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Insurance stocks sell off sharply as potential losses tied to LA wildfires increase newsthirst.

In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen from above during the Palisades fire near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 9, 2025.  Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images Insurers exposed to the California homeowners’ market sold off sharply Friday as the devastation caused by the…

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Venezuela to investigate alleged torture of its citizens in El Salvador jail | Venezuela newsthirst.

Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek Saab, said on Monday that his office would investigate El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, and two other officials for the alleged abuse of Venezuelans detained in the country. More than 250 Venezuelans held in El Salvador’s notorious Cecot prison returned to Venezuela on Friday under the terms of a prisoner exchange…

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Blue Box Episode 5: Release date schedule, preview, where to watch and more newsthirst.

Kouija Miura’s award-winning manga series Ao no Hako, serialised in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump, kicked off its TV anime journey on October 3. Its weekly episodes of the wholesome dramedy are expanding Netflix’s anime catalogue alongside the ongoing Dan Da Dan simulcast and Sakamoto Days’ yet-to-premiere addition. Blue Box Episode 5 will be out on…

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University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations | US universities newsthirst.

The University of Michigan has canceled its contract for undercover investigators to surveil pro-Palestininan campus groups, following outcry after a Guardian story revealed the private investigators had been trailing and recording students for months, and published damning video of one investigator’s interaction with a student. “We recently learned that an employee of one of our…

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Russian general killed in Moscow car blast on day of Trump envoy visit | Russia newsthirst.

A senior Russian military official has been killed in a car explosion near Moscow, hours before a Kremlin meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff. The Russian authorities named the officer as Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik, the deputy head of the main operations directorate of the general staff of the Russian…

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Microsoft stock slumps more than 6% on disappointing revenue outlook newsthirst.

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Microsoft shares dropped more than 6% after issuing weak current-quarter guidance after the bell Wednesday. The software giant topped Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter estimates, posting earnings of $3.23 per…

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