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The BRICS nations, originally comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, are looking to establish a new reserve currency backed by a basket of their respective currencies. (www.nasdaq.com)

Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for Donald Trump in Florida and Texas, AP sources say (apnews.com)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for former President Donald Trump in the coming weeks, putting into action the commitment he made at a meeting with Trump last month to help his former rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to two people familiar with the matter....

Blinken arrives in Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of US support (www.cnn.com)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday, marking the first visit of a Biden administration official to Ukraine following the long-delayed passage of US supplemental funding to the war-torn country....

Russian troops strike Kharkiv with guided bombs: Destruction and casualties reported (ptv-news.com.pk)

Taylor Swift and the Hollywood celebrity are the target of the "Guillotine Execution" on The Net (www.infoterkiniviral.com)

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UN says total number of deaths in Gaza remains unchanged after controversy over revised data (www.cnn.com)

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Beating US Sanctions, Chinese Scientists Achieve Mass Production Of Optical Chips At Low Cost (www.benzinga.com)

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Apple introduces M4 chip (www.apple.com)

Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Companies are not your friend (sh.itjust.works)

Bloomberg - Apple Says No Major App Developers Accept New Outside Payments (www.bloomberg.com)

According to Apple, only 38 developers have applied to add such links — out of roughly 65,000 that could.

Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof flees after jail sentence (bbc.com)

Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced over his new film, which is to be premiered at the Cannes festival.

Musk's SpaceX is quick to build in Texas, slow to pay its bills (www.reuters.com)

SpaceX is building launch facilities, office buildings and even a shopping center in rural Texas, as billionaire Elon Musk’s space venture rapidly expands its rocket and satellite business across the Lone Star state....

UK charges three with working for Hong Kong intelligence as cases against Chinese and Russian spies mount across Europe (www.aljazeera.com)

The British police have charged three men with assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service....

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College Students Say Tesla Is Canceling Summer Internships (www.entrepreneur.com)

“Tesla Is Reportedly Revoking Internship Offers to College Students Weeks Before Their Start Dates: ‘I Spent Thousands On Housing’”

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Russian forces push deeper into northern Ukraine (www.bangkokpost.com)

In the past three days, Russian troops, backed by fighter jets, artillery and lethal drones, have poured across Ukraine’s northeastern border and seized at least nine villages and settlements, and more territory per day than at almost any other point in the war, save the very beginning.