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Posted onThe assembly, dominated by lawmakers who are allies of former president Nicolás Maduro, passed the bill with the backing of interim President Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed office after Maduro was seized in a US military operation earlier this month.
Child benefit: HMRC to review thousands of suspended payments
Posted onEimear DevlinBBC Money Box reporter Eve Craven Eve Craven had her child benefit halted after she went on a five-day trip to New York with her son The UK’s tax body is reviewing its decisions to strip child benefit from about 23,500 claimants after it used travel data to conclude they had left the country…
Legoland Shanghai: China bets on Western theme parks to lift spending
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Waterstones would sell books written by AI, says chains boss
Posted onFelicity Hannah,Big Boss Interviewand Michael Sheils McNamee,Business reporter PA Waterstones would stock books created using artificial intelligence, the company’s boss has said, as long as they were clearly labelled, and if customers wanted them. However, James Daunt, a veteran of the bookselling industry, said he personally did not expect that to happen. “There’s a huge…
