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Disney posted better-than-expected first-quarter revenue but suffered from an unexpected drop in the number of subscribers to its Disney+ streaming service, prompting a negative reaction from Wall Street. The Burbank (California) group generated $21.8 billion in revenue in what is the second quarter of its staggered fiscal year (October to September), up 13% year-on-year, according …

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Inter Milan took a step towards Istanbul, where the Champions League final is scheduled for June 10, by winning the first leg of the “euroderby” against AC Milan (2-0), Wednesday in San Siro in the semi-finals. Last Italian team to have lifted the “Cup with the big ears”, in 2010 under the direction of José …

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An exchange in “prime time” on a channel that he has often showered with insults: Donald Trump, US presidential candidate of 2024, makes his comeback on CNN on Wednesday evening. This “town hall”, a televised exchange with voters in New Hampshire, will be his first media appearance since he was found responsible for sexual assault …

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The US Minister of Justice announced on Wednesday that he had finalized the first transfer of confiscated Russian funds to help rebuild Ukraine. In February, Merrick Garland had authorized the allocation to Ukraine of 5.3 million dollars seized from the accounts of the Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeïev. “I had authorized the transfer of these funds …

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Google on Wednesday opened its generative artificial intelligence chatbot Bard to 180 countries in English and announced the upcoming integration of this technology (capable of creating content on demand, in plain language) with many other platforms, including online search. line. “We have been primarily an artificial intelligence company for seven years and we are at …

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(Reuters) – Eiffage reported first-quarter revenue up 13.1% on Wednesday, citing strong results from its motorway concessions and rising orders. The French construction and concessions group achieved a turnover of 4.9 billion euros in the first quarter of 2023 and recorded a 15% increase in its order book. Strikes and transport disruptions in France have …

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Will the deputies succeed in substantially modifying the military programming law (LPM)? A little over a month after the presentation to the Council of Ministers of the LPM 2024-2023 by the Minister for the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu, the text has been examined by the Defense Committee since May 9, before a planned plenary examination. …

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“Réindustrialiser, c’est créer du pouvoir d’achat, financer notre modèle social, construire un avenir pour nos enfants.” Challenges. On a l’impression que vous faites de la reconquête industrielle la mère des batailles. Mais n’est-il pas trop tard ? Emmanuel Macron. Le rapport à l’industrie est une bonne partie de l’explication du mal français. Tous les pays européens ont …

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This is the epilogue of a procedure that lasted two years, and the outcome of which went unnoticed. On February 17, the Paris Court ruled in favor of Zadig & Voltaire against Louis Vuitton. The subsidiary of LVMH (shareholder of Challenges) had attacked the label created by Thierry Gillier for “parasitism”. Despite the failure of …

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PARIS (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange opened higher on Wednesday after the release of U.S. consumer price data showed a slowdown in inflation year on year, which could prompt the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) to pause the rise in interest rates. In early trading, the Dow Jones index gained 169.7 points, or 0.51%, …

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For Marine Le Pen, the demonization of the National Rally also goes through the business leaders box. Among her privileged interlocutors, there is Sophie de Menthon, the media president of the employers’ movement Ethic, who had invited her to present her program in front of an audience of leaders at the very chic Cercle Interallié …

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by Claude Chendjou PARIS (Reuters) – Wall Street is expected to fall slightly and European stock markets are also slightly in the red on Wednesday at mid-session, the market being without much conviction pending the publication of monthly inflation figures in the States -United. Futures on New York indices signal an opening on Wall Street …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled inadmissible, due to the statute of limitations, a complaint by Nigerian citizens against two Shell subsidiaries over an oil spill in 2011 which they say had a devastating impact on the coastal area where they live. The plaintiffs denounce the consequences of an oil …

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by Summer Zen HONG KONG (Reuters) – After three years of pandemic-related restrictions, Chinese consumers have indulged in luxury goods or travel but spending on daily consumer goods remains constrained, judging by first quarter corporate results. Corporate profits largely rebounded after the end of the zero-COVID policy last December, but consumer reservations about global growth …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday who the Islamic Jihad group said were among its members. The shooting, which occurred in the town of Qabatiya, near Jenin, comes after surprise Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed three Islamic Jihad leaders and …

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PARIS (Reuters) – The retail group Casino lost ground on the Paris Stock Exchange on Wednesday after Standard & Poor’s downgraded its credit rating, citing a risk of default. Casino shares lost 1.68% to 7.02 euros, around 07:10 GMT, the biggest drop in the SBF 120. On Tuesday, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded its …

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If AC Milan and Inter Milan have won the right to compete for a place in the Champions League final, they owe it a lot to Mike Maignan and André Onana, two goalkeepers still on the front line during the derby on Wednesday in the semi- final go. The French goalkeeper immediately returned to his …

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by Laetitia Volga PARIS (Reuters) – The main European stock markets are expected without much change at the opening on Wednesday, pending the figures for consumer prices in the United States. The first indications available point to a gain of 0.15% for the Parisian CAC 40 at the opening, 0.08% for the Dax in Frankfurt, …

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Former US President Donald Trump, who hopes to win back the White House in 2024, was found responsible by a New York civil court jury for the 1996 ‘sexual assault’ of former journalist E Jean Carroll, to whom he will have to pay 5 million in damages. After two weeks of trial, and less than …

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The New York Stock Exchange ended Tuesday in a slight decline on the eve of new data on US inflation and before negotiations on the debt ceiling of the United States. The Dow Jones index fell 0.17% to 33,561.81 points, the technology-dominated Nasdaq fell 0.63% to 12,179.55 points. The broader S&P 500 index dropped 0.46% …

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Two worshipers who were taking part in a Jewish pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue on the eastern Tunisian island of Djerba were killed on Tuesday evening in an attack led by a gendarme who also killed two colleagues before being shot dead, announced the Ministry of the Interior. This synagogue, the oldest in Africa, had …

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Agence France-Presse video coordinator in Ukraine Arman Soldin was killed on Tuesday afternoon in a Russian rocket attack in eastern Ukraine, near the besieged city of Bakhmout. In the evening, Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to him. “An Agence France-Presse journalist, one of our compatriots, Arman Soldin, was killed in Ukraine. With courage, from the first …

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Fires in western Canada paused slightly on Tuesday, allowing some residents to return home, but several blazes remain out of control and firefighters and experts alike are worried about a sharp rise in temperatures forecast for the weekend. Authorities have lifted evacuation orders for a few villages after pushing back the flames, but suffocating smoke …

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Back to back: Manchester City thrashed Real Madrid 1-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday in the Champions League semi-final first leg, and will now have to beat the reigning European champions on May 17 at the Etihad Stadium for hope validate his ticket for the final. Vinicius opened the scoring in the 36th minute …

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(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Riyadh would reopen its diplomatic mission in Syria, while official Syrian media reported that Damascus had decided to resume diplomatic work in Saudi Arabia. These decisions come nearly ten years after the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and in the wake of …

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Agence France-Presse’s video coordinator in Ukraine, Arman Soldin, was killed on Tuesday afternoon in a Russian rocket attack in eastern Ukraine, near the besieged town of Bakhmout. In the evening, Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to him. “An Agence France-Presse journalist, one of our compatriots, Arman Soldin, was killed in Ukraine. With courage, from the first …

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