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Netflix beats expectations on profit and subscribers
Netflix beats expectations on profit and subscribers

Netflix topped expectations Thursday as it reported 9.3 million new subscribers and profits of $2.3 billion in the first three months of the year. Netflix took in $1 billion more in profit in the quarter than it did in the same period a year earlier, according to earnings figures.

Mideast in 'shadow of uncertainty' due to regional conflicts: IMF
Mideast in 'shadow of uncertainty' due to regional conflicts: IMF

Economies in the Middle East and North Africa face a "shadow of uncertainty" from ongoing tensions in the region, a senior IMF official told AFP on Thursday. In the face of the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Sudan, and a recent cut to oil supplies by Gulf countries, the IMF has pared back its growth outlook for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region once again.

Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' set to drop
Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' set to drop

Taylor Swift is primed to release her highly anticipated record "The Tortured Poets Department" on Friday -- the 11th studio album from the megastar who is already having a blockbuster year. Swift announced the album's release at the Grammys in February, a night that saw the 34-year-old billionaire win a record-breaking fourth Album of the Year prize.