Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says sought Western weapons to start counteroffensive sooner

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told CNN he wanted a counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces to have started sooner than it did in June and that he had urged Western allies to quicken the supply of weapons for that mission, according to excerpts via a translator released on Wednesday. “I wanted our counteroffensive to happen…

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Biden administration appeals ban on social media contacts

By Tyler Clifford and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judge’s ruling restricting some agencies and officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content, according to a court filing. The notice of appeal filed on Wednesday signals the government’s plan to ask the U.S….

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Australian broker Openmarkets fined $3 million for ‘market integrity’ violations

(Reuters) – Openmarkets Australia Ltd was fined a record A$4.5 million ($2.99 million) after a panel found the retail broker in violation of numerous market integrity rules, the country’s corporate regulator said on Thursday. Routine surveillance from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) had identified repeated suspicious trading by an Openmarkets client. The client…

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Young victim of Texas Walmart massacre tells shooter, ‘I want you dead’

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Survivors of a 2019 massacre at a Texas Walmart that killed 23 people and wounded 22 others addressed the white nationalist shooter directly at a sentencing hearing on Wednesday, including one young victim who reportedly told him, “I want you dead.” The sentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama in…

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CFTC investigators conclude Celsius, ex-CEO broke rules – Bloomberg News

(Reuters) -Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigators have concluded that bankrupt crypto lender Celsius and its former CEO Alex Mashinsky broke U.S. rules before the firm’s implosion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Attorneys in the regulator’s enforcement unit determined that Celsius misled investors and should have registered with the regulator, according to the report, citing…

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Dollar to stay firm on expectations of resilient US economy: Reuters poll

By Indradip Ghosh and Shaloo Shrivastava BENGALURU (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar will hold its ground against most major currencies for the rest of the year despite expectations of narrowing interest rate differentials as the U.S. economy stays resilient, according to FX strategists polled by Reuters. Although the greenback is still down around 0.5% against…

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US Judge restricts Biden officials from contact with social media firms

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday restricted some agencies and officials of the administration of President Joe Biden from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content, according to a court filing. The injunction came in response to a lawsuit brought by Republican attorneys general in Louisiana…

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