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• Klaus Schwab Steps Down from World Economic Forum

  22-04-2025 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Klaus Schwab, the man who started the World Economic Forum (WEF), has stepped down after leading the group for more than five decades. Schwab, who is now 87 years old, made his exit just before turning 88. He also left his role on the organization’s board of trustees right away. The Forum, which is based in Geneva, shared the news on Monday. The board met on April 20 and accepted his decision during a special meeting. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, the Forum’s...
  
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• Warnings over cuts by DOGE and RFK Jr to organization that keeps elderly people in their homes

  06-05-2025 23:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former employees of the Administration for Community Living say they fear it is being ‘broken up for spare parts,’Eric Garcia reports
  
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• World’s Happiest Cities for 2025 Revealed—Where Greece Lands

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Despite its cultural vibrancy, Mediterranean vibes and rich history, Athens ranked 183rd with a score of 573 points in the Happy City Index. Credit: Greek Reporter The Happy City Index is back for its sixth edition and with 200 global hubs assessed, Copenhagen in Denmark earns the title of the happiest city in the world while two Greek cities, Athens and Ioannina, in northwestern Greece barely made the cut, ranking near the bottom. The index, run by the London-based organization Institute for Qu
  
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• Wisconsin considers apprentice rule for state projects

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  MADISON, Wis. — A state-proposed...
  
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• WHO worrries over 33-year life expectancy gap in developed, developing countries

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday expressed concern over a 33-year gap in life expectancy between the world’s richest read more WHO worrries over 33-year life expectancy gap in developed, developing countries ......
  
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• White House calls Yemen ceasefire a 'WIN' – experts warn Houthis may not hold the line

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump’s sudden...
  
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• ‘What I would hope for is a saint’: A Canadian reverend’s view on a new pope

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  When Father Christian...
  
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• Thousands of chickens euthanized in South Africa after they were left starving and eating each other

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Animal welfare officers faced the...
  
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• The Kid Whisperer: How educators can *actually* be nice at school

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Scott Ervin, Tribune News Service PART I of II Dear Kid Whisperer, I am the principal of a private, secular, K-8 school. Every year that I have been principal, the behaviors start out fine in the fall, and slowly deteriorate after that, no matter how hard we work at it. They are particularly bad in our middle school. Some of our programming involves having class meetings when students cause major problems and figuring out what the student should do to make amends. As the behaviors get worse and
  
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• Suspect arrested in hit-and-run caught on video that shows car slamming motorcyclist

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Police in Oregon have arrested the suspect in an apparent road rage hit-and-run caught on video that shows a minivan slamming into a motorcyclist at high speed on a highway. The Beaverton Police Department on Tuesday said Washington County resident Samir Helio Pazzoto-Filho was arrested after the disturbing Monday incident on U.S. Route 26. Watch...
  
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• Putin, Netanyahu exchange Victory Day congratulations in phone call

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Leaders also discussed Middle East situation, ties, says Kremlin...
  
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• Pony AI, WeRide surge on Tuesday: Why are self-driving stocks rising?

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Chinese self-driving stocks, Pony AI Inc (NASDAQ: PONY) and WeRide Inc (NASDAQ: WRD), are flying high on Tuesday and they have the San Francisco-based Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) to thank. The ride-hailing giant announced a strategic partnership with PONY this morning, only hours after it expanded its collaboration with WRD as well, demonstrating sheer commitment to strengthening its hold on the global robotaxi market. Also today, UBER...
  
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• Poland claims Russian meddling in its presidential polls ahead of May 18 voting

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Poland claims Russian meddling in its presidential polls ahead of May 18 voting ......
  
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• Pakistani security officials say India has fired missiles across the border in three locations

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Pakistani security officials say India has fired missiles across the border in three locations. ......
  
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• Operation Sindoor sees India fire missiles into Pakistan after weeks of tension between nuclear rivals

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  It follows rising tensions after militants killed 26 civilians in a resort town in Indian-administered Kashmir - with the missiles reportedly aimed at militant groups ......
  
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• Motown legend Smokey Robinson accused of assault and sexual battery in lawsuit

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Four women identified as housekeepers who worked for Smokey Robinson and his wife at their Chatsworth home filed a lawsuit Tuesday, accusing the Motown legend of assault and sexual battery. The lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Los Angeles against the 85-year-old singer, songwriter, producer and record label exec and wife Frances Robinson identifies the plaintiffs as Jane Doe 1, 2, 3 and 4, who worked for years at the Robinsons' house in Chatsworth. The complaint includes allegations of "repeat
  
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• ISPR says 3 Pakistanis martyred, 12 injured in late-night Indian strikes; army retaliation underway

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry early on Wednesday morning said three Pakistanis were martyred and 12 were injured in “cowardly” missile strikes by India in Kotli, Bahawalpur, Muridke, Bagh and Muzaffarabad in a “cowardly attack” after midnight for which retaliation by the military was already under way. The strikes come as tensions have escalated intensely between the two countries in the wake of a militant attack in o
  
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• Indian-origin man, critic of COVID boosters, becomes US top vaccine official

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Indian-origin man, critic of COVID boosters, becomes US top vaccine official ......
  
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• India strikes nine sites in Pakistan weeks after Kashmir militant attack – live

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  India confirms ‘precision strike’; Pakistan vows response to ‘heinous provocation’...
  
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• India says it has launched airstrikes against militant infrastructure inside Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  India says it has launched airstrikes against militant infrastructure inside Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. ......
  
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• India says it attacked nine sites in Pakistan, Pakistani Kashmir

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Multiple loud explosions were heard in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday as India said it had attacked "terrorist infrastructure" in nine sites. ......
  
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• India launches strikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  India said it attacked \...
  
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• India launches military operation against Pakistan, explosions heard

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  By Sophia Saifi and Jerome Taylor, CNN (CNN) — India said early Wednesday it had launched a military operation against Pakistan, hitting “terrorist infrastructure” in both Pakistan and Pakistan administered-Kashmir, in a major escalation of tensions between the two neighbors. “These...
  
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• India govt says its missiles hit nine sites in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  India said Wednesday it carried...
  
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• India fires three missiles across the frontier with Pakistan, Pakistani officials say

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing at a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani security officials said. India said it was striking...
  
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• India fires missiles at Pakistan and disputed Kashmir region as WW3 fears grow

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Indian forces launched several missiles at neighbouring Pakistan and the disputed Kashmir region, stoking fears the conflict could escalate into a World War 3 scenario ......
  
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• India fires missiles across the frontier with Pakistan, killing at least 1 child, officials say

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Pakistani security officials say that...
  
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• India Confirms Operation Sindoor: Precision strikes hit 9 terror sites inside Pakistan

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  In a significant development early Tuesday morning, the...
  
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• India announces free trade agreement with UK

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  New Delhi, May 6 (BNA): India has announced the signing of a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom. According to Reuters,...
  
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• Dr.-turned-Congresswoman Tx Trump@ending fed $ of gain-of-funct. research

  06-05-2025 23:53 via article.wn.com
  Dr.-turned-Congresswoman Tx Trump@ending fed $ of gain-of-funct. research Miller-Meeks praised Donald Trump for ending gain-of-function research with an executive order. The order bans federal funding for gain-of-function research in countries like China and Iran. By Charlotte Hazard Iowa GOP...
  
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