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Former French security agency head is in court for allegedly spying for LVMH billionaire Bernard Arnault

BYPrarthana Prakash and AFP

Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia follows The Guardian in quitting Elon Musk’s X due to disinformation and ‘disturbing content’

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN – NOVEMBER 13: Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus walks off the stage after delivering a national statement during the high level segment on day three of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference at Baku Stadium on November 13, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The COP29, which is running from November 11 through 22, is bringing together stakeholders, including international heads of state and other leaders, scientists, environmentalists, indigenous peoples representatives, activists and others to discuss and agree on the implementation of global measures towards mitigating the effects of climate change. According to the United Nations, countries made no progress over the last year in reducing global emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s new leader, blasts COP29 as a ‘fish market’ as countries haggle for climate funds

FILE: Junro Ito, then-director of Seven & i Holdings Co., during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, April 6, 2017. The billionaire Ito family behind Seven & i Holdings, owner of 7-Eleven convenience stores, is poised for a massive payday if they support what would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese company. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Founding family of 7-Eleven’s Japanese owner has made a bid to take it private and head off takeover by Canadian rival Alimentation Couche-Tard

BYKyoko Hasegawa and AFP

CANNES, FRANCE – JUNE 19: Elon Musk attends ‘Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk’ session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 – Day Three on June 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images)

After calling Germany’s chancellor a ‘fool’, Elon Musk now wants Italy’s judges to be removed

New York, NY – October 28 : Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Europe’s richest man Bernard Arnault is suing X owner Elon Musk

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Denmark’s renowned safety net turns into a political battleground as AI and algorithms target welfare recipients

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – NOVEMBER 04: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump watches as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena on November 04, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. With one day left before the general election, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s ‘America First’ foreign policy likely to be helmed by Marco Rubio and Michael Waltz, two China hawks from Florida

BYAdam Plowright and AFP

Families and friends who lost loved ones in the March 10, 2019, Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia, hold a memorial protest in front of the Boeing headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, on March 10, 2023 to mark the four-year anniversary of the event. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Boeing reaches last-minute settlement with victim’s family to avoid a civil trial in 737 MAX crash that killed 157

BYElodie Mazein and AFP

dpatop – 08 November 2024, Hungary, Budapest: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) holds a press conference in the Hungarian capital after the informal meeting of the European Council. Topics at the meeting of heads of state and government will include proposals to increase the competitiveness of the EU economy and transatlantic relations following the US presidential election. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa (Photo by Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images)

German government agrees to February snap election—just weeks after Trump’s inauguration—to restore political stability

BYJastinder Khera and AFP

Bill Anderson, chief executive officer of Bayer AG, at the Berlin Global Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. The forum runs until Friday, Sept. 29. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Chemical giant Bayer reports heavy drop in profit amid ongoing Roundup cancer lawsuit

People are selecting from an assortment of premium Lindt chocolates at the Lindt & Sprungli chocolate shop during the Christmas season in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 9, 2023. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Lindt admits its chocolate isn’t actually ‘expertly crafted with the finest ingredients’ in lawsuit over lead levels in dark chocolate

SHANGHAI, CHINA – NOVEMBER 02: A citizen walks past the AstraZeneca booth at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) ahead of the 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) on November 2, 2024 in Shanghai, China. The 2024 China International Import Expo (CIIE) will be held from November 5 to 10 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). (Photo by Tang Yanjun/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

AstraZeneca says it’s taking China’s investigations into fraud, illegal drug importation and data collection ‘very seriously’

An employee picks a customer order of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Buyers Walk at New Covent Garden Market wholesale market in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. As hauliers and retailers adapt to address some of the headline-grabbing food shortages, they’re also pushing for government help. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

‘London’s best-kept secret’: Inside the $1.1 billion midnight market that fuels Harrods, Claridge’s and the capital’s Michelin-starred restaurants

BYAkshata Kapoor and AFP

Hsu Ching-kuang (L), head of Taiwanese company Gold Apollo, speaks outside the company’s office in New Taipei City on Sept. 18, 2024. Taiwan investigators on Monday cleared the company, its chairman and its employees of any involvement in the production of hundreds of explosive-packed pagers used by Hezbollah members which simultaneously exploded, killing at least nine people. (Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP) (Photo by YAN ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)

Taiwanese companies and people were not involved in exploding Lebanon pagers and walkie-talkies, Taiwan prosecutors say

BYJoy Chiang and AFP