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EBay Turns Down GameStop’s $55.5 Billion Takeover Proposal

By Andrew Moran EBay has turned down videogame retailer GameStop’s $55.5 billion takeover proposal. The online marketplace, in a May 12 letter, called GameStop’s acquisition offer “neither credible nor attractive.” “The Board, with the support of its independent advisors, has thoroughly reviewed your proposal and has determined to reject it,” Paul Pressler, the chairman of…

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Hantavirus Symptoms Reported on Cruise Evacuation Flight

By Tom Gantert A French citizen on the MV Hondius cruise ship came down with hantavirus symptoms while flying back to France, according to French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu. Lecornu on Sunday posted on X that there were five French citizens on board the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, and all five were…

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Passengers Evacuate Cruise Ship Hit by Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak

By Tom Gantert The passengers and crew aboard the MV Hondius exited the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship in the Canary Islands on May 10. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) classified all passengers and crew as high-risk contacts as they disembark and return to their home countries. U.S. citizens were among the last…

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OpenAI Cofounder Greg Brockman Defends Company’s For-Profit Pivot—and His Own $30 Billion Payday

By Beige Luciano-Adams In the second week of a high-profile jury trial that could have a profound impact on the race for artificial intelligence (AI), OpenAI President Greg Brockman rejected allegations that he and other cofounders betrayed the company’s philanthropic mission and illegally enriched themselves by flipping the nonprofit lab into a for-profit corporation. Tesla…

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US to Host New Israel–Lebanon Peace Talks

By Ryan Morgan The United States will again host a set of talks between Israeli and Lebanese delegations on May 14 and 15, for what is intended to be an intense effort to advance a lasting peace agreement between the two nations amid recent fighting. “These talks aim to break decisively from the failed approach…

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Trump Put Tehran on the Clock

By Mehek Cooke President Donald Trump’s usual naysayers and the foreign policy class are already trying to sell his pause of Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz as a retreat. That is wrong. A real retreat would mean lifting the blockade and giving Tehran relief up front. Instead, Trump did the opposite. He paused…

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US Economy Adds 115,000 Jobs in April, Beating Market Estimates

By Andrew Moran The U.S. labor market could be showing signs of heating up after the economy topped economists’ expectations. April payrolls rose by 115,000, from the previous month’s upwardly revised 185,000, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on May 8. The consensus forecast indicated a gain of 62,000 jobs. The unemployment…

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