JetBlue, Spirit Airlines call off $3.8 bln merger on antitrust hurdle (www.reuters.com)
Israel carries out biggest Ramallah raid in years, witnesses say (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces swept into the Palestinians’ administrative capital of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank overnight, killing a 16-year-old in a refugee camp during their biggest raid into the city in years, Palestinian sources said on Monday....
Albania, wary of Russia, reopens Soviet-era air base to NATO (www.reuters.com)
KUCOVA, Albania, March 4 (Reuters) - NATO member Albania, which has no fighter jets of its own, opened a rebuilt Soviet-era air base to serve NATO aircraft on Monday amid an increased threat from Russia, Prime Minister Edi Rama said....
Nepal PM forms new coalition, dumps old allies (www.reuters.com)
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South Korea says to start legal action against doctors over walkout (www.reuters.com)
SEOUL, March 4 (Reuters) - South Korea’s health minister said on Monday authorities will start inspecting hospitals in order to take legal action against trainee doctors who have ignored an ultimatum to end a walkout over government plans to increase medical school admissions....
Apple hit with $2 billion EU antitrust fine in Spotify case, will appeal (www.reuters.com)
JetBlue, Spirit Airlines call off $3.8 bln merger on antitrust hurdle (www.reuters.com)
March 4 (Reuters) - Low-cost air carriers JetBlue Airways (JBLU.O), opens new tab and Spirit Airlines (SAVE.N), opens new tab canceled their $3.8-billion merger agreement on Monday, seeing no path forward after a U.S. judge blocked the deal in January on anti-competition concerns....
China scraps premier's annual press conference for first time since 1993 (www.reuters.com)
BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - China’s Premier Li Qiang will not hold a press conference after the close of this year’s annual parliamentary meeting, an official said on Monday, ending a tradition maintained for three decades....
Japan's Nikkei breaches 40,000 level as investor sentiment flies high (www.reuters.com)
German police make arrests in decades-old Red Army Faction case (www.reuters.com)
Nvidia CEO says AI could pass human tests in five years (www.reuters.com)
Nvidia CEO says AI could pass human tests in five years::Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Friday said that artificial general intelligence could - by some definitions - arrive in as little as five years.
German police make arrests in decades-old Red Army Faction case (www.reuters.com)
Norway's king has pacemaker implanted in Malaysia after falling ill on holiday (www.reuters.com)
March 2 (Reuters) - Norway’s King Harald had a temporary pacemaker implanted on Saturday at a hospital in Malaysia after falling ill while on holiday there, the Norwegian royal household said....
Ship sunk by Houthis threatens Red Sea environment, Yemeni government says (www.reuters.com)
ADEN, Yemen, March 2 (Reuters) - The UK-owned Rubymar, attacked by Houthi militants last month, has sunk in the Red Sea, Yemen’s internationally recognised government said on Saturday, warning of an “environmental catastrophe” from the ship’s cargo of fertiliser....
Danish Conservative People's Party leader Soren Pape Poulsen dies, party says (www.reuters.com)
COPENHAGEN, March 2 (Reuters) - Soren Pape Poulsen, the leader of Denmark’s opposition Conservative People’s Party, died on Saturday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage, his party said. He was 52.
Turkey's Feb exports to Russia down 34% from year earlier (www.reuters.com)
ANKARA, March 2 (Reuters) - Turkey’s exports to Russia in February fell 33% year on year to $670 million, trade ministry data showed on Saturday.
Ecuador asks to enter Mexico embassy, arrest former Ecuador VP (www.reuters.com)
QUITO/MEXICO CITY, March 1 (Reuters) - Ecuador has requested Mexico’s permission to enter that country’s embassy in Quito and arrest former Ecuadorean Vice-President Jorge Glas, the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry said on Friday....
Israel appropriates 650 acres of West Bank land near big settlement (www.reuters.com)
Russian-American woman detained for treason said Russia was 'safe' before trip there (www.reuters.com)
A Russian-American detained in Russia on a treason charge carrying up to 20 years in prison told her boyfriend “it’s safe there” before she travelled to see relatives in Yekaterinburg, the woman’s former mother-in-law said....
Navalny buried in Moscow as thousands chant his name (www.reuters.com)
Mourners chant ‘Navalny’ as coffin carried past...
Israel appropriates 650 acres of West Bank land near big settlement (www.reuters.com)
Musk's Neuralink brain implant company cited by FDA over animal lab issues (www.reuters.com)
Musk’s Neuralink brain implant company cited by FDA over animal lab issues::U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Elon Musk’s Neuralink, less than a month after the startup said it was cleared to test its brain implants in humans,...
China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty (www.reuters.com)
“Nuclear-weapon states should negotiate and conclude a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard,” Sun said....
With Labour in his sights, left-winger Galloway wins in English town (www.reuters.com)
Veteran left-wing political maverick George Galloway won a vote to become the new lawmaker for the English town of Rochdale on Friday, vowing to be a thorn in the side for the opposition Labour Party before a national election it is tipped to win....