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By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -The U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of helping enable sexual abuses by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The subpoena, issued on April 28, came to light on Monday in a request by the Virgin Islands to serve Musk by alternative means because it had been unable to locate and […]

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -The U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of helping enable sexual abuses by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The subpoena, issued on April 28, came to light on Monday in a request by the Virgin Islands to serve Musk by alternative means because it had been unable to locate and […]

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Vidya Ranganathan Tuesday’s a busy day for European markets. We get preliminary growth numbers for the euro zone, inflation in Italy, jobless data for Britain and, crucially, the German economic sentiment ZEW survey. No surprises are seen in euro zone GDP data – rather, analysts assume the tepid pace seen in the fourth quarter hasn’t picked up. That […]

(Reuters) – Russia launched an exceptionally intense air attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday. Officials said preliminary information showed air defences had destroyed most of the incoming drones and missiles. On Monday, the Ukrainian military hailed advances made in its first successful counterattack against Russian forces besieging the eastern city of Bakhmut. DIPLOMACY AND ECONOMY * Britain promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy long-range attack drones when he […]

By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don’t violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown have now been removed from library shelves. “These books are accessible by people in private book shops. If they want to buy, they can buy,” Hong Kong’s chief executive John Lee […]

By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don’t violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown have now been removed from library shelves. “These books are accessible by people in private book shops. If they want to buy, they can buy,” Hong Kong’s chief executive John Lee […]

By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don’t violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown have now been removed from library shelves. “These books are accessible by people in private book shops. If they want to buy, they can buy,” Hong Kong’s chief executive John Lee […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Drawing lessons from the Ukraine crisis, a top Chinese general urged greater integration of novel capabilities, including artificial intelligence, with conventional warfare tactics ahead of any confrontation with the West. A new genre of hybrid warfare has emerged from the Ukraine conflict, with the intertwining of “political warfare, financial warfare, technological warfare, cyber warfare, and cognitive warfare,” General Wang Haijiang, commander of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) […]

By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don’t violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown have now been removed from library shelves. “These books are accessible by people in private book shops. If they want to buy, they can buy,” Hong Kong’s chief executive John Lee […]