Deepseek, a Chinese artificial intelligence app, citing concerns...

Bristol Myers, Sanofi to pay $700 million in Hawaii Plavix lawsuit
Drug firms to pay Hawaii $700 million to settle blood thinner lawsuit

HONOLULU, Hawaii: Pharmaceutical giants Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi have agreed to pay $700 million to Hawaii to settle a lawsuit...

FDA to roll out AI across all centers by June 30
US FDA centers to deploy AI internally, following experimental run

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said this week it will start using artificial intelligence (AI) in all...

Appeals court reinstates Oceanografia fraud case against Citigroup
Citigroup faces revived fraud lawsuit over Mexican oil firm

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Citigroup must defend itself against a revived lawsuit accusing the bank of facilitating and concealing a...

Food authority forecasts 500,000 in Gaza will die of starvation
Hundreds of thousands of Gazans being starved to death as world watches

Gaza Faces Imminent Famine as Aid Blockade Enters 70th Day, UN Warns The entire population of Gaza is now at critical risk of famine,...

House passes bill to rename Gulf of Mexico as ‘Gulf of America’
US House passes bill on Trump's Gulf of America

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America,...

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Movie Review
Wife of a Spy (Supai no tsuma)