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China’s top leaders signaled more support for the troubled real estate sector alongside pledges to boost consumption and

SoftBank Group Corp. is setting up an artificial intelligence-oriented warehousing joint venture with Symbotic Inc. and buying more

Twitter users are still reeling from the platform’s abrupt branding change to "X". The social media app changed its branding on Monday morning after scarcely a day’s notice, with many mocking the new look of the platform. Channel 4 got in there early by reminding Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner, of the time they tried to launch a major rebrand – and it didn’t quite stick. The broadcaster’s social media account posted: “People still call our streaming service 4OD so good luck”. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Channel 4’s 4OD was one of the first major on-demand TV services in the UK, where many people rediscovered classic shows such as Friends, Gogglebox and How I Met Your Mother. Eventually, however, network executives decided it was time to fix something that definitely was not broken, rebranding the service as All 4. The moniker clearly didn’t stick. Twitter executives will hope they have a little more success with their change. Meanwhile, billionaire Elon Musk has already faced significant criticism for the way he has handled the company since taking it over last year. He fired 80 per cent of the tech company’s staff last year, many finding out in brutal circumstances by opening their laptops and discovering they no longer had a job when the machine would not log them in anymore. The result, many commentators have agreed, is a degraded product, with major glitches including all links to external websites temporarily failing, and day-long caps on how many tweets users can look at. Musk has also restored the accounts of thousands of previously suspended users, including neo-Nazi and QAnon accounts. He also tried to restore former President Donald Trump’s account – but Trump wasn’t having any of it, preferring to stick with his own app, Truth Social. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Spain is in political disarray after elections left no party with a clear path to forming a government

A woman's 10-year mystery illness turned out to be a result of mould in her breast implants. Melissa Lima, the ex-wife of the late baseball player Jose Lima, turned to TikTok with her harrowing story to spread awareness of breast implant illness (BII). Symptoms of BII include, but are not limited to, "fatigue, problems with memory or concentration ('brain fog'), joint and muscle pain, hair loss, weight changes, and anxiety/depression," according to the FDA. Captioned "this is your sign", Lima opened up about how her body insecurities prompted her to get a breast augmentation in 2002 in a TikTok post. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Eight years after Lima's cosmetic procedure in 2010, she started feeling "sick with severe joint pain, depression and unexplained inflammation". The viral clip, which has racked up 5.3 million views, showed a montage of Lima's swollen face and ankles. "After 100's of doctors and still no answer, I just gave up," she added. "As a single mom, I couldn't get out of bed to cook for my boys and would often wonder if they would be better off w/o me." @melissalima713 This is your sign. #breastimplantillnes Lima finally had her breast implants removed in 2020. She recalled how her "face and eyes literally changed within hours" and how she felt like herself again. Thousands of fellow TikTokers flocked to the comments section, with some thanking Lima for sharing her story. One said: "I’m soooo glad you shared your story when you did! Made me think twice and now I will never get mine done! So glad you're doing so much better!" Another person claiming to have worked in a pathology lab said they'd witnessed "enough horror stories to keep me from ever getting them". Meanwhile, one woman said she went through a similar experience. She said: "Got mine out 3 years ago. No more BII since I did. It’s much worse than woman still know or understand." Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

'Barbie' broke records at the box office, Brian Harman won the British Open, Twitter is now X and more in the Roundup.

Darren Fletcher's twin sons are set to join Manchester United from rivals Manchester City.

A midsummer quiz: Let’s say you read about an area experiencing blistering heat for weeks on end. Heat

Beond is a new all-business class airline to the Maldives, based in capital Malé. Launching from Dubai and Delhi, with plans to expand to Europe, it promises lie-flat beds and a "private jet" experience.

An overview of the media in Ivory Coast, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.

As they prepare to go on tour as a five-piece, S Club has revealed their first single in 20 years is titled ‘These are the Days’, which will come with a “moving film story” in tribute to their late bandmate Paul Cattermole.

Wildfires have also broken out on the Greek islands of Corfu and Evia as thousands are evacuated.