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Sweden mulling social media age limit to stop gangs recruiting young people

By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Ministers in Sweden’s government are considering imposing age limits on social media platforms if tech companies find themselves unable to prevent gangs from recruiting young people online to carry out murders and bombings in the Nordics. A wave of gang crime has led to Sweden recording the most deadly …

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US Supreme Court rejects Boston case over race in school admissions

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday a chance to further restrict efforts to promote racial diversity in education, turning away a case over whether criteria that had been used to decide admissions to elite public high schools in Boston discriminated against white and Asian students. The justices decided not to …

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Bank of England will be vigilant towards greater risk-taking, Ramsden says

LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England will be vigilant over the possibility that investors will take greater risks after a year of relative stability in markets, Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said on Monday. Ramsden, who is head of markets at the BoE and in charge of its balance sheet, said there had been no major …

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Soccer-Messi excluded as Bellingham and Real dominate FIFPRO honours

(Reuters) – Six players from Champions League winners Real Madrid and four from Manchester City feature in this year’s FIFPRO World 11 announced on Monday by the global players’ association, with Lionel Messi absent for the first time in almost 20 years. The 2024 FIFPRO World 11 is the first edition since 2006 to exclude …

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China’s BYD to focus on plug-in hybrid cars in European expansion

MILAN (Reuters) -Hybrid technology will be key for the European expansion of Chinese EV giant BYD amid soft demand for fully-electric vehicles, the special adviser in the region for the manufacturer said on Monday. BYD, China’s top electric vehicle producer, entered Europe’s passenger car market in 2022. It has an aggressive product roll-out plan for …

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Blast at Italian fuel depot near Florence kills two, injures nine

By Silvia Ognibene FLORENCE (Reuters) -Two people died and nine were injured after an explosion on Monday at a fuel depot facility near Florence owned by Italian energy firm Eni, the president of the Tuscany region said. Three people remain missing. “All of Tuscany is united in grief for the tragedy that happened today,” Eugenio …

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Cycling-Former champion Merckx fractures hip in bike crash

(Reuters) – Eddy Merckx, the most successful rider in the sport of cycling, suffered a fractured hip in a fall from his bike on Monday, according to Belgian media reports. The 79-year-old winner of 11 Grand Tours, was cycling with a group when the incident happened near Hombeek, Mechelen. The Belgian retired in 1978, having …

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Reddit tests AI-powered feature to answer user queries

(Reuters) – Reddit is testing an AI-powered feature called Reddit Answers, which scours posts on the social media platform to answer users’ queries, it said on Monday. The feature would make it easier for users to find information posted on the platform while helping Reddit compete better with search engine rivals and AI startups such …

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US judge weighs fate of the Onion’s buyout of Infowars

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to urge a U.S. bankruptcy judge to block the sale of his Infowars website to the Onion news parody site at a Monday court hearing in Houston. The Onion was named the winning bidder for Infowars in a November bankruptcy auction, but Jones and …

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UK’s Starmer pledges to step up engagement in Middle East for long-term stability

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to step up the country’s engagement in the Middle East to support long-term stability, the government said on Monday. “The stability of the Middle East is paramount to delivering a foundation of security at home,” the statement cited Starmer as having said during his first …

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