By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it was pleased to see that talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan continue as they seek to resolve a decades-long dispute over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. “The United States stands ready to support the efforts of both parties to conclude a durable and dignified…
By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin Coulter STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – Top artificial intelligence (AI) executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday joined experts and professors in raising the “risk of extinction from AI”, which they urged policymakers to equate at par with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 17 people and entities based in China and Mexico who it accused of enabling counterfeit, fentanyl-laced pill production, as the Biden administration seeks to stem imports of the deadly drug. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it slapped sanctions on…
By Hannah Lang WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Currency markets were choppy on Tuesday as the dollar hit a 10-week high against peers and a six-month top versus the yen before retreating after Japanese officials gave their currency a nudge. Japan will closely watch currency market moves and respond “appropriately” as needed, the country’s top currency diplomat…
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s spy agency told former Canadian Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole that China campaigned to discredit him and suppress votes ahead of the 2021 election he lost to Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, O’Toole said on Tuesday. In a briefing on Friday, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) informed…
By John Irish PARIS/CHISINAU (Reuters) – More than 40 European leaders meet in Moldova on Thursday in a show of support for the former Soviet republic and neighbouring Ukraine as Kyiv prepares to launch a counter-offensive against occupying Russian forces. The gathering of the EU’s 27 member states and 20 other European countries at a…
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) -Three more insurance companies including Tokio Marine have left a United Nations-backed net-zero climate alliance, leaving the group with about half the number of members it counted two months ago as insurers take fright at U.S. political pressure. Some Republican politicians have mounted a campaign against financial institutions collaborating to…
HAMBURG (Reuters) – A deal between Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor Corp to combine their truck units in Japan will give the German group a more “balanced” market position in Asia and reduce its reliance on China, Daimler Truck’s CEO said on Tuesday. During a conference call, Martin Daum initially said the tie-up would have…
BEIJING (Reuters) -Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday kicked off a high-stakes visit to China with a meeting with the country’s foreign minister in Beijing, marking his return to the electric carmaker’s largest production hub after three years. The trip is the latest return by a top U.S. CEO to China since the country…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court acquitted three people over former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn’s escape via Istanbul to Lebanon after fleeing Japan, a lawyer for one of the defendants said on Tuesday. A jet company executive and two pilots, who were detained for several months, were convicted to four years and two months in…
