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French media giant AFP is suing Twitter over payments for news distribution. Elon Musk almost immediately called the lawsuit 'bizarre.'

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Elon Musk and the AFP logo.

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European lawmakers vote overwhelmingly in favor of adopting the first AI Act, a proposed law that aims to protect people from the technology's risks

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The European parliament building in Luxembourg.

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Dollar dominance could give way to a 'tripolar' currency system as China's yuan and the euro rise on the world stage

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Russian oil price caps have crushed Moscow's war revenue to start the year - despite widespread violations

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Elon Musk appeared to quietly change the way customers pay for Twitter Blue in Europe after being accused of breaking rules about how its prices were displayed

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Elon Musk's Twitter profile in front of the EU flag.

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China walks back ambassador's claim that ex-Soviet states aren't real countries, a position that played strongly into Putin's hands

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony before talks in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023

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Germany looks to cut its reliance on China with a new $2.2 billion commodities fund

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) stands next to Christian Bruch, President and CEO of Siemens Energy, in front of a turbine of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline as Scholz gives a statement during a visit on August 3, 2022 at the plant of Siemens Energy in Muelheim an der Ruhr, western Germany.

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China and India 'launder' Russian oil and resell it to Western nations that sanctioned Moscow, study says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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China and India are buying so much Russian oil that Moscow's now selling more crude than it was before invading Ukraine

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Russia faces new sanctions to foil its efforts to get around the old ones

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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