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    ‘We needed change’: mixed feelings in City after Labour sweeps London

    Party wins seat that includes financial district and much of central London for first time in its history
  • Gulu Town<br>Since 2006 Northern Uganda is quite peaceful. Former war-torn area around Gulu develops well and people stay out after dark and enjoy nightlife. Gulu is becoming the second largest town of Uganda.

    Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour

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    US economy adds 206,000 June jobs as labor market cools slightly

    Number is close to what was expected, as unemployment rate creeps above 4% for first time in two years
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    Hackers leak alleged Taylor Swift ticket data to extort Ticketmaster

    Hackers claim they obtained barcode data for hundreds of thousands of tickets to Eras tour and demand millions in ransom
    • U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends the Constitutional Convention of UNITE HERE in New York<br>Members of UNITE HERE, the nation’s largest hospitality workers' labor union, react during a speech by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the union’s Constitutional Convention in New York City, U.S., June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

      After pivotal 2020 voter drive, US union braces for another fight against Trump

    • FILE PHOTO: Logo of Paramount Pictures<br>FILE PHOTO: The logo of Paramount Pictures studios is pictured in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 24, 2023. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo

      Paramount and Skydance squeak closer to merger deal

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      Jeff Bezos to sell $5bn of Amazon shares after stock hits record high

    • Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves in the City of London.

      Labour landslide may boost investment and confidence in UK, say City analysts

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    ‘Buy your back brace now’: The Bear sidesteps the grueling physical costs of restaurant work

  • Rows of glass jars and dispensers filled with different foods

    ‘It needs to stay in the loop’: German reuse schemes turn shopping upside down

    After success of bottle deposit schemes, some retailers are trying to widen culture of reuse – and start tackling Europe’s waste problem
  • Jensen Huang delivers a speech in Taipei, 2 June 2024: he is seen very small in the foreground in front of a black background with huge illustrated images of a robotic figure and moving mechanical joints behind him.

    Can AI boom drive Nvidia to a $4tn valuation despite investor doubt?

    Powerful new chips are on the way but there are questions over whether tech firm’s growth can be sustained

    Around the world

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      China to hold hearing into brandy imports as tension grows with EU over tariffs on EVs

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      Photos of Australian children used in dataset to train AI, human rights group says

    • the yellow and red shell logo atop a green petro pump nozzle

      Shell to pause construction of huge biodiesel plant in Rotterdam

    • Front facade of HM Treasury Building, Whitehall, London. The head of the IFS says a potential Labour government is more likely to soften debt rules than cut taxes.

      Twice as many Britons want tax rises as want cuts, survey finds

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