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Italy's Meloni revives contentious Sicily bridge plan
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's cabinet passed a decree Thursday relaunching a controversial project to build a huge, multibillion-euro bridge linking Sicily to the mainland. At 3.2 kilometres (two miles) long, the bridge "will represent the flagship of Italian engineering," said Transport Minister Matteo Salvini.
Meta maps way to 'kill' online deception campaigns
Meta on Thursday released a framework for exposing and combating malicious online campaigns from election lies to terrorist recruitment. Meta remains under pressure to do more to combat misinformation, particularly campaigns aimed at swaying election outcomes.
Microsoft applies AI powers to Excel, Outlook
Microsoft pressed on with its AI revolution on Thursday, announcing that it would apply the powers behind ChatGPT to its iconic Excel, Word and Outlook programs. Microsoft is pouring billions of dollars into OpenAI, the company that is building the technology that powers ChatGPT and that released its latest version, GPT-4, on Tuesday.
Poland to be first NATO member to send fighter jets to Ukraine
Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday said Warsaw would deliver an initial batch of four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, in what would be the first such shipment by a NATO member. Earlier Thursday, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak had said Poland wanted to transfer MiG-29 planes to Ukraine "within the framework of a larger coalition of countries".
How did France's government impose its pension reform?
The constitutional power used by the French government on Thursday to ram through parliament a hotly contested pension reform is deeply controversial and seen as undemocratic by critics.
Macron rams through pension change without parliament vote
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday rammed a controversial pension reform through parliament without a vote, deploying a rarely used constitutional power that risks inflaming protests. Polls show that two thirds of French people oppose the pension reform.
Yellen says US banking system sound despite turmoil
The US banking system remains sound despite market anxiety over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told members of Congress on Thursday. There will be a careful look at what happened in the bank, and what initiated this problem," Yellen added.
S.Africa to heighten security as opposition plans strike: Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa warned Thursday that South Africa's security forces would protect the country from "disorder and anarchy" after a leftwing party called for a nationwide strike next week to try to force him out. His party has called on South Africans to avoid going to work and school or operating business on the strike day.
From acclaim to blame: Lebanon's bank chief Riad Salameh
Lebanon's central bank chief Riad Salameh, once lauded for reviving the economy, faces investigations into his personal wealth and is widely viewed as a key culprit in the country's dramatic economic crash. On Thursday, he appeared for the first time before European investigators probing his personal wealth and allegedly suspicious financial transfers abroad.
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