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Japan real wages rise for 3rd straight month but outpaced by price rises
59+ min ago (394+ words) Japan's real wages in March rose 1. 0 percent from a year earlier for the third straight monthly increase, reflecting firms' robust profits and their efforts to offer competitive salaries to retain talent, despite slowing from the previous month, government data showed…...
Google faces new UK lawsuit over online display ads
10+ hour, 56+ min ago (285+ words) Google faces a fresh UK lawsuit accusing it of abusing its dominance in online display advertising, the claimants announced Thursday, in the latest antitrust action against the U. S. tech giant. The claim filed on behalf of British advertisers is seeking up…...
Pope Leo, Rubio commit to stronger ties, Vatican says, amid Trump tensions
11+ hour, 2+ min ago (1120+ words) Pope Leo and U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio jointly committed at a meeting on Thursday to improving relations between the Vatican and Washington, at a time when President Donald Trump has "repeatedly attacked the pontiff. Leo and Rubio "renewed the…...
Billie Eilish and James Cameron make concert movie magic with 'Hit Me Hard and Soft"
10+ hour, 53+ min ago (309+ words) The new concert film, co-directed by Eilish and three-time Academy Award winner James Cameron, was his idea. Cameron emailed Eilish's mother, Maggie Baird " a friend of his wife via their shared interest in plant-based diets and environmentalism " and suggested they…...
In a low period for comedy films, these were the best of the last decade
10+ hour, 53+ min ago (746+ words) The last decade has not been good for big-screen comedies. Hollywood studios nearly stopped making them. Horror became the in vogue genre. Laughs were out. Good comedies have kept being made, of course " it's just taken a little more effort…...
Sinner adds his voice to French Open prize money protests and awaits Wimbledon response
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (649+ words) The top tennis players are already upset they're not receiving a bigger share of tournament revenues at the French Open. Now they're hoping Wimbledon and the U. S. Open respond to their demands, according to Jannik Sinner. Fellow No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka said…...
U. S. trade court rules against Trump's 10% global tariffs
9+ hour, 9+ min ago (1050+ words) The U. S. trade court on Thursday ruled against President Donald Trump's latest 10% global tariffs, finding they were not "justified under a 1970s trade law. However, the court only blocked the levy on two small businesses and the state of Washington. The U. S. Court…...
Mount Everest season opens late, with climbers undeterred by huge ice block and high travel costs
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (614+ words) An unstable ice block dangerously hanging over the key trail on Mount Everest, high travel costs and increased permit fees haven't deterred hundreds of climbers from attempting to scale the world's highest mountain. Around 410 climbers and an equal number of…...
Brazil's Lula sees reset in relations with U. S. after talks with Trump
11+ hour ago (654+ words) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that three hours of White House talks with U. S. President Donald Trump had helped to "stabilize Brazil-U. S. relations that have been strained over Trump's tariff policy. The two leaders had been…...
Worries about AI's risks to humanity loom over the trial pitting Musk against Open AI's leaders
10+ hour, 57+ min ago (738+ words) At the heart of the trial pitting Elon Musk against Open AI CEO Sam Altman is a moment when they found common cause on an ever more pressing question: how to protect humanity from the risks of artificial intelligence. It…...