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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday its forces had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive at five points along the front in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of troops while Ukraine accused Moscow of spreading lies. It was not immediately clear whether or not the attack represented the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive which Kyiv has been promising for months to drive out Russian forces […]

LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry will become the first British royal to appear in the witness box since the 1890s when he testifies this week at the High Court in London as part of his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers. Here are details of the trial: WHAT IS THE COURT CASE ABOUT? Harry and more than 100 other people are suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), publisher of the Daily Mirror, the […]

By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson LONDON – A senior Binance executive was the main operator for five bank accounts belonging to the giant cryptocurrency exchange’s purportedly independent U.S. affiliate, including an account that held American customers’ funds, bank records show. U.S. lender Silvergate Bank authorized the executive, Guangying Chen, a close associate of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, to operate the accounts in 2019 and 2020, according to records from […]

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry is expected to appear at London’s High Court on Monday as he prepares to give evidence in his lawsuit against the publisher of British tabloid the Daily Mirror. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, will this week become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years, which is likely to take place on Monday or Tuesday. He is […]

By Aditi Shah ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Competing airlines flying over Russia is a big issue, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told reporters on the sidelines of an aviation conference in Istanbul. Kirby said he worries if airlines flying over Russia carrying American citizens have to divert to a Russian airport because of medical or technical issues. “What’s going to happen if an airline lands in Russia with some prominent U.S. […]

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Sweden-based Volvo Cars on Monday posted a 31% rise in sales in May compared with a year earlier, selling 60,398 cars. The 31% rise comes after a strained 2022, when the company, like other automakers, felt the effects of persistent COVID-lockdowns in China, chip shortages and other supply constraints that hampered production. As Volvo, majority-owned by China’s Geely, has begun recovering from 2022’s setbacks, sales figures have […]

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Sweden-based Volvo Cars on Monday posted a 31% rise in sales in May compared with a year earlier, selling 60,398 cars. The 31% rise comes after a strained 2022, when the company, like other automakers, felt the effects of persistent COVID-lockdowns in China, chip shortages and other supply constraints that hampered production. As Volvo, majority-owned by China’s Geely, has begun recovering from 2022’s setbacks, sales figures have […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman predicted on Monday a “huge role” for Israel in reducing risks from artificial intelligence even as the country debates whether and how to regulate the technology behind ChatGPT. He is one of the tech world’s most prominent voices urging governments to rapidly come up with regulations to make sure AI is used responsibly. After crisscrossing Europe last month meeting lawmakers and national […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman predicted on Monday a “huge role” for Israel in reducing risks from artificial intelligence even as the country debates whether and how to regulate the technology behind ChatGPT. He is one of the tech world’s most prominent voices urging governments to rapidly come up with regulations to make sure AI is used responsibly. After crisscrossing Europe last month meeting lawmakers and national […]