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Senators Question Meta’s Data Center Tax Strategy

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.

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Meta has claimed to the Internal Revenue Service that the data centers it is building across the country to power its new generative A.I. efforts are “experimental.”

Macron Dreamed of Reviving France, but His Term Is Ending in Crisis

Nearly a decade after his first election as president, Emmanuel Macron is presiding over a tense country sliding toward the fiscal brink.

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Students protesting in Paris on Thursday for better school conditions. President Emmanuel Macron has left his prime minister to publicly address nationwide school protests.

Palestinian Authority Formally Delays Elections, Despite Western Pressure

The aging Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, pushed off the planned vote until late 2027. Palestinians haven’t had major elections for about two decades.

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President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in the city of Ramallah last month, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

France’s Long, Fervent History of Protest

Student demonstrations in recent weeks re-lit a centuries-old torch of civil resistance. How do they compare to previous movements in France?

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A student attacking the police in Paris during the May 1968 student uprising.

What to Know About the Facebook Whistle-Blowing Case Depicted in ‘The Social Reckoning’

Aaron Sorkin’s sort-of sequel to the 2010 “Social Network” dramatizes a whistle-blowing case at Facebook. Here’s what to know.

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Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in a scene from “The Social Reckoning.”

What to Know About the Facebook Whistle-Blowing Case Depicted in ‘The Social Reckoning’

Aaron Sorkin’s sort-of sequel to the 2010 “Social Network” dramatizes a whistle-blowing case at Facebook. Here’s what to know.

© Leah Gallo/Sony Pictures

Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in a scene from “The Social Reckoning.”

France’s Long, Fervent History of Protest

Student demonstrations in recent weeks re-lit a centuries-old torch of civil resistance. How do they compare to previous movements in France?

© Gamma-Keystone, via Getty Images

A student attacking the police in Paris during the May 1968 student uprising.

French Student Protests Continue as Government Seeks Way Out of Crisis

Mass protests over decrepit schools and absent teachers are in their third week, with more planned. Officials have failed so far to quell a movement drawing many adult supporters.

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Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across the country.

France Student Protests Escalate Amid Fiscal Crisis and an Election

Chaos in schools, on the streets and in the markets is rooted in France’s struggles to fund its social welfare state, with a presidential election approaching.

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The damaged entrance to a high school in Paris on Monday. Unrest at French schools has compounded a sense of crisis in France.

This Screw Is Needed for Missiles and Planes. Buying One Can Take Years.

As the Trump administration scrambles to increase the production of munitions, these special screws are expensive and hard to source.

A ball screw prototype designed by Saginaw Precision, based Michigan. Only a handful of American companies are capable of making these screws for the U.S. military.
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