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By Hannah Lang, Jonathan Stempel and Tom Wilson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators sued Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday for allegedly operating a “web of deception,” piling further pressure on the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange and sending bitcoin to its lowest in almost three months. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaint, filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C., listed 13 charges against Binance, Zhao and […]

Andrew Abbott logged six scoreless innings in his major league debut as the Cincinnati Reds picked up a 2-0 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Monday to salvage the finale of a four-game series. Abbott (1-0) allowed just one hit, walked four and struck out six for the Reds. Alexis Diaz struck out the side in the ninth for his 14th save. Stuart Fairchild and Tyler Stephenson each hit […]

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee: Markets are increasingly looking for the Federal Reserve to pause rate hikes next week, and, amid a blackout on Fed speakers, will be focusing heavily on economic data in the days ahead. Throwing markets a slight curveball on Tuesday, Australia’s central bank raised rates, dashing expectations that they’d stand pat and sending the Aussie dollar higher. […]

By Stephen Nellis CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Monday let analysts and media, including Reuters, try its $3,499 Vision Pro headset. What is immediately clear is the device is not yet meant for a mass market: a test drive requires a setup session with Apple staff and a quick visit with a vision specialist to ensure the headset fits and functions as intended. And the price tag is […]

By Stephen Nellis CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) -Apple on Monday unveiled a costly augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in its riskiest bet since the introduction of the iPhone more than a decade ago, barging into a market dominated by Meta. At its annual developer conference, Apple also introduced a raft of new products and features, including a 15-inch MacBook Air, a powerful chip called M2 Ultra, improvements to its iOS […]

By Valentyn Origenko KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched a new wave of overnight air strikes on Kyiv, with officials at the Ukrainian capital saying that air defence systems downed more than 20 cruise missiles on their approach. “All were shot down, there were no hits,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. Reuters could not independently verify the report. Reuters’ witnesses reported hearing several […]

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday that Russian forces blew up a major dam in southern Ukraine, while Moscow-installed official in the city of Nova Kakhovka in the Russian-controlled parts of the Kherson region denied it. “The Kakhovka (reservoir) was blown up by the Russian occupying forces,” the South command of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said on Tuesday on its Facebook page. “The scale of the destruction, the speed and […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will likely further cut banks’ reserve ratio and interest rates in the second half of this year to support the economy, the China Securities Journal reported on Tuesday, citing policy advisors and economists. China’s economy rebounded faster than expected in the first quarter but lost momentum at the beginning of the second. The economy is grappling with a high unemployment rate, a sluggish real estate market […]

KYIV (Reuters) – The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine’s Kherson region was blown up by Russian forces, the South command of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said on Tuesday. “The scale of the destruction, the speed and volumes of water, and the likely areas of inundation are being clarified,” the command said on its Facebook page. (Reporting by Valentyn Ogirenko in Kyiv and Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing […]