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Musk said that all federal workers will get an email asking “what they got done last week” and that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

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Japan is doubling down on anime and manga to boost its soft power, a reboot of the ‘Cool Japan’ initiative.

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India v. Pakistan: Dubai will showcase cricket's fiercest rivalry — and the UAE’s influence on a sport few locals play.

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Ukraine has pushed back against US demands for a $500 billion fund that would be part of a deal to give Washington a cut of the country’s mineral wealth.

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The vast majority of Indians don't have any kind of formal pension and depend on gold for everything from health insurance to social security.

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Syria's cuisine is central to its culture, and will play a key role in the country’s restoration from the ravages of a long civil war.

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Google is pulling out all the stops to hire AI talent in India, opening a new campus in Bangalore that boasts pickleball courts and mini golf.

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Poland is paying for and will continue to finance Ukraine’s access to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system, according to Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski.

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In a new book, the CEO of Palantir argues for the military dominance of the nation-state.

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President Donald Trump met with New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday to defend New York City’s congestion pricing program, two days after his administration moved to block the toll program.

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Argentine President Javier Milei took his pitch for a free trade accord with the US to a conservative conference near DC saying he wants to be first in line to reach a deal.

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Silicon Valley’s reading list reveals how the tech world thinks about politics and social change.

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BREAKING: Pope Francis is in critical condition after suffering a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis Saturday morning.

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Warren Buffett said his company has paid the US government more than $101 billion in taxes since he took the helm 60 years ago, more than any other company in history, according to his annual letter to investors on Saturday.

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In ‘Stuck,’ Yoni Appelbaum argues that the US’s golden age of mobility is over. But maybe it never existed in the first place.

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Four years after handing operations to a Chinese company, Diane von Furstenberg is reclaiming her brand and courting her fifth generation of customers.

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‘Venture capital is killing more value than it creates,' author and tech activist Catherine Bracy argues in a new book, World Eaters. Silicon Valley needs to focus more on solving real-world problems and less on fast profit, she says.

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The EU is exploring more aggressive ways to seize part of Russia's frozen central bank assets amid signs the US will pare back assistance.

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A vast trove of Roman antiquities has lain hidden somewhere in Rome for half a century. Now, it's beginning to open itself up to the public eye—and our reporter managed to get inside the restoration lab.

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Besides tax breaks, Orban has touted subsidized mortgages for new parents and state aid for the purchase of large family cars.

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“We will not wait for the waves to wash away our homes and infrastructure.” The tiny island nation of Nauru faces extreme flooding risks fueled by climate change, and is selling citizenships to fund a project to move about 10,000 people to higher ground.

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When Germans go to the polls on Sunday, the future of the post-war system is on the ballot. The verdict threatens to destabilize Europe.

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Trump allies including Russell Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget and acting director of the CFPB, were seen as concerned that DOGE’s lack of discipline could undermine efforts to neuter the agency.

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Remember Rosie the Riveter? She’s thriving in Ukraine.

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Powerful storms are dumping dozens of feet of snow across parts of New England. Skiers are reveling in it while it lasts.

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German voters go to the polls on Sunday after an acrimonious campaign. Their verdict threatens to destabilize Europe. Bloomberg reporters take your questions on what's at stake. Listen back on the conversation ⬇️

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Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz stepped up his attacks on rival Robert Habeck from the Greens as the campaign ahead of Germany’s federal elections enters the final stretch.

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BP's CEO will unveil a long-awaited strategy "reset", and with activist investor Elliot circling this could be his make-or-break moment.

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Germany's youth is abandoning the political center in favor of the fringe left and right.

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The last time Keir Starmer crossed the Atlantic to meet Donald Trump the British prime minister needed to show he could avoid a personality clash with the once and future president — the stakes are considerably higher now.

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The Cook Islands said it has formalized cooperation pacts with China, including an action plan for a comprehensive strategic partnership and an agreement covering exploration for seabed minerals.

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The Trump administration is proposing fees on the use of China’s commercial ships it says could help counter the country’s maritime dominance.

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A majority of Singapore residents view measures in the latest annual budget as inadequate to help them cope with rising costs of living, according to a new poll.

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The EU is preparing a package of about €20 billion ($20.9 billion) in additional military support for Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the bloc races to secure assistance for Kyiv in the face of President Donald Trump’s push to reach a quick peace settlement with Russia.

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The Trump administration walked back cuts to a health program for 9/11 first responders and survivors, restoring research grants and the jobs of laid-off workers.

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The United Nations Security Council condemned Rwanda for backing a rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and ordered its troops to withdraw from the country.

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The US Supreme Court declined for now to let President Donald Trump oust the head of a federal whistleblower agency, letting the official stay in the job until at least Wednesday.

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The Associated Press sued three White House officials after its reporters were banned from covering events at the White House and traveling aboard Air Force One over President Donald Trump’s objection to how the news organization references “Gulf of America” in its style guide.

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The Trump administration’s mass layoffs of health workers hit a key vaccine unit of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to people familiar with the matter.

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New York City sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration for clawing back $80 million that the federal government had awarded the city to house immigrants.

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Walmart will pay corporate employees more than their bonus target for another year, though workers will receive a slightly lower percentage than a year earlier.

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The Philippine government welcomed the country’s removal from a global watchdog’s dirty-money list, which could spur remittances and foreign investments in one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies.

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The federal judge in Washington overseeing a challenge to President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military was accused by the US Justice Department of misconduct for alleged bias during recent court hearings.

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A federal judge in Baltimore preliminarily halted the Trump administration from enforcing portions of the president’s sweeping executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that it considers illegal and discriminatory.

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President Donald Trump fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles Q. Brown, as part of a broader shakeup of top military officers.

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The Philippines plans to import liquefied natural gas from Alaska to meet its growing energy needs, the nation’s envoy to Washington said.

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Singapore has quietly become a semiconductor powerhouse — and it's attracting more scrutiny as the global trade war heats up. That and more in this week's free Singapore Edition newsletter.

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The UK government unveiled reforms to speed up the rollout of renewable energy projects such as offshore wind as it targets a clean power system by 2030

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President Trump said he is weighing a move that would absorb the US Postal Service, an independent agency, into the Department of Commerce

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Chinese researchers have discovered another Covid-like bat virus. @robertlangreth.bsky.social and John Lauerman have the details > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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