Rights groups slam EU for rolling back AI data protection rules
• Nov 19, 2025, 10:09 PM
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The European Union has proposed plans to ease the bloc's strict data protection rules and delay central parts of its new AI law. Brussels says the aim is to boost innovation and competitiveness of European firms by cutting red tape, but digital rights groups see the move as capitulating to pressure from Big Tech and US President Donald Trump. Also in the segment, a Belgian farmer has taken TotalEnergies to court over its impact on climate change, hoping it will force the oil giant to change its practices.
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• 7:23 PM
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Teaching financial literacy and entrepreneurship in impoverished areas
• 2:49 PM
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How to create economic opportunities in underprivileged areas? John Hope Bryant is the founder and CEO of Operation HOPE, a US non-profit that works to promote financial literacy and economic empowerment to young people and adults. A self-made millionair
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Euroclear warns EU that Russian frozen asset plan could lead to higher borrowing costs
• 10:47 AM
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The Financial Times is reporting that a depositary firm that holds frozen Russian state assets in the EU has warned that the bloc's plan to use these assets to back €140 billion in loans to Ukraine could lead to higher borrowing costs for member states.
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