US consumer sentiment hits a near-record low before midterm elections
Independent voters’ economic anxieties highlight political implications of plummeting US consumer sentiment.
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Rising costs and tight budgets strain Americans ahead of midterm elections
Rising costs leave US workers juggling multiple jobs as financial security becomes increasingly elusive.
Southeast Asia’s toxic haze spurs calls for legal action against polluters
ASEAN’s consensus-driven approach and a lack of enforcement mechanisms make legal action difficult, experts say.
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The world is $365 trillion in debt, and the interest bill is climbing
Protests in Europe have highlighted debt squeeze, with France now paying more to borrow than Italy and Greece.
World leaders warn of security flaws found in PHP programming language
AI was used to pinpoint two vulnerabilities in the PHP language, used by about 70 percent of websites.
Canada wants to expand its LNG business. Critics raise red flags
As Canada’s LNG exports grow, critics raise concerns over human rights abuses linked to major corporate investors.
Judge orders Meta to pay $25bn in fines for Facebook privacy violations
A jury found Meta guilty of lying to Facebook users in New Mexico about access to their data.
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Will Russia’s diesel shipment to the US lower prices before midterms?
Moscow dispatches its inaugural diesel shipment to the US, aiming to ease fuel shortages as midterm elections loom.
Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla exploring largest merger in history
Tech mogul says tie-up has a ‘lot of merit’, given firms’ complementary work on AI.
OpenAI says its agents turned off own safeguards
ChatGPT creator says AI agents disabled misalignment monitoring during two internal coding tasks.
Cuba accuses US of threatening countries ahead of UN embargo vote
Havana says Washington is threatening countries with retaliation if they refuse to vote against condemning its embargo.
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