UK govt races against time to keep steel furnaces running
Britain's government on Monday raced to secure raw materials to keep the country's last steelmaking blast furnaces running after passing emergency legislation to take control of British Steel.
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Meta faces landmark US antitrust trial
Social media juggernaut Meta stands trial on Monday facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors.
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Stocks rise on electronics tariffs exemption, gold hits new high
Stocks rose on Monday as trade war fears were tempered by Donald Trump's announcement of tariff exemptions for electronics, although the dollar weakened and safe-haven gold hit a fresh record amid fears the relief would be short-lived.
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Helicopter company that ran deadly New York tour shuts down
The helicopter tour company behind a crash in New York that killed six people last week is shutting down, US authorities said Sunday.
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Hungary set to restrict constitutional rights in 'Easter cleanup'
Hungary's parliament on Monday is expected to approve constitutional changes further clamping down on rights for LGBTQ people and other groups, part of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's "Easter cleanup" against his domestic opponents.
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Post Malone primed to close out Coachella
Post Malone was the closer of Sunday's edition of Coachella, the California desert festival that has featured cameos from stars including Billie Eilish and a much-touted drop-in from US senator Bernie Sanders.
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Katy Perry set to roar into space on all-female flight
Pop star Katy Perry will be the biggest name in an all-female group set to touch the edge of space Monday, roaring into the cosmos on one of billionaire Jeff Bezos' rockets.
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Xi warns protectionism 'leads nowhere' as he arrives in Vietnam
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned that protectionism "leads nowhere" and that a trade war would have "no winners", state media said, as he arrived in Vietnam on Monday on the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour.
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Trump hosts El Salvador's Bukele, key ally in anti-migrant push
US President Donald Trump is set to meet with Salvadoran counterpart Nayib Bukele on Monday, who has won heaping praise from Washington for partnering in its legally contested migrant crackdown.
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Trump spotlight divides S.Africa's Afrikaners
Country music and the aroma of pancakes enveloped the "Boeremark", or farmer's market, outside South Africa's capital Pretoria where thousands of Afrikaners browsed on a Saturday morning.
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