Meta Shares Slide as Big Tech Earnings Highlight Massive AI Spending by Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft
Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. declined sharply after the company released its latest quarterly earnings, even as it reported results
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June 20, 2026
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UK Defence Spending to Get Major Boost if Tories Win Election, Says Badenoch
** Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has unveiled plans to overhaul the UK’s defence capabilities if the Tories win the election, in what would be the nation’s biggest peacetime rearmament programme in history. To fund this ambitious effort, she proposes reinstating the two-child benefit cap, sparking a contentious debate on the country’s military preparedness and emerging global threats.
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UK Foreign Aid Spending Plunges to Nearly Two-Decade Low Amid Growing Humanitarian Concerns
The UK government’s commitment to foreign aid has hit its lowest level in nearly two decades, with provisional data showing
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Birmingham City Council’s Agency Spending Soars Amid Ongoing Bin Strike Dispute
** Birmingham City Council’s decision to double its agency spending amid a year-long bin strike dispute has sparked concerns from Unite that the authority is trying to undermine the effectiveness of the industrial action. The move has raised tensions in the city, where residents are facing difficulties in having their waste collected, and has left the outcome of the prolonged dispute uncertain.
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