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Cable sabotage cuts all traffic from busy Paris station
One of the busiest train stations in Paris suffered a total traffic shutdown on Tuesday after vandals triggered a major signal malfunction by setting cables on fire. The fire was discovered near the regional station of Vaires, east of Paris, where 48 cables were damaged after their protective casing was forced open, she said.
Asian markets track Wall St rally
Tokyo led gains across Asian markets again Tuesday in another day thinned by the Lunar New Year break, with sentiment boosted once more by a surge on Wall Street. After Wall Street's rally, Asia picked up the baton on Tuesday, though most markets were shut for the holidays.
Musk says buying Tesla at $420 a share was no joke
Elon Musk on Monday told jurors that his 2018 tweet about taking Tesla private at $420 a share was no joke and that Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund was serious about helping him do it.
Indian designer evokes mysteries of the 'Cosmos' in Paris
For a man with seemingly infinite creative ambitions, it is fitting that Indian designer Rahul Mishra's latest Paris haute couture collection attempts to encapsulate the entire universe. "It justifies the name of the collection."
French bakers protest over surging power prices
Dressed in aprons and brandishing baguettes, hundreds of bakers demonstrated in the streets of Paris on Monday to warn that the country's beloved bread and croissant makers were under threat from surging electricity and raw material costs.
Italy says to boost energy ties with gas giant Algeria
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni agreed Monday to strengthen energy cooperation with Africa's top gas exporter Algeria, the latest European country seeking supply deals to help reduce reliance on Russia. "Italy is inevitably the gateway for access for this energy and for Europe's supply", Meloni said.
Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT firm OpenAI
Microsoft on Monday said it had extended its partnership with OpenAI, the research lab and creator of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that has sparked widespread fears of cheating in schools and universities.
Spotify to cut some 600 staff as tech woes spread
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it was cutting six percent of its roughly 10,000 employees in the latest cost-cutting announcement among technology companies. On Friday, Alphabet announced it would cut 12,000 positions, just a day after Microsoft announced a cut of 10,000.
French government refuses to back down on pension reform
France's government on Monday moved forward with a fiercely contested pensions reform plan that would raise the retirement age to 64, saying balancing the system's books must be top priority. Dussopt said the government would accept amendments that "improve the text without giving up on getting back to balancing the books by 2030, nor the fundamentals of the reform".
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