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By Leo Marchandon and Gianluca Lo Nostro Aug 13 (Reuters) – The increasing prevalence of AI chatbots handling consumer shopping is pushing merchants to uphold more direct customer relationships over fears of losing their loyalty and repeated purchases, payments firm Adyen said on Thursday. Traditionally, consumers have browsed, logged in and paid directly through online channels. AI-driven shopping assistants could take over that sequence — recommending products, choosing merchants and […]

Aug 13 (Reuters) – Russia struck Ukraine’s largest Danube grain shipment port overnight, causing damage and setting off a fire, authorities said on Thursday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine needed more U.S. air defence missiles to get through winter. The port of Izmail, near the Romanian border in the southern region of Odesa, handles exports of Ukrainian grain and other commodities. The Izmail regional state administration said on Telegram […]

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch called for the release of two UN staffers and six NGO workers in Afghanistan following a string of Taliban detentions in recent weeks. HRW said on Wednesday that six male staff working with the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) had been “forcibly disappeared” from the NGO’s Kabul office last month. The NGO has been involved in […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman apparently avoided serious injury Wednesday night when the Los Angeles Dodgers’ first baseman took a frightening tumble down the stairs and into the visitors’ dugout while trying to catch a foul popup in the eighth inning. Freeman isn’t sure whether he’ll play when the Dodgers begin an important four-game series with the MLB-leading Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, but he’s grateful his freefall to the […]

By Ziyi Tang and Kane Wu BEIJING/HONG KONG, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Chinese chip designer Kiwimoore has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering, targeting a valuation of about $2 billion, said two people with knowledge of the matter. Kiwimoore did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. The sources declined to be named because the information was confidential. Here are the details: • Kiwimoore plans to […]

By Rocky Swift and Junko Fujita TOKYO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Joint Japanese-U.S. efforts to shore up the battered yen two weeks ago have heightened market bets the Bank of Japan will need to hike rates faster and further, raising the stakes for the currency at next month’s policy meeting. Co-ordinated intervention between Japan, the U.S. Treasury and South Korea drove the yen about 5% higher in late July and […]

DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The Strait of Hormuz is “under Iran’s control and management”, the head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. The remarks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the U.S. had “total control” of the strategic waterway. Taeb said the United States had sought to disrupt what […]

Alex Bregman slammed three homers and drove in seven runs, both career highs, leading the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 12-6 win against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. Dansby Swanson homered, doubled and scored three times in the No. 9 spot for the Cubs, who have won eight of their past nine games. Seiya Suzuki had two hits, two RBIs and two runs, and Pedro Ramirez added two hits and […]

DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Iran will soon join the New Development Bank, the development lender established by the BRICS group of nations, central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said in a state media report published on Wednesday ahead of a BRICS finance meeting in India. Iran remains under sweeping U.S. and international sanctions, and it has yet to reach a peace deal to end the current conflict with the U.S. […]