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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of 4 million roubles (51,500) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc was last year banned in Russia as an “extremist” organisation, the messenger app – which is widely popular in Russia – has not previously been threatened with […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican, on Friday announced he will run for president in 2024, according to filing with the Federal Election Commission. (Reporting by Jason Lange and Gram Slattery; Editing by Scott Malone) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of 4 million roubles (51,500) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc was last year banned in Russia as an “extremist” organisation, the messenger app – which is widely popular in Russia – has not previously been threatened with […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has issued an arrest warrant for the International Criminal Court (ICC) head judge who in March issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges, Russian media reported on Friday. The British judge, Karim Ahmed Khan, was added to the Interior Ministry’s wanted list, Russia media said, citing the ministry’s database. Moscow opened cases against Ahmed Khan and three other ICC judges on […]

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration has supported for the second time in a week the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline, a project a key Democratic senator has pushed in legislation to speed permitting of fossil fuel and power transmission projects. Equitrans Midstream Corp’s $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline has been opposed by environmental activists, but has won the backing of Biden administration officials, including Secretary of […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of 4 million roubles (51,500) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc was last year banned in Russia as an “extremist” organisation, the messenger app – which is widely popular in Russia – has not previously been threatened with […]

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia has shifted the focus of its missile strikes on Ukraine to try to disrupt preparations for a Ukrainian counterattack, a senior Ukrainian military intelligence official said. After months of attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, Russian forces are now increasingly targeting military facilities and supplies, said Vadym Skibitskyi, Deputy Head of the Defence Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate. “Previously, they failed to knock out our energy system, and now […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman told shareholders Friday that the company will likely appoint its next CEO in the next 12 months. Gorman, 64, said the board has identified three strong candidates to succeed him and that he will become executive chairman once a new CEO is chosen. Shares of Morgan Stanley slipped 1.02% to $84 premarket on Friday. COMMENTS: STUART COLE, HEAD MACRO ECONOMIST, EQUITI […]

(Reuters) -Catalent Inc cut its full-year net revenue and profit forecast on Friday, reflecting operational challenges and higher-than-expected costs after it flagged an over $400 million hit to both its annual sales and core profit expectations earlier this month. The company manufactures drugs, vaccines and gene therapies at 55 different sites for major pharmaceutical companies, including Moderna Inc, Novo Nordisk and Sarepta Therapeutics, among others. Catalent said it continues to […]