All About Jurors Hearing Sean “Diddy” Combs Trial
A jury of 12 New Yorkers, plus a half-dozen alternates, is hearing testimony at the federal sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs.
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‘No clear sign’ Putin wants to end war with sidekick Lavrov being sent to ceasefire talks
EXCLUSIVE: Sergei Lavrov is “not a decision maker” and “does not have significant influence over key foreign policy decisions”, said Rand Europe’s John Kennedy.
French PM Bayrou to testify in Catholic school sex abuse scandal
French Prime Minister François Bayrou will take questions on Wednesday from a parliamentary committee investigating claims of decades of abuse at a Catholic school in southwest France. Critics claim that, as education minister in the 1990s, Bayrou kne…
IN DEPTH: How bad is Spain’s homelessness problem?
Following news that hundreds of homeless people are now sleeping rough in Madrid’s Barajas Airport, The Local looks at how serious Spain’s homelessness problem has become and how it compares to other countries.
Q&A with Marc Benioff on how AI is disrupting work, Salesforce’s AI agent platform Agentforce, the Trump administration’s tariffs and economic policy, and more (Stephen Morris/Financial Times)
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Q&A with Marc Benioff on how AI is disrupting work, Salesforce’s AI agent platform Agentforce, the Trump administration’s tariffs and economic policy, and more — Stay informed with free updates&…
Macron open to deploying French nuclear weapons in Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed openness to discussing the deployment of France’s nuclear weapons in Europe, under specific conditions including maintaining full control and not substituting the US nuclear guarantee. Several European nat…
India expels Pakistan diplomat as war of words between nuclear-armed countries simmers in place of fighting
New Delhi has ordered a Pakistani diplomat to leave India within 24 hours as tensions simmer in the wake of heavy military exchanges between the nuclear-armed neighbours before a ceasefire was agreed last week.
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Trump to meet with Syria’s president in Saudi Arabia, representatives from Russia and Ukraine to gather in Turkey for negotiations, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to defend HHS overhaul on Capitol Hill.
Microsoft Fixes Seven Zero-Days in May Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has patched seven zero-day bugs, five of which were exploited in the wild
Romania’s election re-run: pro-Trump candidate faces centrist Bucharest mayor
Far-right candidate George Simion, who took the lead in the first round of the Romanian parliamentary elections on 4 May, will face off against the centrist mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan, in the second round on Sunday. The election is a re-run, afte…