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Judi Dench among first woman members of UK's Garrick Club: report
Veteran actors Judi Dench and Sian Phillips have become the first woman members of London's esteemed Garrick Club after it voted in May to allow women to join, the Guardian reported Tuesday. Founded in 1831 for actors and "men of refinement and education", the Garrick was one of the last such clubs not to allow women in, except as guests of men.
Eurozone inflation eases slightly in June
The eurozone's annual rate of inflation cooled in June in line with analysts' expectations thanks to a slowdown in food and energy price rises, official data showed on Tuesday. Tuesday's data showed energy price rises slowed to a rate of 0.2 percent in June, down from 0.3 percent in May.
Hydrovolt to open battery recycling facility in France
Norwegian battery recycling firm Hydrovolt said Tuesday that it will expand internationally by opening a facility in France, boosting a nascent hub for producing electric vehicle batteries. Hydrovolt said the facility, which could open as soon as next year, would at first serve as a collection point to discharge and dismantle batteries but is suitable for recycling operations.
Lebanon says Israeli GPS jamming confounding ground, air traffic
Uber driver Hussein Khalil was battling traffic in Beirut when he found himself in the Gaza Strip -- according to his online map, anyway -- as location jamming blamed on Israel disrupts life in Lebanon. Numerous residents have reported their online map location as appearing at Beirut airport while they were actually elsewhere in the capital.
What's behind the dispute between Benin and Niger?
Benin and Niger are locked in a growing diplomatic row that has damaged their economies and seen Niger's military rulers switch off a key oil pipeline. Niger's military rulers, though, have refused to reopen their side.
'Google is broken': How an algorithm tweak cost livelihoods
Google made major changes to its search algorithm and spam filters earlier this year to get rid of low-quality content -- but the effects have proved devastating to some smaller websites. The US firm is notoriously secretive about its algorithms -- so much so that an entire industry known as "search engine optimisation" has grown up trying to game the algorithm to get more clicks.
Dollar strengthens as bets on Trump presidency rise post-debate
The dollar rose Tuesday and Asia equities were mixed as investors weighed the possibility of another Donald Trump presidency after last week's poor debate performance by incumbent Joe Biden.
Bot-like accounts spreading 'hate' during UK election: NGO
Bot-like social media accounts have spread "disinformation and hate" in tens of thousands of posts viewed an estimated 150 million times during the UK general election campaign, a watchdog investigation revealed Tuesday. Ava Lee, campaign leader at Global Witness, urged X and other social media companies to "clean up their platforms and put our democracies before profit".
US top court sidesteps ruling on contentious social media laws
The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to review a pair of Republican-backed laws that imposed restrictions on social media content moderation, in a decision welcomed by the tech industry.
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