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+ India ET: Noel Tata renews challenge to Chandrasekaran’s reappointment, questions Tata Sons board voting and conflict of interest —Noel Tata has raised concerns about N Chandrasekaran's reappointment as executive chairman of Tata Sons. His objections relate to board procedures, in...
+ NYT: Brazil Supreme Court Orders Flávio Bolsonaro to Hand Over Passports in Money Laundering Inquiry—Brazil’s Supreme Court told the police to seize passport of Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election, over his links to an investigation. [Ca...
+ NYT: Appeals Court Declines to Intervene in California Ballot Lawsuit—By a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s request that it immediately order the state to set aside 20,000 mail-in...
+ NYT: Machado’s Return to Venezuela Tests Limits of U.S. Sway—Seeking new elections, María Corina Machado will need to tread carefully to avoid offending the Trump administration, while also asserting her own lea...
+ NYT: Bob Woodward Criticizes Jeff Bezos in New Memoir—Six takeaways from a new memoir by Mr. Woodward, the star Washington Post reporter, including his disappointment with the newspaper’s billionaire owne...
+ NYT: France Makes Concessions to Students, but Not Enough to Halt Protests—The government promised to phase out an unpopular university admissions system by 2028. Student groups are pushing for more. [Category: France, Demons...
+ NYT: Anthropic Reveals Rapid Revenue Growth, and Even Faster Spending—Also, both parties are nervous about the Senate. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
+ NYT: Justice Dept. Brings More Charges Against Comey, Accusing Him of Leaks—Lawyers for Mr. Comey said that the case centers on an issue that had already been investigated and had not led to charges, of a purported leak of nat...
+ NYT: Netanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of Israeli Election, Officials Say—Israel’s military chief resisted the prime minister, who then pressed in recent days for a separate action, short of an overt strike, according to an ...
+ NYT: How Scuffles at Trump Rallies Echo His Past Events—Examining President Trump’s praise of a rallygoer who punched a protester last week, David E. Sanger, a White House and national security corresponden...
+ NYT: Israel Has Committed Genocidal Acts in Gaza Since Cease-Fire, U.N. Human Rights Panel Says—The panel also accuses Israel of committing crimes against humanity in the West Bank. Israel condemned the report. [Category: Defense and Military For...
+ NYT: The Key Numbers From Anthropic’s IPO Filing—We broke down the A.I. company’s key figures, which give insight into the health of its business, its future plans and who’s in charge. [Category: Art...
+ NYT: Last Ditch, a Lesbian Bar Whose Mask Policy Made It Famous, Will Close—The Massachusetts bar, which catered to lesbians, lifted its Covid mask requirement once a week to attract more patrons. The decision brought criticis...
+ NYT: Anthropic’s IPO S-1 Spells Out a Future of Promise and Peril—The A.I. company took great pains to describe the many benefits that can come from using its Claude chatbot and technology, but also offered up a heav...
+ NYT: Can Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s Former CEO, Help Fix A.I.’s Gender Problem? —She made her name as a pioneer at Google, then as chief executive at Yahoo. Now Mayer is entering the crowded marketplace for A.I. assistants — and ho...
+ NYT: Ken Paxton’s State-Funded Jet-Setting Draws Campaign Scrutiny—Mr. Paxton, the Republican candidate for Senate in Texas, has taken about 350 trips outside of the state since he was sworn in as attorney general. [C...
+ NYT: Meet Anthropic’s Seven Founders as the A.I. Firm Prepares for an IPO—Former OpenAI employees started the company in 2021 after disagreements over how to safely build artificial intelligence. An I.P.O. could make them bi...
+ NYT: Israeli Jews Across the Spectrum Face an Election of Fears—Supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have expressed intense anxieties about isolation abroad, security at home and the future...
+ NYT: What Happened to the Neanderthals?—Scientists now know that they shared many of the sophisticated abilities of Homo sapiens. So why are we the only humans left standing? [Category: Nean...
+ NYT: Alaska Election Gambit Shows Justice Dept. Has Bowed to Trump’s Demands—With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the president’s instrument of unmediated ...