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Socialists battle to hold Paris in key mayoral elections in FranceHugh SchofieldParis correspondent, ParisReuters/BBC/Léa GuedjSocialist Emmanuel Grégoire (L) is leading the polls in Paris but centre-right Rachida Dati is close behindMayors for France's major towns and cities will be chosen on Sunday, in the last vote before next year's presidential elections.Excitement is especially high in...

Lucid Motors recalls over 4,000 Gravity SUVs citing improperly welded seat belts Lucid Motors seemed to have largely resolved its initial quality struggles with the Gravity SUV’s hardware and software, but the company is not out of the woods yet: it just issued a recall for more than 4,000 Gravity SUVs after discovering a problem with the seat belts. The company told the National Highway...

Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing On Monday, creative suite maker Canva announced the dual acquisition of startups Cavalry, which works on animation, and Mango AI, which works on improving ad performance. UK-based Cavalry works on 2D motion animation for different verticals such as advertising, marketing, gaming, and generative art. Canva said that Cavalry’s tooling...

X begins testing standalone X Chat app on iOS Social network X is bringing its private messaging service, dubbed X Chat, to a standalone app. The company on Monday said the initial beta of the X Chat app was being made available to 1,000 users through Apple’s TestFlight testing platform. The beta program had reached full capacity two hours after the announcement. According to an X post by xAI...

Iran using children in security roles in war, reports and witnesses say3 hours agoGhoncheh HababiazadBBC News PersianMajid Asgaripour/WANA/ReutersA member of Iranian volunteer militia (Basij) attends a march in Tehran in January 2025, before the current warThe death of an 11-year-old Iranian boy reportedly in an air strike while manning a security checkpoint alongside his father in Tehran has...