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In the Dock: Instagram’s Design Faces a Reckoning Over Teen Wellbeing

In the Dock: Instagram’s Design Faces a Reckoning Over Teen Wellbeing

The courtroom in Los Angeles is about to become a stage for one of Silicon Valley’s most uncomfortable conversations: whether the architecture of Instagram was built to connect — or to keep young users hooked. Adam Mosseri, the public face of the Meta-owned platform, is set to testify over claims that Instagram’s design choices have …

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DOJ Invites Congress to Weigh in on Judges Blocking Trump Agenda

DOJ Invites Congress to Weigh in on Judges Blocking Trump Agenda

The Justice Department has begun gathering what it calls the most “egregious” examples of federal judges standing in the way of President Donald Trump’s policy priorities — a move that signals a sharper turn in the administration’s standoff with the courts. According to officials, federal prosecutors across the country have been asked to flag rulings …

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Capitol Hill Showdown: Bondi Confronts Lawmakers Over Epstein Records and DOJ’s Direction

Capitol Hill Showdown: Bondi Confronts Lawmakers Over Epstein Records and DOJ’s Direction

Pam Bondi walks into a House hearing this week with more than briefing papers in hand — she carries a controversy that refuses to fade. The U.S. attorney general is set to face pointed questions from the House Judiciary Committee over the Justice Department’s handling of records tied to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Lawmakers …

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Climate Rollback May Unleash Courtroom Storm for U.S. Energy Giants

Climate Rollback May Unleash Courtroom Storm for U.S. Energy Giants

A regulatory pillar that has quietly underpinned U.S. climate policy for more than a decade is about to be pulled away — and the aftershocks may be felt less in Washington than in courtrooms across the country. The Trump administration is preparing to revoke a 2009 scientific determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health. That …

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Africa’s Hidden Motherlode: Trillions in Minerals Still Waiting to Be Tapped

Africa’s Hidden Motherlode: Trillions in Minerals Still Waiting to Be Tapped

Africa is sitting on one of the richest mineral endowments on the planet — and much of it remains untouched. A new study by Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) estimates that the continent holds about $29.5 trillion in mine-site mineral value, roughly one-fifth of global mineral wealth. Yet a staggering $8.6 trillion worth of these resources …

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Hotels Booked, Lobbies Buzzing: UAE Hospitality Closes 2025 at Full Tilt

Hotels Booked, Lobbies Buzzing: UAE Hospitality Closes 2025 at Full Tilt

The UAE’s hotel industry wrapped up 2025 in confident stride, riding a tourism wave that barely showed signs of slowing. Visitor numbers climbed across key emirates, room rates strengthened, and occupancies hovered at levels most markets can only envy. Dubai remained the engine of the surge, drawing 17.5 million international visitors in the first eleven …

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UAE Property Plays a Long Game as Non-Oil Engines Keep the Momentum Alive

UAE Property Plays a Long Game as Non-Oil Engines Keep the Momentum Alive

The UAE’s real estate story closed the year with confidence, powered less by oil barrels and more by people, capital and conviction. Across homes, offices, malls, hotels and warehouses, activity stayed brisk through the final quarter, underscoring how deeply diversified the market has become. According to a new market assessment, steady non-oil expansion, population growth …

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Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Giant Rewrites the Playbook as Mega-Projects Lose Centre Stage

Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Giant Rewrites the Playbook as Mega-Projects Lose Centre Stage

Saudi Arabia’s $925 billion Public Investment Fund is preparing to unveil a fresh five-year strategy this week, signaling its most decisive pivot yet in the kingdom’s economic overhaul under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to people familiar with the plans. The new roadmap, covering 2026 to 2030, has already been quietly introduced to select …

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UAE Lenders Swell to Record Size as 2025 Delivers a Balance-Sheet Boom

UAE Lenders Swell to Record Size as 2025 Delivers a Balance-Sheet Boom

The UAE’s banking sector wrapped up 2025 on a high note, adding more than AED780 billion in assets over the year and pushing the system’s total size to roughly AED5.34 trillion by December, up from about AED4.56 trillion a year earlier. Figures released by the Central Bank of the UAE show momentum carrying through to …

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Appeals Cut Short: White House Plan Reroutes Fired Federal Workers’ Challenges

Appeals Cut Short: White House Plan Reroutes Fired Federal Workers’ Challenges

A new proposal from Washington could dramatically narrow how dismissed federal employees fight their way back into government service. Under the plan, workers who lose their jobs would no longer take their cases to an independent body that traditionally settles disputes between agencies and employees. Instead, appeals would be handled by the federal government’s own …

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