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TIL the USA has "national emergencies" still ongoing that date back to 1979 (en.m.wikipedia.org)

GDP growth slowed to a 1.6% rate in the first quarter, well below expectations: report (www.cnbc.com)

Dow sinks nearly 700 points after GDP report, heading toward its largest drop of the year (www.cnn.com)

Reddit seems to be down for many people according to DownDetector reports (downdetector.com)

Chinese EV battery maker CATL unveils LFP battery with 1,000 km range (www.channelnewsasia.com)

Post Office executive denies cover-up over Horizon back door (www.bbc.co.uk)

ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)

Scottish Greens to oppose Yousaf in no-confidence vote (www.bbc.co.uk)

Macron warns Europe ‘can die’ in alarmist speech on protectionism, geopolitical threats (www.politico.eu)

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday that Europe faces possible demise if it does not take bold action to tackle U.S. and Chinese protectionism, amid serious geopolitical threats from authoritarian regimes....

European Parliament condemns Putin's election as illegitimate (kyivindependent.com)

The European Parliament overwhelmingly adopted a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s March presidential election as illegitimate, Ukrinform reported on April 25....

The Latest | Israeli strikes in Rafah kill at least 5 as ship comes under attack in the Gulf of Aden (apnews.com)

Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least five people....

Exclusive: U.S. pier attacked during construction work off Gaza coast - I24NEWS (www.i24news.tv)

‘Every day I cry’: 50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system (www.theguardian.com)

Condemned as dangerous and abusive, the kafala labour system not only disregards migrant workers’ rights but depends on exploitation. But 10 years after Qatar was advised by the UN to abolish kafala (“sponsorship”) entirely and replace it with a regulated labour network, the system is thriving across Lebanon, Jordan and...

Greek Students are Set to Protest in Solidarity with their US Comrades Under Attack (www.thecanary.co)

New York prosecutors in Trump's hush money trial say former president continues to violate gag order (apnews.com)

Prosecutors said Thursday that Donald Trump again violated a gag order in his hush money trial, as the criminal case resumed on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court weighed whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions taken during his time as president....

New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually (apnews.com)

Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved Wednesday in the latest attempt to corral the ever-increasing costs of medical care in the United States....

One Login: Towards a Single Fediverse Identity on ActivityPub (thenewstack.io)

cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/10963743...

Gùlguʁnakjsam : Communauté francophone célébrant l'amitié franco-gùlhuʁnakjsamienne (science-fiction satirique) (jlai.lu)

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US Supreme Court justices scrutinize Trump immunity claim (www.reuters.com)

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday quizzed lawyers for Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith about the former president’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss, posing questions about what happens if a president sells nuclear secrets, takes a bribe or orders a coup or...