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Bumble Apologizes For Billboard Ad Saying 'A Vow Of Celibacy Is Not The Answer'
Critics of the ad said celibacy is a legitimate choice.
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Ex-fixer Cohen to face defense grilling at Trump trial
Donald Trump's arch-foe and former personal attorney Michael Cohen will undergo grueling cross-examination Tuesday, as senior Republicans increasingly politicized the trial by attending court to support the former president.Cohen answered questions from prosecutors for more than five hours on Monday and is expected to be turned over to Trump's defense attorneys later on Tuesday for a likely combative cross-examination.
4-min read - BusinessReuters
Elon Musk's xAI nears $10 billion deal to rent Oracle's AI servers, The Information reports
The deal would make xAI one of Oracle's largest customers, the report said, as Musk looks to raise funds for xAI in an attempt to rival the AI offerings of OpenAI and Google. XAI was reportedly in talks to raise $3 billion last month in a round, which would have valued the company at $18 billion. Oracle and Elon Musk did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
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Two French prison officers killed, inmate escapes, in jail van ambush
Gunmen attacked a prison van at a motorway toll in northern France on Tuesday, killing at least two prison officers and freeing a convict who had been jailed last week.The incident took place late on Tuesday morning at a road toll in Incarville in the Eure region of northern France.
4-min read - ScienceAFP News
Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years: study
Last year's northern hemisphere summer was the hottest in 2,000 years, according to a new study published on Tuesday.By contrast the coolest summer of that 2,000-year period was nearly four degrees below 2023 summer temperatures in the northern hemisphere due to a major volcanic eruption.
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Georgia passes 'foreign influence' bill despite protests
Georgia's parliament on Tuesday adopted a controversial "foreign influence" law that has sparked weeks of mass protests against the measure, which Brussels has warned would undermine Tbilisi's European aspirations.The EU has said the law is "incompatible" with Georgia's longstanding bid to join the 27-nation bloc, while Washington has warned its adoption would signal Tbilisi's departure from the Western orbit.
4-min read - PoliticsHuffPost
Speaker Mike Johnson Joins Trump At His Criminal Hush Money Trial
Johnson, a devout evangelical Christian, is the latest Republican to make a public show of support for the first ex-president to face criminal charges.
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