Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorous in Gaza, Lebanon (www.reuters.com)
Russia plans to try to block VPN services in 2024 (www.reuters.com)
US FCC chair to seek reinstating net neutrality rules rescinded under Trump (www.reuters.com)
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With DeSantis absent, Biden surveys storm damage in Florida (www.reuters.com)
President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday to survey the destruction from Hurricane Idalia and comfort victims of the storm, but he did not meet Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential presidential rival, who opted not to come....
Meta putting profit ahead of safety by blocking wildfire news, says Trudeau (www.reuters.com)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday criticized Meta for blocking domestic news from its platforms, saying the Facebook-parent was prioritizing profit over safety as devastating wildfires force tens of thousands to evacuate their homes....
No shooter, no injuries reported at US Capitol after 'bad call,' police say (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Police found no shooter and no one injured after reports of a possible active shooter in the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday after a possible “bad call,” Washington Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Hugh Carew said....
Trump to visit Detroit church as part of Black voter push (www.reuters.com)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will venture to Detroit on Saturday to attend a roundtable discussion at a Black church, the latest in an effort to peel away Black voters from President Joe Biden ahead of November’s election....
Australia reports first human avian flu infection (www.reuters.com)
Australia reported its first human case of avian influenza on Wednesday in a child who authorities said had been infected in India but made a full recovery, while a different highly contagious strain was found on an egg farm....
US Senator Rubio says he won't accept election results if 'unfair' (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, an ally of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, will not accept the results of the Nov. 5 election if they are “unfair,” he said on Sunday....
Moscow may seize private US assets in Russia if US seizes frozen reserves, says Putin ally (www.reuters.com)
Russia may respond to any U.S. confiscation of its currency reserves frozen in the West by seizing the assets, including property and cash, of U.S. citizens and investors in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, a senior security official, said on Saturday....
Russia says NATO, at 75, has returned to Cold War mindset (www.reuters.com)
'Turn around immediately': Taiwan warns off Chinese coast guard boats again as tensions simmer (www.reuters.com)
Dutch government scrambling to keep ASML in Netherlands (www.reuters.com)
France's Macron says sending troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out (www.reuters.com)
Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president (www.reuters.com)
Reuters: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel (www.reuters.com)
Global billionaire tax could yield $250 billion annually, study says (www.reuters.com)
If levied, the sum would be equivalent to only 2% of the nearly $13 trillion in wealth owned by the 2,700 billionaires globally, the research group hosted at the Paris School of Economics said....
The United Nations said early on Friday it had been told by the Israeli military that some 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza should relocate to the enclave's south within the next 24 hours. (www.reuters.com)
School board in Virginia votes to restore Confederate names (www.reuters.com)
The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two schools in 2020, making the mostly white, Republican district the first in the U.S. to take such an action....
Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft (MSFT.O) will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
Russia says United States must share any information it has on attack near Moscow (www.reuters.com)
MOSCOW, March 22 (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that if the United States knew for sure that Ukraine was not involved in a mass shooting incident at a concert hall near Moscow Washington should share any information it had....
US Senate advances $95 bln Ukraine, Israel aid bill after failed border deal (www.reuters.com)
A $95.34 billion bill that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday after Republicans blocked compromise legislation that included a long-sought overhaul of immigration policy....
China ship is focus of pipeline damage probe, Finland says (www.reuters.com)
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Tesla trial over Autopilot fatality kicks off in California (www.reuters.com)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Opening statements are set to begin on Thursday in the first U.S. trial over allegations that Tesla’s (TSLA.O) Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, and its results could help shape similar cases across the country....
Shutdown risk looms as US Congress faces spending, impeachment brawl (www.reuters.com)
The House and the Democratic-controlled Senate are due to be in session for about 12 days before funding expires on Sept. 30, leaving little time to agree on a package of 12 appropriations bills that can pass each chamber and win Democratic President Joe Biden’s signature....
