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Jamaica’s government said two of its three citizens recently deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini have formally declined offers to be repatriated to the Caribbean nation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said late Thursday that Jamaican officials were still attempting to contact the third citizen. “During the discussion, the men were advised of the consular assistance available to them and of the government’s readiness to facilitate their return to Jamaica,” the Foreign Ministry said. The Jamaican government advised

Jamaica says 2 citizens deported by US to Eswatini rejected repatriation offers

Chinese AI model takes US tech industry by surprise with abilities rivaling Claude and ChatGPT

Fed rate-hike voices swell before July decision, rates still seen on hold

Brazil finance chief pledges reciprocity, not retaliation, after new U.S. tariffs

Brazil Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Friday there were no grounds for discussing retaliation against Washington's latest tariffs, promising instead to carefully evaluate reciprocal measures before their implementation. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration announced a 25% tariff on many Brazilian products on Wednesday in response to what it described as Brazil's unfair trade practices."There are no grounds for talking about retaliation against the United States over the tariffs. What we are discussing is evaluating reciprocal measures," Durigan told reporters.He added that th

Walmart names Kinnard to replace departing US COO Shanahan, memo shows

Top US tax lawyer forced out after White House clash over tax audits

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Apple in early settlement talks with US DOJ over antitrust case, Bloomberg News reports

Apple and the U.S. Department of Justice are in early discussions about settling a 2024 lawsuit that alleges the iPhone maker violated antitrust laws, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.Apple and the DOJ did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Reuters could not independently verify the report.The discussions are active, but there is no guarantee that the two sides will reach an agreement, the report said, adding that the iPhone maker has made multiple offers to the DOJ to bring the case to a close. The department and 15 states su

Northern Ireland's Donaldson seeks to appeal convictions for child sex offences

US judge won't block Meta from laying off workers who filed AI discrimination lawsuit

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Consumer sentiment surges due to lower gas prices

Lower gas prices helped Americans feel more optimistic about the economy early this month, though that relief might be short lived if the conflict in the Middle East continues to intensify.The University of Michigan’s latest survey of Americans, released Friday, showed that consumer sentiment surged 10% early this month to a preliminary reading of 54.4, the highest point since February.“Consumer sentiment climbed to its highest reading since February of this year on the basis of easing price pressures at the pump in recent weeks,” Joanne Hsu, the survey’s director, said in a release. �

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A body is recovered after San Francisco boat tragedy but 2 remain missing

Police have recovered the body of a woman who was one of three people missing after a boat sank this week in San Francisco Bay. The body was identified as Tondra Madruga, 58, also known as Tondra Miller, the San Francisco medical examiner said Friday. Madruga's body was recovered Thursday by a police marine unit, two days after the Volare, a 49-foot (15-meter) cabin cruiser, sank with 20 people aboard after being hit by a wave and capsizing. The group was on the boat to scatter the ashes of a loved one. “Our family is heartbroken by the loss of our

Barack Obama hasn’t endorsed a Michigan Senate candidate. An AIPAC-linked group is spending millions on ads with him anyway

Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite

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Key moments from Trump’s speech claiming declassified documents show US election vulnerabilities

President Donald Trump, in a primetime speech Thursday night, alleged vulnerabilities exist in American election systems, despite declassified documents released by his administration largely discussing vulnerabilities that have been known for years and that election officials around the country have tried to address.Trump said the speech and release of documents are not meant to “weaken confidence” in US elections, though critics say he has done just that. For years, the US president has spread falsehoods about the 2020 election.In the remarks, he addressed his economic agenda, immigratio

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Fed may need to hike rates if inflation does not ease soon, Jefferson says

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson on Thursday suggested he would be open to raising interest rates if there is no near-term improvement in inflation, though for now he believes it will be enough to hold short-term borrowing costs steady as the Fed did in June. "This policy stance should continue to support the labor market while allowing inflation to resume its decline toward our 2% target as the effects of past tariffs and energy prices pass through completely," Jefferson said in remarks prepared for delivery at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. "That said, in

Water rescues underway in western Texas after catastrophic floods in Hill Country kill 2

CNN examines Trump's new election vulnerability claims

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Brenda Fricker, the first Irish actress to win an Oscar for 'My Left Foot,' dies at 81

Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,’’ has died. She was 81. The Irish character actor died Thursday night in Dublin after a period of ill health, her agent, Phil Belfield said in a statement. Fricker became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award in 1990 for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the determined mother of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy and could control only his left foot. Daniel Day-Lewis, who played Christy Brown, won the award for best acto

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Strong quake off Mexican coast rattles Guatemala and El Salvador, but leaves no damage

A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas on Friday, shaking buildings as far away as Guatemala and El Salvador, though authorities said there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said emergency protocols were activated but that neither Chiapas nor the neighboring state of Tabasco reported issues, and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo said there were no deaths.In some parts of Guatemala, residents in their homes and office workers spilled onto the streets. The quake struck at a

Powerful earthquake in Mexico shakes Guatemala and El Salvador

Nasdaq drops 1% after China’s latest AI breakthrough rattles tech stocks

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Three things we’ve learned from the World Cup… so far

Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here.The last Friday of a World Cup is always a bit strange. It sort of feels like a down day, cut adrift from all the action, color and drama of the tournament.But fear not, this is just the calm before the storm.Both Argentina and Spain are busy behind the scenes putting the finishing touches to their tactics, as fans around the world finalize their plans for how they’ll be watching Sunday’s final (Spanish editor’s note: Unfortunately for me, it will be

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Communist scientists built a Cold War cola to beat Coke. It’s still a hit — along with these 7 other global rivals

When American pharmacist John Stith Pemberton reached his eureka moment on May 8, 1886, his formula for what would become Coca-Cola sparked a global soft drink revolution that still reverberates today.In fact, it’s now possible to “buy the world a Coke,” as the 1970s jingle goes, in nearly every country — apart from Cuba, North Korea and, since 2022, Russia — but even these places have developed local substitutes to satisfy their citizens’ cola cravings.Those same cravings have also inspired many entrepreneurs, enthusiasts and even governments around the world to create regional a

Netanyahu buys political loyalty with controversial legislation ahead of election

Iranians suffer new uncertainty and anxiety as US steps up attacks

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Netflix earnings forecast disappoints Wall Street, shares tumble

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America had a love affair with ‘fixer-upper’ homes. That may be over

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Trump threatens to revoke licenses of US networks for not carrying primetime speech

Two of the three major U.S. television networks and CNN did not broadcast a prime-time address on Thursday by President Donald Trump on their primary

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Speaker Johnson suffers humiliating political defeat, yanks veterans benefits bill

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Rubio and Miller warn of the ‘mortal threat’ of ‘far-left terror’ in speech to 67 countries

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UK urges FIFA to investigate Argentina over Falklands banner at World Cup

The British government has urged FIFA to investigate Argentina's soccer team after players posed with a banner claiming sovereignty over the Falkland Islands

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Iran and US step up attacks, release of American in dispute

Iran and the United States exchanged intensifying fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has largely

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UK nationalizes Chinese-owned British Steel to protect nation's steelmaking capacity

The U.K. government has nationalized British Steel to protect the nation’s steelmaking capacity

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls