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Net profit jumped to 1.38 billion euros from 1.31 billion euros in the quarter a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Google has nine months to bring all the changes in, but the CMA says it wants to see "important parts" of the requirements implemented earlier.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Gen. Steven Marshall argued that the high court’s decision in favor of Louisiana “vindicates Alabama position on the lawfulness” of its earlier voting map.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Management credited an earlier deal with defense contractors Anduril Industries and Davidson Technologies as the catalyst for federal interest, an agreement Baratz hailed as a tremendous validation of D-Wave’s technology.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Everyone had to hand in their radios earlier this year, and the only newspapers we can legally read are filled with Nazi propaganda.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler