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May Day: protests expected across US over workers’ and immigrants’ rights | US news newsthirst.

Protesters are expected to rally nationwide on 1 May with a focus on workers’ and immigrants’ rights in the latest round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his administration. May Day, commemorated as international workers’ day, comes after two massive days of protests in April – 5 April’s hands off rallies and 19 April’s day…

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Sam Altman’s eye-scanning ID project launches in 6 U.S. cities newsthirst.

Worldcoin co-founders Sam Altman and Alex Blania. Worldcoin OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s eye-scanning venture officially makes its U.S. debut Thursday. Altman co-founded “World” in 2019 — known as Worldcoin until last year — to create a global identity verification system for people, using iris scans and the blockchain to ideally fight against fraud and bots. Here’s…

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Man arrested in Japan after allegedly driving car into schoolchildren, say reports | Japan newsthirst.

A man has been arrested in the Japanese city of Osaka after allegedly driving his car into seven schoolchildren in a suspected deliberate attack, local media said. The children, who were on their way home from school, were injured and taken to hospital but all seven remained conscious, according to the public broadcaster NHK and…

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First major ballot box test for Labour as polls open in English local elections | Local elections 2025 newsthirst.

Polling has opened across England in a series of local, mayoral and parliamentary races that will be the first major electoral test of Keir Starmer’s Labour government. The elections cover 24 councils across England, as well as six mayoralties and a byelection in the formerly Labour-held seat of Runcorn and Helsby in Cheshire. One of…

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