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Kashmir's Srinagar votes in large numbers in first election since 2019
Voters in the main Indian Kashmir city of Srinagar turned out in large numbers in national elections on Monday, reversing the trend of abysmally low vote counts in the first polls since Prime Minister Narendra Modi removed the region's semi-autonomy in 2019. Srinagar is the first of the Himalayan region's three seats to vote, and saw a turnout of almost 36% until 5 p.m., according to the Election Commission - more than double the 14.43% recorded in the last polls in 2019 but lower than the nati
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Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen testifies at trial
Donald Trump's one-time fixer and the star prosecution witness in the former president’s historic criminal trial testified Monday in a dramatic courtroom face-off with his former boss.In the first weeks of the trial, jurors have heard from witnesses that Cohen was a difficult character who bullied and cajoled others to get his way, while the defense counsel have painted him as a pathological liar and convicted criminal.
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Greek PM slams N. Macedonian president in new name row
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hit out Monday at North Macedonia's new nationalist president for refusing during her oath of office to use her country's new name, formulated to end a bitter row between the neighbours.- Bulgaria tensions - But Siljanovska-Davkova's party, the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE, opposes the accord and has refused to acknowledge the country's new name.
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US stocks rise, Europe falls before inflation data
Wall Street rose Monday but European stock markets fell following a record run last week as investors turn their attention to key US inflation data.World markets rallied last week on optimism that the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England will soon cut borrowing costs after raising them in efforts to contain soaring prices.
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Apple defeats union campaign at New Jersey retail store
Apple employees at a New Jersey retail store have voted against joining a union, potentially stifling momentum for a push to organize the tech giant's workforce nationwide. Workers at the store in Short Hills, New Jersey, voted 57-41 against joining the Communication Workers of America (CWA) union in an election that ended on Saturday, according to a tally from the National Labor Relations Board. It was the first union election at an Apple store since 2022, when workers at a pair of stores in
2-min read - TechnologyReuters
UAE releases new AI model to compete with big tech
A government research institute in the United Arab Emirates on Monday released a new open source GenAI model, which could rival the ones from big technology companies. Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute (TII) said it was releasing the Falcon 2 series: Falcon 2 11B, a text-based model, and Falcon 2 11B VLM, a vision-to-language model that can generate a text description of an uploaded image. TII is a research centre within Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Research Council.
1-min read - BusinessReuters
Tim Draper leads $3.5 million funding round for six-employee startup behind bitcoin lending
(Reuters) -Zest Protocol, a bitcoin lending startup with just six employees, has secured $3.5 million in a funding round led by billionaire investor Tim Draper. Zest operates differently than the firms targeted by the regulator, its founder Tycho Onnasch said.
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