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People who were given infected blood while receiving NHS care are “scared they won’t live to see compensation”, according to campaigners.The Infected Blood Inquiry is set to reopen later this week to examine the “timeliness and adequacy” of the government’s response to compensation. Gary Webster, who was infected with HIV and hepatitis C when he attended Lord Mayor’s Treloar’s School in Hampshire in 1970s and 1980s said he felt things had “gone downhill” since the inquiry published its report last May.Mr Webster told the PA news agency that progress was “too slow” and there seemed to be “a random system”…

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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s tariff tempest has turned markets upside down, rocking investors globally. This spurred the Monetary Authority of Singapore to cut its 2025 growth outlook, as tariff-driven “demand shocks” slam the trade-orientated economy. What might Trump do next? No one knows – maybe not even Trump himself.But April’s absurdity offers clear investing lessons: Trying to time markets based on widely known factors is folly. So is selling amid panic.Fact: Trump’s tariffs are bad – especially for the US itself. This is one reason non-US stocks, including the Straits Times Index (STI), are far ahead in 2025. But fear…

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Siri was the target of a privacy lawsuit. Potential members of a class-action lawsuit are being told to apply for their share of a now-approved $95 million settlement, if they owned a device with Siri that could’ve recorded a private conversation. Emails are being sent out to consumers about a “Lopez Voice Assistant Class Action Settlement,” explaining that the recipient could be owed some money. Following after the agreement by Apple to settle a class-action lawsuit, the time has now come for payments to be made. The email, seen by AppleInsider, advises that the recipient is identified as potentially being…

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ARLINGTON, Va., May 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is deeply alarmed following the release today of President Trump’s proposed discretionary funding levels for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, which seek unprecedented and drastic funding cuts across the federal government. While the proposal is a high-level document without specifics on all programs that may be impacted, the extent of possible cuts could be devastating for people with mental illness.  The proposed budget, if enacted, would cut federal non-defense spending by more than $163 billion. Specifically, it proposes to cut nearly $18 billion (40 percent reduction) from the…

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth says Mike Waltz will have a “brutal hearing” for U.N. ambassador – CBS News Watch CBS News Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, who is on the Senate Armed Forces Committee, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that Mike Waltz, who resigned as national security adviser last week but has been tapped by President Trump to be U.N. ambassador, will have a “brutal” Senate confirmation hearing. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

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[SINGAPORE] Singapore banks may cut their earnings guidance for 2025, as uncertainty in the macroeconomic outlook weighs on their growth prospects for the year, analysts said.While the local lenders will likely continue to post resilient results for the first quarter of 2025, analysts noted a lack of clarity ahead. Several downgraded the sector ahead of the release of their results.The Singapore banks are due to report their first quarter results this week – beginning with UOB on Wednesday (May 7), then DBS on May 8, and finally, OCBC on May 9.First-quarter earnings will likely continue to be held up by…

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MENLO PARK, Calif. — Working to differentiate itself in the crowded field of artificial intelligence, Meta Platforms has launched a standalone AI app — with a social media component — to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The Meta AI app, built with the company’s Llama 4 AI system. It includes a “discover” feed that lets users see how others are interacting with AI. It also has a voice mode for interacting with the AI. “It’s smart for Meta to differentiate its ChatGPT competitor by drawing from the company’s social media roots. The app’s Discover feed is like a version of the…

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