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Iraqi Militias Attack KFC, US Businesses in Protest of Gaza War
Iraqi militias are targeting US businesses such as KFC in protest to the Gaza war. Supporters of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), a student wing of Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party stage a pro-Palestinian protest outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant calling for boycott of Israeli products on the outskirts of Islamabad on May 7, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip.
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The CDC has identified a rare flu variant in the US that shows resistance to the commonly used antiviral treatment Tamiflu, raising concerns due to two significant mutations.
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Adidas has initiated an investigation into allegations of large-scale bribery and embezzlement by senior staff in China, following a whistleblower complaint that claimed millions of euros were involved.
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A senior citizen in India has succumbed to injuries after being brutally attacked for money by a group of youngsters.
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Meta Platforms has postponed the European launch of its AI models after the Irish privacy regulator advised against using data from Facebook and Instagram users.
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The Norwegian Consumer Council has filed a complaint against Meta over its plans to use the images and posts of users on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.
California lawmakers rejected Governor Newsom's request to allocate an additional $400 million for PG&E in the state budget, continuing a political standoff.
The United States (US) has returned $156 million to Malaysia, which was recovered from assets seized in investigations into a global corruption scheme involving the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) state fund.
The leaders of the Group of Seven, the world’s wealthiest nations, have agreed to create a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight to survive Russia’s onslaught, with interest earned on profits from Russia’s frozen central bank assets used as collateral.
Amazon and Vrio plan to deploy 3,236 low Earth orbit satellites to provide broadband internet to South American countries, directly competing with Elon Musk's Starlink.
Luxury travel companies in the US are reporting low Paris Olympics ticket sales so far. The campaign's official logo of the Paris bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games is seen on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on February 9, 2016.
The US has imposed sanctions on several companies based in Hong Kong and the UAE for involvement in the trade of gold produced by a sanctioned Russian miner.
