By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s president on Wednesday blamed “criminals” seeking to harm the tourism sector for a synagogue shooting on the island of Djerba that killed six people in the country’s deadliest attack in years. The attacker, a National Guard member, killed a colleague at a naval installation on Tuesday and drove to…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Microsoft Corp’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision next week, with May 15 as the likeliest date, people familiar with the matter said. The European Commission’s imminent clearance comes nearly three weeks after the UK competition authority blocked the deal, the biggest-ever…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government reported a $176 billion surplus in April, down sharply from a year-ago record as revenues fell, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday as a June 1 deadline for a potential debt ceiling default drew closer. The April surplus, which reflects tax filing season receipts, was down…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will make his first appearance before a Senate panel next week as the U.S. Congress grapples with how best to regulate artificial intelligence as the technology becomes more powerful and widespread. Altman will testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology & the Law on Tuesday on what…
By Daina Beth Solomon, Gustavo Graf and Lizbeth Diaz HUEHUETOCA, Mexico (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants in Mexico have been clambering onto dangerous freight trains rumbling northward in a scramble to reach the U.S. border by the time the United States ends a tough migration policy later this week. In recent weeks, up to several…
By Hyunjoo Jin and Kiyoshi Takenaka SAN FRANCISCO/TOKYO (Reuters) – Panasonic said on Wednesday that it will delay the commercial production of its 4680 battery cells championed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and begin operations during the April to September period in 2024, later than previously scheduled, as the company aims to improve their performance. …
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Thursday will end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency that allowed millions of Americans to receive vaccines, tests and treatments at no cost. The emergency is also tied to telehealth flexibilities, Medicaid enrollment safeguards, and the ability of government health agencies to collect data on the…
By Shreyashi Sanyal, Shristi Achar A and Carolina Mandl (Reuters) – The Nasdaq led gains among Wall Street’s main indexes on Wednesday as a slightly lower-than-expected increase in April inflation raised hopes that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hiking cycle is close to an end. The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.9% in…
(Reuters) -Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it will not raise salaries for full-time employees this year, citing tough economic conditions, but will continue with its bonuses, stock awards and promotions. The company, which is now squarely focused on the lucrative generative AI, had in January decided to let go 10,000 employees, joining other technology companies…
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -The publisher of a British tabloid has apologised to Prince Harry for unlawfully seeking information about him, at the start of a lawsuit the royal is bringing over alleged “industrial-scale” phone-hacking in which he is due to give evidence. Harry, 38, and some 100 celebrities including actors, sports stars, singers…
