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NEW YORK :Elon Musk’s X Corp sued New York’s attorney general on Tuesday, challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring social media companies to disclose sensitive information about how they monitor hate speech, extremism, disinformation and other content.The complaint filed in Manhattan federal court said New York’s law compels disclosure of “highly sensitive and controversial speech” that is protected by the First Amendment and disfavored by the state.

Gary Glitter will stay in prison after the Parole Board refused the disgraced singer’s bid to be released. Glitter, 81, was recalled to jail less than six weeks after he was released halfway through his 16-year sentence in 2023 for breaching his licence conditions by allegedly viewing downloaded images of children. He was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment in 2015 after being found guilty of sexually assaulting three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980.The Parole Board last year said it was “not satisfied that release at this point would be safe for the protection of the public” after a hearing held…

[SINGAPORE] The full impact of the escalating US tariffs on Asean’s growth will likely emerge in 2026 – and Bloomberg projects a sharp regional slowdown.Gross domestic product growth across the Asean-5 economies – Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia – is expected to fall from 4.5 per cent in 2024 to 3 per cent in 2025; Bloomberg Economics projected on Tuesday (Jun 17) that growth could even fade to 1.5 per cent in 2026 if the tariffs stay in place. Among the five, Thailand and Singapore are likely to be hit the hardest because of their exposure to global…

Diego Luna set up Malik Tillman’s second goal as USMNT grabbed a 2-0 lead over Trinidad and Tobago.

Washington — Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota confronted GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah at the Capitol on Monday over a social media post about the Minnesota lawmaker shootings, telling reporters, “I wanted him to know how much pain that caused me.””I needed him to hear from me directly what impact I think his cruel statement had on me, his colleague,” Smith told reporters on Monday. Smith said she was a friend of Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota state lawmaker who was killed along with her husband, while another state lawmaker and his wife were wounded in targeted shootings on Saturday.…

WASHINGTON :Mitsubishi Motors said Tuesday it is hiking prices of U.S. vehicles by 2.1 per cent on average, the latest automaker to pass along cost increases to consumers as their expenses rise from the Trump administration’s tariffs.President Donald Trump in April imposed 25 per cent tariffs on car imports from Japan and nearly all other countries, prompting Mitsubishi to suspend deliveries from ports to U.S. dealers in early April. Mitsubishi resumed those deliveries last week, the company said.The 2.1 per cent average sales weighted price hike effective Wednesday “is a direct result of our regular and ongoing review of pricing…

[WASHINGTON] Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is in talks to raise US$4.3 billion through an equity investment on top of the US$5 billion it has recently been trying to borrow from debt investors, according to information the company shared with investors who asked not to be identified because it is private.Musk’s company, which is responsible for the AI chatbot Grok, needs the new money, in part, because it has already spent most of what it previously raised, the materials shared with investors indicate. Between its founding in 2023 and when the debt sale was launched this year, xAI raised US$14…

Virginia Democrats on Tuesday are voting for their nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general, rounding out the statewide ticket and setting the stage for a bellwether election later this year.Most of the nominees slated to be at the top of the November ticket have already been picked, and Republicans aren’t having a statewide primary. In the race for governor, Democrat Abigail Spanberger, whose candidacy thwarted prospective primary challengers, will go up against Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears — the only Republican who qualified for the ballot. Republicans have also solidified nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general.Virginia is one of…

Kraft Heinz will be pulling certain artificial dyes from its U.S. products starting in 2027 and will no longer roll out new products with the dyes. The move comes nearly two months after U.S. health officials said that they would urge foodmakers to phase out petroleum-based artificial colors in the nation’s food supply. Kraft Heinz said Tuesday that almost 90% of its U.S. products already don’t contain food, drug & cosmetic colors, but that the products that do still use the dyes will have them removed by the end of 2027. FD&C colors are synthetic additives that are approved by…

NEW YORK/LONDON :The U.S. dollar pared losses to trade firmer on the yen on Tuesday, after economic data showed American consumers growing more cautious as trade and inflation uncertainty lingered ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rate later this week.U.S. retail sales were softer than expected in May, but consumer spending remained supported by solid wage growth.The dollar initially softened on the print, but quickly reversed those loses as the market digested the data’s mixed picture, removing strength the yen had gained following the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) rate decision earlier.”The weaker headline retail sales release and last…