By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 2018 privacy lawsuit brought by Washington, D.C., against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc was dismissed on Thursday by a Superior Court judge, who ruled the firm did not mislead consumers over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The lawsuit alleged violation of the district’s consumer protection law. The social media…
(Reuters) -Cancer test maker Grail Inc said on Friday that its telemedicine vendor erroneously sent letters to about 400 patients suggesting they may have developed cancer. Grail’s flagship cancer detection blood test Galleri is designed to detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear. The company, owned by Illumina Inc, said the letters…
By Jacqueline Thomsen and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oath Keepers militant group members David Moerschel and Joseph Hackett were sentenced on Friday to prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters. Hackett, a Florida chiropractor and low-level Oath Keepers…
By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) – Ukraine tennis player Elina Svitolina will not shake the hands of Russian and Belarusian opponents out of respect for the soldiers fighting on the front line following Moscow’s invasion of her country last year, she said on Friday. Svitolina, who reached the French Open fourth round on Friday with…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank’s new president Ajay Banga on Friday asked the lender’s 16,000 staff to “double down” on development and climate efforts as he seeks to accelerate the bank’s evolution to tackle the most pressing global problems. On his first day in the job, the former Mastercard CEO told…
By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) – Aid workers in Sudan say fierce fighting, rampant looting and reams of red tape are hampering efforts to deliver vital humanitarian supplies to the millions of people who now rely on a relief effort since a conflict erupted in mid-April. The United Nations estimates 25 million people, or more…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican chairmen of two House of Representatives panels on Friday urged President Joe Biden’s administration to rally U.S. allies including Japan and South Korea to defeat Chinese “economic aggression” in the wake of Beijing’s effective ban on purchases of Micron Technology memory chips. Michael McCaul, who heads the…
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Friday that the platform would stop removing content that might have spread false claims related to U.S. presidential elections in 2020 and before. The new set of updates is part of YouTube’s elections misinformation policy that will go into effect immediately. “In the current environment, we find that…
By Michael Martina and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -CIA director William Burns visited China last month for talks with Chinese counterparts, two U.S. officials said on Friday as Washington seeks to boost communications with Beijing. “Last month, Director Burns traveled to Beijing where he met with Chinese counterparts and emphasized the importance of maintaining open…
By Jonathan Landay, Arshad Mohammed and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With two high-level visits in less than a month, the United States is hoping to steady ties with Saudi Arabia after several years of disagreement and deepening mistrust. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive for meetings with officials of the world’s largest…
