Biden meets King Charles and PM Sunak, hails ‘rock solid’ UK ties

By Steve Holland and Gerhard Mey LONDON/WINDSOR, England (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden made a whistle-stop trip to Britain on Monday, hailing the “rock-solid” friendship with Washington’s close ally before meeting King Charles for a discussion with the monarch and finance chiefs on tackling climate change. Biden’s visit to Britain kicked off a three-nation trip…

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Hunter Biden prosecutor says Justice Dept didn’t interfere in probe

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal prosecutor overseeing the criminal case against U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter on Monday said the Justice Department never impeded him from bringing charges, appearing to debunk claims made by an Internal Revenue Service whistleblower. Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss in a letter to Republican Senator…

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Sarah Silverman sues Meta, OpenAI for copyright infringement

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models. The proposed class action lawsuits filed by Silverman, Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden in San Francisco federal court Friday allege Facebook…

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Indian court turns down PepsiCo’s appeal against revocation of potato patent

By Mayank Bhardwaj and Sumit Khanna NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court rejected PepsiCo Inc’s appeal against an order that revoked a patent for a potato variety grown exclusively for the New York-based company’s popular Lay’s potato chips. The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPVFR) Authority in 2021 revoked intellectual protection granted…

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Erdogan links Sweden’s NATO membership to Turkey’s EU accession

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on Monday the European Union should open the way for Ankara’s accession to the bloc before Turkey’s parliament approves Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance. Turkey’s bid to join the EU has been frozen for…

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