UK to remove Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive govt sites

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has committed to the removal of Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive government sites as part of its latest plans to address national security concerns related to China. Under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has cast China as the world’s greatest challenge to security and prosperity, the government told its departments last year…

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Biden nominates former Florida governor Crist to international aviation post

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is nominating former Florida Governor Charlie Crist to serve as U.S ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the White House said on Wednesday. Crist, a former House lawmaker who lost an election in November to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in a bid to return to his old…

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Binance CEO’s trading firm received $11 billion via client deposit company, SEC says

By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – Merit Peak, an offshore trading company controlled by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, received around $11 billion of client assets through a Seychelles-based firm set up to take customer deposits, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows. The SEC filing, which on Tuesday asked a U.S. court to freeze…

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Amazon leads declines in discretionary sector, streaming companies outperform

By Sinéad Carew (Reuters) – Shares in Amazon.com closed down 4.2% on Wednesday, leading declines in the S&P 500 consumer discretionary sector while video streaming companies Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Global rallied. Amazon shares deepened losses after a Wall Street Journal report said the online retailer and video streamer is planning an advertising-supported tier…

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Brazil top court justice hands Congress more time to pass bill curtailing Indigenous rights

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday asked for more time to study a case pitting the country’s Indigenous people against its powerful farm sector, a decision that is likely to give lawmakers more time to pass the measure favoring Big Agriculture. The decision by Justice Andre Mendonca, an…

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GameStop misses quarterly revenue estimates

(Reuters) – GameStop posted its fourth consecutive fall in quarterly revenue on Wednesday and missed market estimates, as consumers dialed back non-essential spending in an uncertain economy. The company reported revenue of $1.24 billion for the quarter ended April 29, compared with analysts’ average estimate of $1.36 billion, according to Refinitiv. (Reporting by Samrhitha Arunasalam…

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US Supreme Court’s Clarence Thomas delays filing annual financial disclosure

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, under scrutiny following revelations that he did not disclose luxury trips paid for by a billionaire Dallas businessman, has received an extension to file his mandatory annual financial disclosure, the court said on Wednesday. Seven of the nine justices disclosed…

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