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By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has adopted a 15th package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, including tougher measures against Chinese entities and more vessels from Moscow’s so-called shadow fleet, the EU Commission said in a statement on Monday. The new sanctions package…
Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes on Syria since Bashar Assad’s ouster.Its forces have also advanced into the Golan Heights, a previously demilitarized zone in southwestern Syria.Israel’s defense minister said it intended to create a “defense zone free of weapons and terrorist threats in southern Syria.”Israel says it has launched…
News Corp. has accused AI startup Perplexity of copyright infringement in a new lawsuit.Perplexity is eyeing a massive funding round this year, The Wall Street Journal had reported.Here’s what you need to know about the buzzy, controversial company. Perplexity, the hot AI startup aiming to compete with Google that has…
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -The CEO of Australia’s biggest bank on Thursday decried the rise of misinformation and labelled a proposed tax on big company profits meritless, pushing back against what he called “insidious populism” in relation to the corporate sector. The testimony by Commonwealth Bank of Australia (OTC:)…
President Joe Biden may be preparing to take on the conservative-majority Supreme Court head-on, according to a new report by The Washington Post.Biden is planning to announce a proposal to establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code on the high court, the outlet reported, citing people briefed on the…
Ukraine struck a military airbase in Russia with at least 70 drones on Thursday, Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Defense Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, told The War Zone.The mass attack was launched at Morozovsk airbase in Russia’s Rostov region, almost 200 miles from the Ukrainian border.A satellite…
President Joe Biden is really leaning into his pro-labor image.The Biden administration has launched investigations and antitrust lawsuits against several mega corporations, many in the tech sector, that it accuses of behaving like monopolies — and it’s setting him apart from his predecessors.”This is definitely a different agenda than previous…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft (NASDAQ:) said on Wednesday that Russian online campaigns to influence the upcoming U.S. presidential election kicked into gear over the past 45 days, but at a slower pace than in past elections. Russia-linked accounts are disseminating divisive content aimed at U.S. audiences, including criticising American…
By Daphne Psaledakis, Polina Devitt and Paul Sandle WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Washington and London on Friday prohibited metal-trading exchanges from accepting new aluminum, and nickel produced by Russia and barred the import of the metals into the U.S. and Britain. The action is aimed at disrupting Russian export revenue amid Moscow’s…
