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Consumer sentiment worsens as inflation fears grow, University of Michigan survey shows newsthirst.

A shopper pays with a credit card at the farmer’s market in San Francisco on March 27, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The deterioration in consumer sentiment was even worse than anticipated in March as worries over inflation intensified, according to a University of Michigan survey released Friday. The final version of the…

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US education department to lay off 1,300 people as Trump vows to close agency | Trump administration newsthirst.

The US Department of Education intends to lay off nearly half of its workforce. The layoffs of 1,300 people were announced by the department on Tuesday and described by the education secretary, Linda McMahon, as a “significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States education system”. In a post on X, McMahon said:…

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Cyclone Alfred threat eases as BoM says it is now less likely to cross Queensland coast | Queensland newsthirst.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is becoming less likely to make landfall on the Queensland coast after it briefly intensified to a category four. Alfred briefly strengthened to a category four overnight but has since been downgraded back to a category three. It is sitting about 750km north-east of Mackay and producing wind gusts of 220km/h in…

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Robert De Niro attacks Trump in Cannes speech: ‘This isn’t just America’s problem’ | Cannes film festival newsthirst.

The actor Robert De Niro has – after a brief period of abstention – returned to his robust public critique of Donald Trump, using his Palme d’Or acceptance speech at the Cannes film festival to newly attack the US president. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the 78th film festival in France, De Niro said…

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Peace can be established in Bengal only when cross-border infiltration stops: Amit Shah newsthirst.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the gathering during the inauguration of the Integrated Check Post, a newly constructed passenger terminal and a cargo gate at the India-Bangladesh land border crossing, in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, on October 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (October 27,…

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