MOSCOW (Reuters) – The head of Russia’s influential Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, told an envoy of Pope Francis on Thursday their churches should work together to avert “negative political developments and serve the cause of peace and justice.” Kirill is a strong supporter of President Vladimir Putin’s decision to send troops into Ukraine, while Francis…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Coinbase, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency platform, said it will ask a judge to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit claiming it broke the law by failing to register its business. In a letter filed just before midnight on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, Coinbase said the…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen said on Thursday that it was in discussions with Tesla over its North American charging standard to optimize it for its customers. “Volkswagen Group and its brands are currently evaluating the implementation of the Tesla North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its North American customers,” Volkswagen said in an emailed statement….
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Generative AI, which is best known for ChatGPT, raises competition concerns and is a focus of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Technology along with its Office of Technology, the agency said in a blog post by the staff of the two offices. “Generative AI depends on a set of necessary inputs….
By Sruthi Shankar and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -U.S. stock indexes ticked up on Thursday as bank shares rose after major lenders cleared the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test, while strong economic data stoked expectations of further interest rate hikes from the central bank. Shares of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Wells…
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Laz Alonso recalled his days as an aspiring actor trying to break into the industry with the preconceived notion that all actors were rich. “It’s very easy to think all the Hollywood stars or anybody in Hollywood is rich and swimming in money in a swimming pool. That’s…
By Karen Sloan (Reuters) – The experience of two highly selective public U.S. law schools offers a guide for other schools to admitting diverse students now that the U.S. Supreme Court has banned colleges and universities from considering race as a factor in their admissions decisions. The court ruled on Thursday that race-conscious admissions at…
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Former President Jair Bolsonaro was on the cusp of losing his political future on Thursday, as three of a required four federal electoral court justices ruled he had abused his power in last year’s fraught election. The case was adjourned until Friday when the remaining justices will rule. Bolsonaro could…
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto indicated on Thursday he supports adopting a continuous time frame for the monetary authority to pursue inflation targets, ditching the current system of tracking a calendar year. Speaking at a press conference in Brasilia, Campos Neto said that would be an “interesting…
(Reuters) – Swedish electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with Tesla to adopt the EV maker’s Supercharger network in the United States and Canada. Starting 2025, new Polestar vehicles sold in North America will be equipped with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) charging port by default, the…
