LONDON (Reuters) – Pope Francis has gifted fragments believed to be from the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified to form part of a new processional cross which will be used at the coronation of Britain’s King Charles next month. The new cross, made from recycled silver along with Welsh slate and reclaimed wood,…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Forty-two German associations and trade unions representing more than 140,000 authors and performers on Wednesday urged the European Union to beef up draft artificial intelligence rules as they singled out the threat to their copyright from ChatGPT. Trade unions for the creative sector Verdi and DGB and associations…
By Akhtar Soomro KARACHI (Reuters) – Women pedal sewing machines, deftly lining up seams and pleats as they assemble brightly coloured dresses for young girls at an orphanage in Pakistan, in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, which ends the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Yet as an economic crisis forces people to tighten their belts, fewer…
By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair will have to trim its July schedule because it expects around 10 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will be delayed due to manufacturing issues, Group Chief Executive Michael O’Leary said on Wednesday. “We are beginning to look at schedules maybe being about 10 short for July. We’ll get maybe…
By Helen Coster and Jack Queen WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Fox Corp and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a trial putting one of the world’s top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 U.S. election. The settlement,…
By Joanna Plucinska LONDON (Reuters) – Strikes across Europe have led to a spike in flight cancellations, delays and driven down bookings to cities like Paris, data from travel firms show, despite efforts by airlines to avoid a repeat of last year’s disruptions. Flight cancellations and delays of over three hours in Europe were up…
By Joe Cash and Pasit Kongkunakornkul BEIJING/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Bookings in China for trips abroad during the upcoming May Day holiday point to a continued recovery in travel to Asian countries, but the numbers remain far off pre-COVID levels with long-haul airfares soaring and not enough flights available. Overseas tour bookings for the upcoming holiday,…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rapper Prakazrel “Pras Michel” of the Fugees, testifying in his own defense on Tuesday, said he received $20 million from Malaysian financier Jho Low to help him get a photo with former President Barack Obama. Michel faces criminal conspiracy, foreign lobbying and campaign finance charges for allegedly plotting…
By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc have raised concerns with Amazon.com Inc after learning that sexually explicit photographs could be accessed by children on the popular Kindle app and called on Amazon to strengthen its content moderation. The warnings were sparked by questions posed by Reuters to spokespeople at the three…
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Nvidia’s stock jumped to its highest in a year on Tuesday, extending a recent rebound after HSBC flipped its recommendation on the graphics chipmaker to “buy” from “reduce,” pointing to opportunities in artificial intelligence. HSBC Head of Technology Research Frank Lee had been the only one among 48 analysts covering…
