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Push for new US lithium mine leaves some Americans wary
When Kristal Lee and her husband bought a house in Gaston County, North Carolina two years ago, they envisioned a "forever home". Lee learned about the mine a year after moving into her current home -- when Piedmont mailed the family a gift of coffee and a note.
US says Boeing can be prosecuted for 737 MAX crashes
The US Justice Department on Tuesday said Boeing can be prosecuted for two subsequent 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people approximately five years ago. Such a breach would mean Boeing can be prosecuted for any violation of federal law related to the crashes, according to US justice officials.
More money pledged for flood-stricken Brazil
The BRICS group of nations pledged a billion dollars for storm-ravaged southern Brazil Tuesday as slowly receding floodwaters started to reveal the full extent of the devastation. The bank of the BRICS -- a group including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- said Tuesday it would free the equivalent of more than a billion dollars to help the affected state.
In big change, Google to use AI-generated answers in search results
Google on Tuesday said it would introduce AI-generated answers to online queries made by users in the United States, in one of the biggest updates to its search engine in 25 years. The search engine's AI answers, generated by Google's Gemini AI technology, offer a paragraph or two of explanation with links to the online sources that supplied the information.
Amazonian chief at UN to combat traditional knowledge piracy
The leader of the Brazilian Amazon's Huni Kui people remains hopeful that a planned United Nations treaty will advance the fight against biopiracy: the pillaging of traditional knowledge and genetic resources.
US Fed chair says confidence inflation will ease 'not as high as it was'
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that hot US inflation data has lowered his level of confidence that price rises will slow back down towards the bank's long-term target.
Authorities raid Goodyear sites in Europe over burst tyre deaths
Investigators searched three European sites belonging to American tyre giant Goodyear Tuesday, French prosecutors said, as part of an involuntary homicides probe into crashes caused by burst truck tyres. All were caused by the front left tyre bursting, causing the drivers to lose control, according to investigators.
EU to encourage influencers to have 'positive' impact
The EU announced steps Tuesday to encourage influencers to post content that has a "positive" impact on society, as concerns rise over disinformation in a fragmented information landscape. - Hidden advertising - Concerns have been rising in the EU over efforts to manipulate European public opinion through online platforms.
US to raise tariffs on $18 bn of China imports including chips
The United States is hiking tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports, targeting strategic sectors like electric vehicles, batteries, steel and critical minerals, the White House said Tuesday.
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