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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than $100,000 in profits and pay a $65,000 fine as part of a settlement with federal authorities. The settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced Friday, also dealt Gabriel Perez a three-year trading ban. Perez was placed on unpaid leave […]

OTTAWA (AP) — Canada’s public broadcaster said Friday it is making an exception to its policy of not labeling specific attacks as terrorism for the 9/11 attacks after coming under fire over a memo restating it. Like other news outlets including The Associated Press, CBC/Radio-Canada’s standards normally don’t allow reporters to describe events as terrorist attacks unless they are quoting someone else’s words. But the director of the FBI, the […]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian security forces captured a suspected senior leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the U.S. Southern Command announced on Friday, hailing the arrest as a result of stronger military cooperation between the historically close allies. The capture on Thursday of Luis Saúl Pérez Nieto, who Colombian authorities described as having coordinated the gang’s weapons and drug-trafficking networks across the region, offers an early sign […]

TAIPEI, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Taiwan prosecutors said on Saturday they had searched the offices of Taiwanese printed circuit board maker Unimicron Technology on suspicion the company falsely labelled some of its China-made products as being from Taiwan. • Prosecutors in the northern city of Taoyuan said they had searched two company locations and questioned 18 defendants and witnesses. • The suspected false labelling of the made-in-China printed curcuit boards […]

By Eman Abouhassira and Yasmine Ghania DUBAI/CAIRO, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the United States, with the supreme leader calling on the government to address the hardship while the president reported foreign trade has shrunk 35% due to the American sanctions and blockade. The warnings came even as other leaders threaten the U.S. with military retaliation and declarations that the Iranian […]

Aug 28 (Reuters) – OpenAI said on Friday that it plans to end its agreement providing AI models to Cursor, the coding-tool company now owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. OpenAI said it was not confident that SpaceX would use its technology “within our terms of service.” SpaceX did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours. (Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by William […]

SAO PAULO, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the main opposition candidate in the country’s presidential election, said on Friday he will respect the result of the October vote, assuring he seeks to be elected under current electoral rules. The right-wing lawmaker is the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for attempting to overturn his 2022 election defeat to leftist […]

By Tom Little and Johan Ahlander REYKJAVIK, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Icelanders vote on Saturday on whether to reopen membership talks with the European Union, with islanders split down the middle after months of debate focused on the cost of living, security and control over fishing waters. The race is too close to call. A Gallup poll suggested on Friday a narrow majority oppose reopening negotiations, tipping the scale slightly […]

DAKAR, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Sustained gunfire and explosions rang out across several areas of Niger’s capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, according to a Reuters witness. (Reporting by Niger Newsroom; Writing by Bate Felix and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila; Editing by William Mallard) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com