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  • BusinessBBC

    Xiaomi: Chinese smartphone giant takes on Tesla

    Xiaomi says it received more than 50,000 orders within the first 27 minutes of the SU7 going on sale.

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  • BusinessBBC

    Questions raised over Temu cash 'giveaway' offer

    Participants can get £50 - but must permanently consent to the retailer using their personal data.

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  • NewsBBC

    Fallen 'Crypto King' Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years for fraud

    The crypto exchange co-founder was convicted last year of stealing $8bn from investors.

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Youngkin vetoes Virginia bills mandating minimum wage increase, establishing marijuana retail sales

    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a minimum wage increase. The development, which drew criticism from Democrats who control the General Assembly, did not come as a surprise. While Youngkin had not explicitly threatened to veto either set of bills, he told reporters he didn’t think the minimum wa

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    NYC will try gun scanners in subway system in effort to deter violence underground

    NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials announced a pilot program on Thursday to deploy portable gun scanners in the subway system, part of an effort to deter violence underground and to make the system feel safer. The scanners will be introduced in certain stations after a legally mandated 90-day waiting period, Mayor Eric Adams said. “Keeping New Yorkers safe on the subway and maintaining confidence in the system is key to ensuring that New York remains the safest big city in America,” said Ad

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  • BusinessThe Canadian Press

    Texas judge moves late fee case to DC, accusing banks of venue shopping for favorable ruling

    NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas federal judge on Thursday accused the major banking industry groups and U.S. Chamber of Commerce of venue shopping in their lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a major win for the federal regulator. The bureau had argued the only reason banks filed their lawsuit in Texas was to increase their chance of a favorable ruling. Judge Mark Pittman ruled that the lawsuit should be transferred to Washington, where the banking lobby has armies of lawyers able

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  • SportsBBC

    Paris St-Germain 3-0 Hacken (agg 5-1): PSG to face Lyon in Champions League semi-final

    Paris St-Germain beat Hacken to set up a Women's Champions League semi-final against French rivals Lyon.

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