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Briefing: One year on from Trump's 'liberation day,' global investors are rethinking American exceptionalism

Strategic angle: U.S. exceptionalism is "no longer automatic" among global investors, one market watcher told CNBC.

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Briefing: The Hyundai Ioniq 5 Is Still Crushing It

Strategic angle: Despite the recent EV slowdown, the American-made Ioniq 5 is winning hearts left and right, with double-digit sales increases.

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Briefing: Stellantis-backed Leapmotor delivers more than 100,000 EVs for fourth-straight quarter as BYD sales fall

Strategic angle: Leapmotor continues strong performance with over 110,000 EV deliveries, while BYD experiences a decline in sales.

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EFF’s Submission to the UN OHCHR on Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the Digital Age

Strategic angle: Governments around the world are adopting new laws and policies aimed at addressing online harms, including laws intended to curb cybercrime and disinformation, and ostensibly protect user safety. While these efforts are

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Briefing: STAT+: ‘Takeover Tuesday’ saves biotech’s quarter

Strategic angle: How 'Takeover Tuesday' saved biotech's first quarter.

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Briefing: Kia Posts Best-Ever First Quarter As Hybrid Sales Soar

Strategic angle: The Telluride is living up to its Selluride nickname as the crossover set a new record for quarterly sales.

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Briefing: Governments, beware: Why it's so hard to invest in risk prevention

Strategic angle: Governments cutting hundreds of millions of euros in pandemic funding, just a few years after a pandemic.

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Briefing: Woman Tries To Parallel Park. Then She Looks Out Her Window And Sees What A Group Of Men Is Doing: ‘That Would Piss Me Off'

Strategic angle: 'I will park on the moon before parallel parking.'

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Briefing: Poppies offer hope in fire-scarred Los Angeles

Strategic angle: California poppies bloom in Altadena, symbolizing resilience after devastating wildfires.

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Briefing: Hyundai And Genesis Will Launch 58 Models In America By 2030

Strategic angle: Thankfully, they won't all be SUVs.

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Briefing: Harley-Davidson's $110K Motorcycle Doesn't Know What The Word Depreciation Means

Strategic angle: Some vehicles start losing value the moment they leave the showroom, but this limited-edition bike has held its worth on resale markets amazingly well.

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Briefing: Dubois intends to back up her words vs Harper: 'I'm on a quest for greatness'

Strategic angle: Caroline Dubois is determined to unify world championships against Terri Harper as part of her ambition for greatness.

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Briefing: Opinion: STAT+: Cardiology’s finally prioritizing prevention — but what will it look like?

Strategic angle: Prevention is normally relegated to the periphery of national medical conferences. Not anymore.

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Briefing: Solar was poised to help Puerto Ricans survive blackouts — until Trump axed nearly $1B in funding

Strategic angle: The money is being redirected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a government-owned utility with a checkered past.

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Briefing: These maps show exactly where the West might burn this summer

Strategic angle: Amid drought and heat waves, April’s national wildfire forecast shows that nearly the entire Western U.S. will face an above-normal risk of wildfires at some point in the next four months.

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Briefing: 'Drill baby drill': Trump opens wilderness to big energy

Strategic angle: America's beloved national parks and public lands face conservation rollbacks and sell-offs as the Trump administration pushes for fossil fuel and timber extraction.

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Briefing: Wealth tax: Why are countries afraid to tax the ultrarich?

Strategic angle: Growing income inequality and public displays of billionaire power are increasing calls for new income and wealth taxes aimed at the world's richest individuals.

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Briefing: 'I'm back where I should belong' - Littler eyes fourth nightly win in Manchester

Strategic angle: Luke Littler has warned his rivals he is "back where I should belong" at the top of the Premier League Darts table as he seeks a fourth nightly victory in the space of five weeks in Manchester.

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Briefing: r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming

Strategic angle: The subreddit r/programming has implemented a temporary ban on discussions related to LLM programming.

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Briefing: Hungary's Watergate: Secret service tried to infiltrate the political opposition

Strategic angle: An espionage scandal shakes Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government ahead of elections.