By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Moscow said on Monday it had thwarted a major offensive against its forces in eastern Ukraine, although it was unclear whether the attack formed the beginning of Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was enigmatic in his nightly video, hailing “the news we have been waiting for” in…
By Ryan Woo and Michael Martina BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A senior U.S. diplomat held candid and productive talks on Monday with Chinese officials, the State Department said, despite some criticism that his visit to China coincided with the anniversary of Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The visit to Beijing by Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of state…
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of U.S. banks fell on Monday with some investors pointing to worries that a flood of Treasury bill issuance following the raising of the U.S. debt ceiling would drain liquidity from lenders. The U.S. government is expected to issue $1 trillion or more of short-term debt to…
By Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) – OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicted on Monday a “huge role” for Israel in reducing risks from artificial intelligence and eyed investment opportunities in the country even as it debates whether and how to regulate the technology behind ChatGPT. Altman is one of the tech world’s most prominent voices…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Qantas Airways will receive its first Airbus A321XLR in December 2024, six months later than first planned, and the average industry delay in receiving the upcoming jet is 12 months, Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hudson said on Monday. The remarks from the Australian airline, which is in the midst of a significant…
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern Corp has asked a U.S. judge to toss a proposed class action lawsuit it is facing over a February train derailment that led to a toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, arguing the claims are “threadbare” and barred by federal law. The railroad company told a federal…
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Mohamed Nureldin KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Shelling and heavy clashes hit areas of Sudan’s capital on Monday, residents said, with reports of spreading lawlessness in Khartoum and in the western region of Darfur after more than seven weeks of conflict between rival military factions. Fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support…
By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk on Monday hosted Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist and long-shot Democratic presidential hopeful, in his second Twitter Spaces event for a 2024 White House candidate. But unlike Republican Ron DeSantis’s glitch-plagued campaign launch on Twitter in May, the live audio chat with…
By Stephen Nellis CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) – Apple Inc barged into Meta’s metaverse party on Monday, unveiling an augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro, its riskiest and biggest bet since the introduction of the iPhone. Vision Pro will start at $3,499, more than three times the cost of the priciest headset in Meta’s line of…
By Kanishka Singh and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Chinese government will seek to initiate artificial intelligence regulations in its country, billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday after meeting with officials during his recent trip to China. Musk did not elaborate further and made his remarks in a Twitter Space with Democratic presidential candidate…
