By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by website Genius to revive its lawsuit accusing Alphabet’s Google of misusing its transcripts of song lyrics in search engine results without a license. The justices turned away an appeal by Genius of a lower court’s decision blocking its…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Publishers Clearing House (PCH), which offers sweepstakes where people can win thousands of dollars per week for life, has agreed to pay $18.5 million and change its business practices to settle allegations it misled consumers about its contests, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Monday. The FTC had accused PCH…
By Amruta Khandekar and Siddarth S (Reuters) -European shares inched lower on Monday, led by healthcare, while defence stocks fell after an aborted weekend mutiny in Russia. The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.1% as of 1600 GMT, extending losses for its sixth straight session. Russia sought to restore calm on Monday after the aborted…
By Samrhitha A (Reuters) – Meta Platforms plans to cut off access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a new law requiring internet giants to pay news publishers takes effect, arguing news has no economic value to the company and that its users do not use the platform for…
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a North Carolina public charter school’s defense of its blocked requirement that girls wear skirts – a student uniform policy that its founder explained is aimed at treating women like “fragile vessels.” Turning away an appeal by Charter Day School Inc, the…
By Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Juveria Tabassum (Reuters) -Cruise operator Carnival on Monday forecast third-quarter profit largely below estimates as rising marketing and labor costs eat into gains from higher ticket prices and strong demand. The company’s shares, which have surged nearly 80% in the past two months on resurgent demand for cruises, dropped 11%….
By Hilary Russ and Caroline Valetkevitch (Reuters) -Workers at dozens of U.S. Starbucks locations held strikes on Sunday to express their outrage over accusations by the baristas’ union that managers at several U.S. cafes removed rainbow flags and decorations supporting LGBTQ+ Pride month. About a dozen Starbucks workers picketed outside New York’s Astor Place location…
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States plans to announce as soon as Tuesday a new military aid package for Ukraine worth up to $500 million, keeping up U.S. resolve to help Ukraine against Russia as Moscow deals with a mutiny by some of its soldiers. The package will include ground vehicles as Ukraine…
By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s election line-up twist, which saw the ruling Peronist coalition torpedo a leftist candidate in favor of a centrist economy minister, boosted local markets on Monday, though analysts said it added a new spice to talks with the IMF. The Peronist bloc, Union por la Patria, said on Friday…
(This June 23 story has been corrected to clarify that 2020 marked 25 years of normalised relations in paragraph 4) HANOI (Reuters) – The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan will stop at Central Vietnam’s port city of Danang on Sunday in a rare visit for a U.S. warship to the southeast Asian nation, as…
