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Japan’s largest telecom company and biggest newspaper called for laws to restrain generative artificial intelligence, saying democracy and social order are at risk if AI is unrestrained.

More traders are betting the Fed may cut the benchmark federal-funds rate just once or twice this year, fewer than officials’ last median forecast, and a handful are starting to wager that the central bank will leave rates where they are.

Musk vowed to fight an order by Brazil’s Supreme Court to remove several X accounts, calling for the resignation or impeachment of one of the country’s most powerful judges.

A simmering confrontation with the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority is a fresh sign of deep divisions over who will manage the enclave.

Laws meant to protect refugees from persecution are now used by vast numbers of economic migrants, nearly guaranteeing entry at borders and allowing applicants to remain while yearslong cases work through courts.

Talks for a cease-fire in Gaza and for the release of hostages resumed in Cairo, as Israel allowed a significant increase in humanitarian aid into the enclave and international pressure built to reduce the civilian toll of the fighting.

A Trump fundraiser pulled in $50.5 million, but one of the biggest donors to the former president’s 2020 campaign hasn’t yet written a check for the current contest.

Ecuador faced widespread criticism after police raided the Mexican Embassy in Quito to detain a former Ecuadorean vice president granted political asylum by Mexico.

Hamas’s attack on Israel six months ago and the state’s response to it have upended the nation now censured by other international actors, destroyed its sense of security and thrust it into an open argument with its U.S. ally.

Some U.S. shelters for immigrants are instituting length-of-stay limits to conserve resources in the face of what states and cities see as inadequate federal support.

An Oregon lottery player won a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot after Saturday night’s drawing was delayed for several hours for security procedures.

Telecommunications company NTT and leading newspaper Yomiuri will issue a manifesto calling for new laws to restrain generative AI.

Asian currencies consolidated against USD in the morning session, but fading Fed rate-cut bets spurred by stronger-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls data may weigh.

JGB 10-year yield rose in the morning Tokyo session, tracking higher Treasury yields after stronger-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls data spurred worries over the Fed’s rate cuts.

Gold prices were lower in early Asian trade on possible technical correction

President Biden and former President Trump both see Pennsylvania as a must-win state in the 2024 election. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday talked with voters, officials and campaign managers across the biggest swing state of the 2024 election to learn about how each candidate could win—or lose.

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After years of writing about work-life balance and sabbaticals, our columnist decided to take one. The experience surprised her.

Oil fell in early Asian trade, dragged lower by ebbing concerns over reduced supply amid easing tensions in the Middle East.

Kimberly-Clark will sell its personal protective equipment business to Ansell for $640 million in cash, agreeing to a deal that the Australian company’s chief executive said had been under consideration for years.

Australian supermarkets should be subject to hefty fines under a mandatory code of conduct that oversees how grocers deal with their suppliers, an interim government report has recommended.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would spend nearly $2 billion to help fuel growth in the country’s domestic artificial-intelligence sector.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 looks set to rise at the open, regaining some of the ground it lost last week.

Wednesday’s U.S. inflation data for March and Thursday’s interest-rate decision by the European Central Bank are likely to take center stage this week.