Month: June 2025
RFK Jr. names some vaccine critics to key CDC committee after ousting entire panel
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight new members to a crucial government panel of vaccine advisors after firing the entire group just days earlier. His picks include some well-known vaccine critics, including Dr. Robert Malone. The new members will join the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, […]
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Nvidia CEO says this is the decade of robotics and autonomous vehicles
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a round table discussion at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025. Sarah Meyssonnier | Reuters Autonomous vehicles and robotics are going to take off in a big way in the years ahead, according to Nvidia […]
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Air India Boeing 787 bound for London with 242 aboard crashes after takeoff in India
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images An Air India Boeing Dreamliner plane with 242 passengers and crew aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad in western India, local officials and the carrier said Thursday. “The injured are being taken to the nearest hospitals,” Air India said in a […]
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UK exports to the U.S. plunge by most on record as tariffs bite
Container ships at Felixstowe port in Felixstowe, UK, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.K. goods exported to the U.S. dropped by £2 billion ($2.71 billion) in April, figures published by the Office for National Statistics on Thursday showed, marking the biggest monthly decrease since records began in 1997. The […]
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UK economy shrank sharply in April as Trump tariffs and tax rises kicked in
U.S. President Donald Trump \with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Feb. 27, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The U.K. economy shrank sharply in April as global trade tariffs and domestic tax rises kicked in, data showed Thursday. The latest monthly growth figures […]
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Meta files lawsuit against developer of CrushAI ‘nudify’ app
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Meta is suing a company that ran ads on its services to promote an app that lets people create non-consensual, sexualized images of others using AI technology, the social media company […]
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Huawei ‘has got China covered’ if the U.S. doesn’t participate, Nvidia CEO tells CNBC
If the U.S. continues to impose AI semiconductor restrictions on China, then chipmaker Huawei will take advantage of its position in the world’s second-largest economy, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC Thursday. “Our technology is a generation ahead of theirs,” Huang told CNBC at the sidelines of the Viva Technology conference in Paris. However, he […]
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European stocks fall; FTSE 100 choppy after UK economy shrinks more than expected
UK assets steady after weak economic data The British pound was roughly flat against the U.S. dollar, though dipped 0.3% against the euro after the national statistics office said the U.K. economy contracted 0.3% in April while the country’s trade deficit widened. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon British pound/U.S. dollar. Yields on U.K. government bonds […]
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America’s uncertainty is Europe’s power play, CEOs tell CNBC
Europe’s top bosses are urging the continent to capitalize on recent volatility amid hopes U.S. exceptionalism is waning — and Europe can cash in. From Unicredit to Goldman Sachs, top European leaders told CNBC in exclusive interviews that Europe has a huge opportunity ahead. The numbers tell part of the story, with Europe’s Stoxx 600 up […]
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BP takeover speculation heats up as UAE oil giant ADNOC enters the fray for gas assets
BP logo is seen at a gas station in this illustration photo taken in Poland on March 15, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images UAE oil giant ADNOC has joined the fray of firms said to be circling some of BP‘s highly prized assets, as takeover speculation for the embattled energy major kicks into […]
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