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Huge problems with axing fact-checkers, Meta oversight board says newsthirst.

Getty Images Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who is now the co-chair of Meta’s oversight board, is the former Prime Minister of Denmark. The co-chair of the independent body that reviews Facebook and Instagram content has said she is “very concerned” about how parent company Meta’s decision to ditch fact-checkers will affect minority groups. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, from Meta’s…

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European wind stocks drop after Trump pledges to stop new turbine construction newsthirst.

A Vestas wind turbine near Baekmarksbro in Jutland.  Afp | Getty Images European wind power stocks tumbled Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump said he would prevent the construction of new turbines. “We’re going to try and have a policy where no windmills are being built,” Trump told reporters at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago…

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Starmer attacks Badenoch over call for new inquiry into sexual abuse gangs | PMQs newsthirst.

Keir Starmer has accused Kemi Badenoch of “bandwagon jumping” in calling for a new inquiry into sexual abuse gangs, as he condemned the Conservative leader for her plan to try to vote down a bill on children’s wellbeing. In sometimes bitter exchanges at prime minister’s questions, as the topic of grooming gangs continued to dominate…

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Private sector companies added 122,000 jobs in December, less than expected, ADP says newsthirst.

A worker adjusts hiring signage at a job and resource fair hosted by the Mountain Area Workforce Development Board in partnership with NCWorks in Hendersonville, North Carolina, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.  Allison Joyce | Bloomberg | Getty Images Private sector job creation eased more than expected in December while wages grew at the…

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