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AI-related stocks rebounded after steep losses the previous week, lifting the S&P 500 by 0.4% and the Nasdaq by 1.1%. European markets fell more than 1% amid concerns that protests could pressure governments to increase spending and worsen bond-market pressures.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFrance imposed curfews in parts of Paris and other cities after nationwide rioting. The interior minister acknowledged that police were underprepared for the scale of the unrest, while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu defended their efforts and pledged to restore order.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine received no early warning from partners before another Russian attack on its power infrastructure. The strikes came amid worsening tensions between Kyiv and Washington.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveThe U.S. has banned DeepSeek from government use as technology tensions with China continue. DeepSeek is described as a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model from China.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveDoctors have developed an AI system that can estimate a cancer patient’s biological age and directly predict survival outcomes from a single photograph of the patient’s face, according to the study.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveThe Justice Department charged more than two dozen people in California in a sweep targeting alleged noncitizen voters. The arrests are part of the Trump administration’s effort to investigate noncitizen voting ahead of the November midterm elections.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SavePresident Donald Trump signed an order directing the federal government to strengthen research into women’s health across the lifespan. The initiative was promoted by first lady Melania Trump.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveTottenham earned their first Premier League win of the season by beating Coventry 3–1, with returning James Maddison, Omar Marmoush and Ben Davies on target. The result lifted Spurs out of the bottom three.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveA 27.2-kilogram mephedrone seizure from an SUV led investigators to a clandestine laboratory in Maharashtra, exposing a network involving chemical suppliers, equipment dealers and suspected drug manufacturers linked to Hyderabad.
thehindu.com (English) ↗＋ SaveNaveen Patnaik questioned the Odisha government’s silence over Andhra Pradesh’s poll notification for the disputed Kotia villages. Odisha and Andhra Pradesh both claim rights over 21 of the 28 villages in the gram panchayat.
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