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By Nupur Anand NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) – U.S. banking regulators are stepping up scrutiny of how lenders deploy artificial intelligence as the developing technology sweeps through the industry, pressing firms on everything from data access and governance controls to risks posed by third-party vendors, according to people familiar with the situation. Banks have rapidly adopted artificial intelligence in recent years, expanding its use from virtual assistants to more […]

June 12 (Reuters) – Water supply has been cut to parts of Russian-controlled Ukraine’s Donetsk region, including the regional centre of Donetsk, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday, citing a local provider. Supplies were cut to Donetsk, Yasynuvata and parts of Makiivka after a Ukrainian strike on energy infrastructure knocked out power to a water treatment plant. Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian regions that Russia claimed as its […]

WELLINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) – A blaze broke out at Wellington Airport in the capital of New Zealand on Friday, forcing evacuations and flight diversions. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson said crews were attending the fire alongside the airport’s own fire brigade. They said five fire appliances, two ladder trucks and a command centre were at the scene, adding they could not say what was on fire. Wellington […]

June 12 (Reuters) – Ford is recalling 255,404 vehicles in the U.S. over an issue with the canister purge valve, which may malfunction, causing the engine to stall unexpectedly while driving, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday.  The recall affects certain 2012-2018 Focus vehicles which were previously repaired incorrectly, the regulator said. The dealers will update the powertrain control module doftware free of charge, as per […]

DAKAR, June 12 (Reuters) – Mali’s local al Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has offered millions of euros for information on the whereabouts of the president and top military officials, describing the government as an illegitimate entity. • The insurgents’ statement on Thursday follows a similar offer made by the government for information leading to JNIM leader Iyad Ag Ghaly, and other militant figures. • It was shared […]

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – Almost 40% fewer people got a drug to help prevent HIV infection in 2025 than in the previous year, as global aid funding cuts hit preventive services particularly hard, early data presented by UNAIDS on Friday showed.  Across 62 countries, 38% fewer people received pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, at least once in 2025 compared to 2024, the agency said. That represented a decline […]

By Eduardo Baptista and Samuel Shen BEIJING/SHANGHAI, June 12 (Reuters) – SpaceX’s record $75 billion IPO is poised to supercharge Chinese space startups racing to fund the same technologies that have made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire— reusable rockets and giant satellite constellations. In China, the initial public offering was watched as a benchmark for a younger industry eager to go public. But the frenzy masks a fundamental gap, […]

KYIV, June 12 (Reuters) – Ukraine will seek an additional $20 billion in military funding from its allies at a meeting next week to cement what it sees as its current battlefield advantage over Russia, a Ukrainian defense source said. The request will be made next Thursday at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, an alliance of more than 50 countries also known as the Ramstein group, where […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night at age 36. “It was instinctual. No one taught me how to do it,” she said of songwriting through a raspy voice she attributed to screaming along to the night’s performances and Wednesday night’s historic NBA game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. She told the […]