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TAIPEI (Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will host a meeting in California on Wednesday with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, part of a sensitive U.S. stopover that has drawn Chinese threats of retaliation. Here are the key issues in Taiwan-U.S., China-U.S. and Taiwan-China relations, why China is so angry about the meeting and what it might do to express its anger: WHY IS CHINA SO ANGRY? Taiwan is a deeply […]

LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles’s grandson Prince George and the grandchildren of the Queen Consort Camilla will play major roles in the coronation of the British monarch next month, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Tuesday. George, 9, the eldest son of heir to the throne Prince William, will be one of the king’s four pages of honour who will accompany him at the grand ceremony on May 6, and join the procession […]

(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures slipped on Wednesday in the run up to a fresh batch of economic data, expected to give more clarity on the state of the U.S. economy amid worries that rapid rate hikes by the Federal Reserve may trigger a steep downturn. At 5:03 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 46 points, or 0.14%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 8.75 points, or 0.21%, and Nasdaq […]

LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles’s grandson Prince George and the grandchildren of the Queen Consort Camilla will play major roles in the coronation of the British monarch next month, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Tuesday. George, 9, the eldest son of heir to the throne Prince William, will be one of the king’s four pages of honour who will accompany him at the grand ceremony on May 6, and join the procession […]

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran foiled a drone attack against a Ministry of Defence complex in the central city of Isfahan overnight, Iranian Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday, although Tehran said confirming the report required further investigation.  “The Amir al-Momenin complex in Isfahan was the target of a failed attack by a small drone which was foiled by defence systems,” Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, adding that the attempt did […]

(Reuters) – China may need to find another route to the net at this year’s Women’s World Cup after head coach Shui Qingxia revealed goal-machine Wang Shanshan could be used to plug a hole in the heart of defence. Captain Wang, who once scored nine goals as a second-half substitute, is being lined up to replace Wang Xiaoxue with the central defender missing the tournament after undergoing surgery on a […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s antitrust regulator has opened the door for measures to curb Apple after deeming the U.S. tech giant a company of paramount significance for competition across markets, the body said in a statement on Wednesday. “On the basis of this decision, we can target practices that pose a threat to competition and practices and effectively prevent them,” said Bundeskartellamt President Andreas Mundt. Apple was not immediately available […]

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – A regional Australian mayor said he may sue OpenAI if it does not correct ChatGPT’s false claims that he had served time in prison for bribery, in what would be the first defamation lawsuit against the automated text service. Brian Hood, who was elected mayor of Hepburn Shire, 120km (75 miles) northwest of Melbourne, last November, became concerned about his reputation when members of […]

By Sergiy Karazy and Anna Dabrowska CHERKASY REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – More than a year into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Aleks, a translator with no prior military experience, was advancing through forest with rifle raised, training to ambush enemy forces in one of Ukraine’s newest military units. Border of Steel is one of eight new storm brigades totalling 40,000 soldiers that Ukraine wants to use during a counter-offensive against Russian occupiers […]