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Italy’s prime minister visited Libya for talks Saturday with officials from the country’s west-based government focusing on energy and migration, top issues for Italy and the European Union. Libya is the third North African country Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited over the last two weeks as she seeks to secure new supplies of natural gas.
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Italy’s prime minister visits Libya for talks, sign B deal

An outside group may have accessed the online personal information of some Running Room customers in Canada over the last several months, the retailer says.
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Running Room Canada website hit with data breach; some passwords, credit card info accessed

Though you won’t be able to sit on the old, cracked pleather benches and take in the thick smell of gravy and fries, while the gentle sound of clanging dishes provides the soundtrack for your lunch, Zellers plans to roll out food trucks for those ‘craving a taste of nostalgia.’
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Zellers rolling out food trucks for Canadians ‘craving a taste of nostalgia’

A pair of senior U.S. senators is urging the Biden administration to get tough with Canada for “flouting” obligations to its North American trade partners.
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U.S. senators call for trade crackdown on Canada over dairy quotas, digital policies

Shopify Inc. says chief technology officer Allan Leinwand will be departing the company with chief executive Tobi Lutke to take on some of his responsibilities.
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Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand steps down for ‘personal reason,’ Lutke to take over R&D

House Republicans are seeking to restrict presidential use of the nation’s emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat. A GOP bill set for a vote Friday would require the government to offset any non-emergency withdrawals from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with new drilling on public lands and oceans.
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House GOP seeks new restrictions on use of U.S. oil stockpile, draws veto threat

Shares in India’s Adani Group plunged up to 20 per cent on Friday and the company said it was considering legal action against U.S.-based short-selling firm Hindenburg Research for allegations of stock market manipulation and accounting fraud that have led investors to dump its stocks.
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Adani mulls suing U.S. short-seller as shares sink up to 20 per cent

Boeing pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge that it misled regulators who approved its 737 Max, the plane that was involved in two crashes that killed 346 people.
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Boeing pleads not guilty in case over deadly 737 Max crashes

Shares of BuzzFeed Inc. extended gains to more than double in value on Thursday on reports the digital media firm was planning to use artificial intelligence to personalize and enhance its online quizzes and content.
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BuzzFeed soars on reports of plans to use ChatGPT’s OpenAI, Meta deal

A landmark lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department against Alphabet’s Google over its dominance of advertising technology could help rivals and websites that sell ad space, but leaves an uncertain future for the advertisers themselves, experts told Reuters.
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U.S. lawsuit against Google could benefit Apple and others