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China restrictis export of Gallium and Germanium needed for chips; what are they and which countries are producers? (www.reuters.com)

July 4 (Reuters) - China has announced export restrictions on some gallium and germanium products, metals used in computer chips and other products, citing national security interests.

Automakers' drive to avoid China's EV rare earth dominance gathers speed (www.reuters.com)

Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons (www.reuters.com)

Alliance of 40 countries to vow not to pay ransom to cybercriminals, US says (www.reuters.com)

Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism, a senior White House official said on Tuesday.

China's state banks seen selling dollars for yuan in London and New York hours (www.reuters.com)

China’s major state-owned banks were seen busy selling U.S. dollars to buy yuan in both onshore and offshore spot foreign exchange markets this week, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, in an attempt to slow the yuan’s depreciation.

Nightclub fire kills at least 13 in Murcia in Spain (www.reuters.com)

MADRID, Oct 1 (Reuters) - At least 13 people have been killed in a fire in a nightclub in Murcia in southeast Spain, emergency services said on Sunday, adding that rescuers were still searching for people unaccounted for after the blaze....

Colombian President proposes Latin American alliance to transform 'war on drugs' (www.reuters.com)

The Internet Archive might reach a deal with the publishers to remove THEIR books from the lending library (www.reuters.com)

From: …courtlistener.com/…/gov.uscourts.nysd.537900.214…...

Missing Mexican woman Maria Fernanda Sanchez found dead in Germany (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1121175...

Microsoft in EU antitrust crosshairs over Teams, Office tying (www.reuters.com)

BRUSSELS, July 27 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Thursday found itself the target of an EU antitrust investigation over the tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, putting it at risk of a hefty fine....

Sarah Silverman sues Meta, OpenAI for copyright infringement (www.reuters.com)

Almost half of Russians say salary does not cover basic spending - survey (www.reuters.com)

'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin (www.reuters.com)

Nagorno-Karabakh's 120,000 Armenians will leave for Armenia, leadership says (www.reuters.com)

North Korea launches new tactical nuclear attack submarine (www.reuters.com)

North Korea has launched its first operational "tactical nuclear attack submarine" and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media said on Friday....

Armenia to exercise with US troops next week in sign of frustration with Russia (www.reuters.com)

India steps up coal use to stop outages triggered by unusually dry weather (www.reuters.com)

Former US Cardinal McCarrick not competent to face sex abuse trial, judge says (www.reuters.com)

A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday dismissed a criminal case charging former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick with molesting a 16-year-old boy in 1974, saying the 93-year-old was not competent to stand trial after psychological experts found he had dementia....

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