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NAIROBI (Reuters) -A conservative group of Anglican church leaders said on Friday that it no longer had confidence in the leader of the Church of England (CoE) over his stance on same-sex unions. Earlier this year the CoE – where the Anglican tradition originated – set out proposals to allow priests to bless same-sex couples in church after a civil marriage, while still not allowing them to get married in […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google asked a court late Thursday to toss out several allegations made by Epic, Match and U.S. state attorneys general about how the search and advertising giant runs its app store for Android phones. Google’s motion is the company’s latest bid to end costly and time-consuming antitrust lawsuits. It has also asked a federal court in Washington to dismiss claims in a 2020 antitrust lawsuit […]

By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Analysts are divided on whether Colombia’s central bank board will hold the interest rate steady for the first time in 18 months or back one more increase in a tightening cycle meant to fight inflation, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Fifteen of 26 analysts predicted the seven-member board will hold the rate at 13% at its meeting next week, while the remaining 11 […]

(Reuters) – Liverpool right back Trent Alexander-Arnold’s new role is “not written in stone” and it is a challenge for the squad to adapt to his new position, manager Juergen Klopp said on Friday as the England international looks to rediscover top-form. Alexander-Arnold has been one of Liverpool’s main chance creators and he excelled in an advanced role to record two assists during their 6-1 win over Leeds United on […]

By Rowena Edwards LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices were on track for a weekly loss, despite a rise on Friday on strong economic data in the euro zone and Britain, as economic and interest rate uncertainty weighed. Brent futures for June delivery rose 70 cents, or 0.86%, to $81.80 a barrel by 1343 GMT. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) for June delivery was up 74 cents, or 0.96%, at $78.11. […]

By Amanda Cooper and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar slipped against most major currencies on Friday, as investors digested mounting evidence that growth in the world’s largest economy is slowing and priced in a likely pause in tightening by the Federal Reserve at the June meeting after a widely-expected interest rate hike next month. In the case of the euro, a surprising recovery in the euro […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that the agency would create a task force to figure out how to use artificial intelligence to do everything from protecting critical infrastructure to screening cargo to ferret out products made with slave labor. While artificial intelligence isn’t new, the sudden popularity of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in recent months has sent officials around the world scrambling to see how they […]

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government named Oliver Dowden deputy prime minister on Friday, replacing Dominic Raab who resigned earlier in the day following a report into claims he bullied colleagues. As deputy prime minister, Raab had no formal powers but stepped in for the prime minister if he was away from parliament or incapacitated. Dowden currently serves as cabinet office minister in Sunak’s government. He was previously chairman of […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that the agency would create a task force to figure out how to use artificial intelligence to do everything from protecting critical infrastructure to screening cargo to ferret out products made with slave labor. While artificial intelligence isn’t new, the sudden popularity of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in recent months has sent officials around the world scrambling to see how they […]