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Sir Keir Starmer has become the first serving UK prime minister to be awarded France’s top honour, the Legion d’honneur.He received the award at the end of a meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing – the group of countries Sir Keir and French President Emmanuel Macron helped set up to help Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of 2022.In his tribute, Macron praised Sir Keir’s “decency” and expressed his gratitude for the “commitments for obviously your country, but the security of Europe, Ukraine, the bilateral relationship”.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky was among those to pay tribute to…
Yum Brands’ Taco Bell said on Tuesday it had removed limited items from some restaurants as a precaution but said U.S. health officials have not linked the widening outbreak of cyclosporiasis to the chain or any specific food product.Cases of the disease, which causes diarrhea, nausea and other gastrointestinal symptoms, have risen steadily across the country in recent months. Thirty-four states have reported cases, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Shares of Yum fell as much as 4.5% after the Washington Post reported federal and state health officials were investigating whether lettuce served at Taco Bell may have been associated with the current outbreak of…
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Meta’s AI-fueled layoffs of 8,000 employees targeted workers with disabilities and those who took protected medical or family leaves, alleged a lawsuit filed by 26 employees who were selected for termination. Meta used internal AI tools to select employees for layoffs, according to the complaint filed yesterday by 26 “Doe” plaintiffs in US District Court for the Northern District of California. “Meta did not assemble the termination list through the considered judgment of managers who knew the work. Instead, Meta used a constellation of internal artificial-intelligence systems—including a system referred to internally as ‘Metamate,’ employee-trained ‘second-brain’ agents, keystroke- and activity-monitoring…
Older teenagers in the UK will face an overnight social media curfew, the government has announced – though they will be able to opt out of it by changing their account settings.It would means apps such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube being set to be unavailable by default to 16 and 17-year-olds between midnight and 06:00.The government also wants “addictive” features such as auto-play and infinite scroll to be set to be disabled, saying – combined with the curfew – the measures will improve teenagers’ focus, sleep quality and family life.However, critics have described the proposals as “piecemeal” and a…
Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesAmerican megabanks on Tuesday gave evidence that the global artificial intelligence boom isn’t just benefiting tech giants and chip makers.Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase each posted record quarterly revenue hauls, fueled by massive gains in equities trading and investment banking.Behind the surge in activity — Goldman revenue jumped 39% to $20.3 billion, while JPMorgan saw it rise 27% to $58 billion — is the fact that AI is “everywhere in financial markets,” JPMorgan CFO Jeremy Barnum told…
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, is seen in the U.S. Capitol after a meeting in the office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., March 26, 2026.Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesA coalition of current and former Meta employees have sued the social media giant, alleging that the company used artificial intelligence in its latest round of layoffs in a way that was discriminatory.In a lawsuit filed Monday, plaintiffs allege that Meta violated various protected-leave laws and discrimination acts related to pregnancies and disabilities, among others, and wish to pursue their claims individually in arbitration.Attorneys representing the…
A serious review of MPs’ security is needed following the death of Ann Widdecombe, Andy Burnham has said.The former Greater Manchester mayor, who is expected to become prime minister next Monday, said politics had “darkened” in the decade he had been away from Westminster.He said he was “shocked to see how much security now has to be in place”, but added that it may need to be increased further still.The killing of Widdecombe – a Reform UK spokeswoman and former Conservative MP – is now being investigated by counter-terrorism police, and has prompted renewed debate over the security offered to…
People work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 07, 2026 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesInternational Business Machines shares plummeted 25% on Tuesday after the hardware, software and consulting provider released preliminary second-quarter results that fell short of expectations.The stock logged its worst day on record, sinking further than its previous worst day of Oct. 19, 1987, when shares fell 23.7%. Records track trading activity back to 1968, though IBM has been a listed company on the New York Stock Exchange since 1916. The tech company reported adjusted earnings of $2.93 a…