• 01/31/2025

Houston Apartment Owner Loses 3,200 Units to Foreclosure

Wall Street Journal The U.S. multifamily housing sector is feeling the heat as interest rates rise and rent growth slows. https://www.wsj.com/articles/houston-apartment-owner-loses-3-200-units-to-foreclosure-as-multifamily-feels-the-heat-fb3d0e75

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AI-Created Images Are So Good Even AI Has Trouble Spotting Some

Wall Street Journal Software tools can help you determine the origin of an image, but context is still key. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-created-images-are-so-good-even-ai-has-trouble-spotting-some-8536e52c

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Analysis: Automotive Strength Set to Drive Fortunes of European Chip Makers

Wall Street Journal Resilience in the automotive market will be the driving force behind revenue growth for European chip makers this year, as car manufacturers scramble to secure the most power-efficient components for their passenger vehicles amid their push for electrification. https://www.wsj.com/articles/automotive-strength-set-to-drive-fortunes-of-european-chip-makers-talking-markets-e3d20fed

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Ukraine Repels Russian Attacks in East as Kyiv Plays Down U.S. Leaks

Wall Street Journal The purported intelligence leaks appear to contain information about potential battlefield vulnerabilities and the composition of parts of Ukraine’s forces that could be exploited by Moscow. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-repels-russian-attacks-in-east-as-kyiv-plays-down-u-s-leaks-7c36acef

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Reinstated Nashville lawmaker Justin Jones calls on Tennessee House speaker to resign: ‘Enemy of democracy’

Fox News Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, who was reinstated in the statehouse Monday, is calling for the Republican speaker of the statehouse to resign. Jones, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled from the GOP-controlled legislature last week for leading a gun-control protest in the capitol, called House Speaker Cameron Sexton an “enemy of…

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US works with allies abroad to develop semiconductor policies

Fox News  As the United States works to ramp up semiconductor production domestically, lawmakers are also heading overseas to work with allies abroad. “In today’s interconnected world, we cannot wall ourselves off from shared problems. We are stronger and better when we work together,” President Biden said on a trip to Mexico City earlier this…

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Kremlin affirms that Kuril Islands constitute inseparable part of Russia

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Japanese authorities had refrained from using the term “illegal occupation” in respect to the Kuril Islands during the prime ministerial tenure of Shinzo Abe https://tass.com/politics/1602577

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Larger NATO footprint in Arctic to trigger military tensions — Russian foreign ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On March 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved Russia’s new foreign policy concept, which replaced the previous version from 2016 https://tass.com/defense/1602575

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Russian air defenses intercept GLSDB smart bomb, four HIMARS rockets in Ukraine operation

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Maryinka, Vesyoloye and Yelenovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Marinskoye and Novaya Mayachka in the Kherson Region were also destroyed https://tass.com/defense/1602569

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Over 11 million Ukrainians cross border with Poland since start of full-scale war

Pravda Ukraine More than 11 million Ukrainians have crossed the border into Poland since Russia launched a full-scale invasion last February. Source: Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the European Union “Today, the number of persons who have crossed the Ukrainian-Polish border since the beginning of the Russian aggression has exceeded 11 million.…

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