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By David Morgan and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy will sit down on Tuesday to try to make progress on a deal to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avert an economically catastrophic default. They have little time to reach an agreement. The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday reiterated its warning that it could run short of money […]

By David Morgan and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy will sit down on Tuesday to try to make progress on a deal to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avert an economically catastrophic default. They have little time to reach an agreement. The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday reiterated its warning that it could run short of money […]

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday said it would delete accounts that had remained unused for two years starting December, in a bid to prevent security threats including hacks. The company said that if a Google account had not been used or signed into for at least two years, it might delete the account and content across Google Workspace, which includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet and Calendar, as well […]

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday said it would delete accounts that had remained unused for two years starting December, in a bid to prevent security threats including hacks. The company said that if a Google account had not been used or signed into for at least two years, it might delete the account and content across Google Workspace, which includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet and Calendar, as well […]

By Eduardo Baptista and Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) -Search engine giant Baidu Inc beat first-quarter revenue and profit estimates on Tuesday as businesses spent more on advertising amid China’s post-COVID reopening, and said it was awaiting regulatory approval to launch its ChatGPT-like Ernie bot. Business momentum in China is building after it dropped most of its strict COVID curbs late last year, with consumers and businesses reviving spending.  China’s economy grew […]

By Eduardo Baptista and Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) -Search engine giant Baidu Inc beat first-quarter revenue and profit estimates on Tuesday as businesses spent more on advertising amid China’s post-COVID reopening, and said it was awaiting regulatory approval to launch its ChatGPT-like Ernie bot. Business momentum in China is building after it dropped most of its strict COVID curbs late last year, with consumers and businesses reviving spending.  China’s economy grew […]

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The EU’s latest draft of new sanctions against Russia would make it more difficult than originally proposed to cut trade with third countries over busting existing restrictions, a document showed, after Berlin warned against targeting China. The EU is working on what would be its 11th round of sanctions since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, this time focused on cracking down on those […]

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The EU’s latest draft of new sanctions against Russia would make it more difficult than originally proposed to cut trade with third countries over busting existing restrictions, a document showed, after Berlin warned against targeting China. The EU is working on what would be its 11th round of sanctions since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, this time focused on cracking down on those […]

By Dawn Chmielewski, Helen Coster and Sheila Dang NEW YORK (Reuters) – An animated appearance by Ted, the foul-mouthed teddy bear from the movie of the same name, a gaggle of “Real Housewives” and a NBC News political correspondent appeared at NBCUniversal’s annual ad-selling “upfront” presentation, as a writers’ strike prompted high-wattage acting talent to shun the event. The annual series of glitzy presentations, held in May in New York […]