By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday announced nearly $6 billion in additional military and budget assistance for Ukraine
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Nvidia closes $700 million Run:ai acquisition after regulatory hurdles
(Reuters) – Chipmaker Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Israeli AI firm Run:ai, the startup said on Monday, following antitrust scrutiny over the buyout. The
Jimmy Carter funeral service to be held at Washington National Cathedral on Jan 9, NYT says
(Reuters) – A state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held at
US pending home sales hit 21-month high in November
(Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes rose more than expected in November, notching a fourth straight month of gains as buyers focused
Elon Musk backs AfD party in German newspaper opinion piece
BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. billionaire Elon Musk backed Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a guest opinion piece for Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper published
Bezos’ Blue Origin gets FAA license for its first New Glenn rocket launch
(Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that it has issued a commercial space launch license for Blue Origin’s — Jeff Bezos’ rocket
Explainer-Why OpenAI plans transition to public benefit corporation
By Jaspreet Singh and Rishi Kant (Reuters) – OpenAI on Friday laid out a plan to transition its for-profit arm into a Delaware public benefit
China to cut import tariffs on some recycled copper and aluminium raw materials
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will reduce import tariffs on ethane and certain recycled copper and aluminium raw materials from next year, the government said on
Biden administration proposes new cybersecurity rules to limit impact of healthcare data leaks
By AJ Vicens (Reuters) – Healthcare organizations may be required to bolster their cybersecurity, to better prevent sensitive information from being leaked by cyberattacks like
Free-speech advocates tell Supreme Court US TikTok law reminiscent of dictatorships
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) – A U.S. law against Chinese-owned TikTok evokes the censorship regimes put in place by the United States’ authoritarian enemies, free-speech