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Nextflix co-founder Reed Hastings to leave streaming service

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T08:17:46+00:00

Chair’s decision to not seek re-election ‘not as a result of any disagreement’, company says in filingReed Hastings, the Netflix chair, is leaving the streaming service he co-founded nearly 30 years ago as the company regains its footing after losing out on a $72bn (£53bn) deal for Warner Bros Discovery.In a 14-page letter to investors released on Thursday, Netflix said Hastings would not stand for re-election at its annual meeting in June and planned to focus on philanthropy and other pursuits. Continue reading...

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Ben Roberts-Smith released from prison on bail after being charged with five counts of war crime murder

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T08:11:23+00:00

Former SAS corporal granted bail ahead of potential trial on charges relating to alleged killing of civilians in AfghanistanFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith has been granted bail under strict conditions while he awaits a potential trial on alleged war crimes.The Victoria Cross recipient, once Australia’s most lionised soldier, faces five charges of war crime murder over allegations he killed unarmed civilians during his service with the Australian SAS in Afghanistan. Continue reading...

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Квадратні метри знову "золоті": житло в Україні дорожчає - і це не межа

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-17T07:55:00+00:00

На п’ятому році війни житло в Україні продовжує дорожчати. УНІАН з’ясував, що відбувається з цінами на купівлю та оренду квартир, що штовхає ринок угору та хто сьогодні наважується інвестувати в омріяні квадратні метри.

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Weather tracker: hail covers parts of Tunisia and Algeria like snow

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T07:49:39+00:00

Accumulations of up to 3cm deep reported as severe thunderstorms also bring heavy downpours to central Italy This week has seen severe thunderstorms affect the Mediterranean. On Monday, a surface low-pressure system in the Mediterranean in conjunction with an upper air cut-off low, lead to thunderstorms over north Africa. Their intensity was aided by the hot precursor conditions.Algeria and Tunisia were notably affected by the thunderstorms, with some hail accumulation layers as a result. When so much hail forms, it starts to lay down sheets of hail, covering the ground like snow. Hail accumu

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Albanese’s visits to key allies have borne early fruits of fuel and fertiliser but ‘resilience’ is on the budget agenda

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T07:45:51+00:00

The prime minister has weathered the crises – for now – and there is a growing recognition that Australia is too vulnerable to world eventsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese’s fuel diplomacy tour of Asia has already started paying dividends, but the real test could still be to come.After last week’s rush to Singapore and pulling forward a planned visit, the prime minister dashed back to Australia from Malaysia on Thursday, to survey the damage at one of the nation’s only remaining fuel refineries. Th

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La divergenza su Hormuz che rischia di segnare il vertice dei Volenterosi

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-04-17T07:41:55+00:00

Al summit convocato a Parigi da Macron e Starmer nel tentativo di riaprire in sicurezza la navigazione dello Stretto, siedono anche Merz e Meloni. Ma la linea francese sulla presenza americana nell’operazione rischia di dividere i leader dell’E4

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White House works to give US agencies Anthropic Mythos AI

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-17T07:33:02+00:00

The move signals the US government’s continued interest in Anthropic’s tools despite a public spat and ongoing legal fight between the company and top Trump administration officials

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Finance leaders warn over Mythos as UK banks prepare to use powerful Anthropic AI tool

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T07:31:37+00:00

Release of new Claude model, so far limited to US firms, will expand to British institutions in coming daysBritish banks will be given access in the next week to a powerful AI tool that was deemed too dangerous to be released to the public, as a series of senior finance figures warned over its impact.Anthropic, which has so far limited the release of the new model to a small clutch of primarily US businesses, including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, said it would expand that to UK financial institutions in the coming days. Continue reading...

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PM to join summit on reopening strait of Hormuz – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T07:30:32+00:00

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia secures extra fertilizer and 100m extra litres of fuel, PM saysAlbanese has also provided an update on Australia’s talks with its allies in Asia to shore up imports of fuel and other goods affected by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.The advice that we have received today is that 80% of diesel production is continuing, 80% of aviation fuel is continuing, ongoing.It has been slowed down just slightly because of the circumstances which are there, but 60% of petrol production [is] proceeding t

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Dl sicurezza, frizioni nella maggioranza: il tempo stringe, oggi il primo sì in Senato

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-04-17T07:23:42+00:00

Caduti gli oltre mille emendamenti delle opposizioni. Norma rivista: ok ai coltellini, ma pene inasprite a chi li porta sui bus o nei dintorni di banche. La dead line, entro la quale il provvedimento deve ricevere l'ok definitivo da entrambe le Camere, è fissata al 25 aprile

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