Turks abroad begin voting in presidential election runoff

(Corrects paragraph 4 to restore dropped word ‘million’ in number of Turkish citizens in Germany.) By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish citizens based abroad began voting on Saturday in Turkey’s presidential runoff election between the incumbent Tayyip Erdogan and his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who aims to bring an end to the president’s two-decade rule….

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G7 calls for developing global technical standards for AI

By Kantaro Komiya and Supantha Mukherjee TOKYO (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Saturday called for the development and adoption of technical standards to keep artificial intelligence (AI) “trustworthy”, saying governance of the technology has not kept pace with its growth. While the G7 leaders, meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, recognised…

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Lawsuit Over Trident ‘Original Flavor’ Gum Is Dismissed

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal judge in Illinois has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Mondelez International Inc of deceiving consumers into believing its Trident “Original Flavor” gum contained real mint. U.S. District Judge Iain Johnston said it was “fanciful” to believe reasonable consumers would expect the gum to contain mint or peppermint because its…

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Lawsuit over Trident ‘Original Flavor’ gum is dismissed

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal judge in Illinois has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Mondelez International Inc of deceiving consumers into believing its Trident “Original Flavor” gum contained real mint. U.S. District Judge Iain Johnston said it was “fanciful” to believe reasonable consumers would expect the gum to contain mint or peppermint because its…

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Factbox-Excerpts from G7 leaders’ statement on economic coercion

(Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) agreed on Saturday to establish an initiative to counter economic “coercion”, pledging to take steps to ensure that any actors attempting to “weaponise” economic dependence would fail and face consequences. The initiative, dubbed Coordination Platform on Economic Coercion, will use early warning and rapid information sharing…

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