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French Parliament Votes to Ban Food Imports Treated with EU-Prohibited Pesticides

In a major victory for domestic farmers and environmental groups, the National Assembly passed legislation blocking the entry of agricultural products grown with chemicals banned in Europe, setting up a potential legal clash with World Trade Organization free-trade rules.
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Japan's Naphtha Imports Plunge 47 Percent Amid Strait of Hormuz Closure
Global Crude Prices Retreat Below $96 as Gulf Tensions Momentarily Ease
Generative AI Outperforms Human Baselines in Landmark Global Creativity Study
NASA Partners With Private Aerospace to Unveil Permanent Lunar Base Architecture
South Korean Equity Markets Surge on Next-Generation Memory Chip Frenzy
U.S. Treasury Yields Slip as Energy-Driven Inflation Anxiety Cools
Extreme Spring Heatwave Blankets Europe Raising Summer Climate Alarms
European Union Faces Widespread Local Backlash Over Mega Data Centers
Washington Prepares Cuba Contingency Plans Amid Escalating Havana Pressure
U.S. Maintains Strategic Trade Tariffs Despite Advancing International Pacts
Canada Defies U.S. Defense Contractors With Swedish Arctic Surveillance Fleet Purchase
Wall Street Hovers Near Record Highs as Retail Sector Defies Inflation Constraints
Caesars Entertainment Agrees to $17.6 Billion Acquisition by Fertitta
White House Accelerates Infrastructure Security Following Violent Incidents
Prediction Market Legal Battles Escalate as Kalshi Sues Minnesota
World Health Organization Issues High Alert on Mutating Avian Influenza
EU Digital ID Claims Misstate What Brussels Can Legally Force on Member States
The Great Western Exit: Why Best Citizens Are Fleeing the Rich World [PODCAST]
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The AI Gold Rush Is Coming for America’s Last Open Spaces [Podcast]
The Pentagon’s AI Squeeze: Eight Tech Giants Get In, Anthropic Gets Shut Out [Podcast]
AI Isn’t Stealing Your Job. It’s Dismantling It Piece by Piece.
Kennedy’s Quiet War on Antidepressants Sparks Alarm Across America’s Medical Establishment
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French Police Probe Suspected Weather-Data Tampering After Unusual Polymarket Bets on Paris Temperatures
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday, with the Dow gaining about six-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 adding eight-tenths of a percent, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbing roughly one-and-a-quarter percent.
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