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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed punitive measures on two Syrian money service businesses it said help the government maintain access to the international financial system in violation of sanctions, in Washington’s first action targeting Syria since its readmittance to the Arab League. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement accused the two money service businesses, Al-Fadel Exchange and Al-Adham Exchange Company, of helping […]

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ bill appears to violate the constitution and urged the country’s judiciary to review it. The proposal signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni is considered one of the harshest in the world and carries the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”. The government says the constitution has been followed. “I hope that the judiciary is going to […]

By Fatos Bytyci LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo (Reuters) – Serbian protesters smashed two cars belonging to journalists in Kosovo’s Leposavic town on Tuesday, a day after 30 NATO soldiers and 52 protesters were hurt in clashes, as EU and NATO officials urged a de-escalation of the violence. Unrest in the region has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in northern Kosovo’s Serb-majority area after April elections that the Serbs boycotted, a […]

By Fatos Bytyci LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo (Reuters) – Serbian protesters smashed two cars belonging to journalists in Kosovo’s Leposavic town on Tuesday, a day after 30 NATO soldiers and 52 protesters were hurt in clashes, as EU and NATO officials urged a de-escalation of the violence. Unrest in the region has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in northern Kosovo’s Serb-majority area after April elections that the Serbs boycotted, a […]

By Akash Sriram and Samrhitha A (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp on Tuesday became the first chipmaker to hit a trillion-dollar market value, as the company bets on a surge in demand for its AI chips that power chatbot sensation ChatGPT and many other applications. The gaming and AI chip maker’s shares rose as much as 7.7% to a record high of $419.38 in early trading, adding to sharp gains from […]

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by child pornography victims to overcome a legal shield for internet companies in a case involving a lawsuit accusing Reddit Inc of violating federal law by failing to rid the discussion website of this illegal content. The justices turned away the appeal of a lower court’s decision to dismiss the proposed class action lawsuit […]

By Sam Tobin and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Microsoft on Tuesday accused Britain’s anti-trust regulator of being a global “outlier” in blocking its $69 billion takeover of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) vetoed the deal in April, saying it could hurt competition in the nascent cloud gaming market, sparking a furious row. The company is asking for an appeal, in which Activision […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday defended increased economic, cultural and social integration of South American countries as he opened a summit of a dozen leaders of the region in Brasilia. Lula said development banks should work together to finance regional development and suggested coordinated actions by the countries to tackle climate change. The leftist leader also said South America needed to discuss establishing […]

By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away a patent dispute between labeling company Avery Dennison Corp and ADASA Inc that would have given it a chance to clarify a standard that critics have said has sown confusion about what inventions can be legally protected and led to cancellations of valid patents. The justices declined to hear Avery Dennison’s appeal of a lower court’s decision […]