By David Stanway, Gloria Dickie and Kate Abnett DUBAI (Reuters) -The president of the COP28 climate summit on Sunday urged negotiators to work harder to find consensus on a proposed first-of-its-kind deal to phase out the world’s use of fossil fuels, as the two-week conference entered its final stage. The talks in Dubai have highlighted…
STOCKHOLM/LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union policymakers on Friday agreed a provisional deal on landmark rules governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI). They include the use by governments of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such as ChatGPT. Here is some reaction to the deal: Svenja Hahn, German MEP and shadow rapporteur…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Saturday strongly condemned Russian plans to hold presidential elections next spring on occupied territory, declaring them “null and void” and pledging to prosecute any observers sent to monitor them. Russia’s upper house set the country’s presidential election this week for next March, and chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko said residents in four…
By Hyunsu Yim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -The United States, South Korea and Japan agreed new initiatives on Saturday to respond to North Korea’s threats in cyberspace, including cryptocurrency abuses and space launches, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said. The three countries’ national security advisers met in Seoul as Pyongyang warned that…
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -A gauge of global stocks rose on Friday, on pace for its sixth straight week of gains, while U.S. Treasury yields shot higher after a strong U.S. jobs report forced markets to modify expectations for the timing of rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. U.S. job growth accelerated in…
By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -The United States and China are yet to resume the military-to-military talks their leaders agreed to at a splashy summit last month, according to the White House, which wants to jumpstart the discussions to lower tensions. John Kirby, a spokesperson for the White House,…
By Leroy Leo and Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease, making one of them the first treatment in the United States based on the Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR gene editing technology. Casgevy, developed by partners Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, and bluebird…
By Akash Sriram and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) -The angular design of Tesla’s Cybertruck has safety experts concerned the electric pickup truck’s stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt pedestrians and cyclists and damage other vehicles on roads. Reuters spoke to six safety professors and officials who viewed videos of crash tests conducted by Tesla on its first…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google on Friday criticised a potential order from EU antitrust regulators to sell part of its lucrative adtech business, saying it was disproportionate and not right for its advertising partners. The comments from Google’s director Oliver Bethell and its vice president for global ads Dan Taylor came after…
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -Bankruptcy filings by U.S. companies this year are on track to hit their highest since the pandemic, amid high interest rates and sticky inflation, with WeWork being the latest to succumb after grappling with expensive leases and work-from-home trends. There were 34 corporate bankruptcy petitions in November, according to data…
