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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Thursday refused to revive a lawsuit filed by states against Meta’s Facebook that alleged the company had broken antitrust law. Dozens of states led by New York asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year to reinstate the lawsuit, which U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia rejected, saying they had waited too long to […]

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed the government’s online streaming legislation after a 10-month debate over a law that will force firms like Netflix and Alphabet Inc-owned YouTube to offer more Canadian content. Bill C-11, or the Online Streaming Act, cleared the unelected upper chamber of the Canadian parliament with 52 votes to 16 and one abstention. With the Senate’s approval, the bill just needs […]

By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence appeared before a grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Pence was inside U.S. District Court in Washington for more than seven hours, ABC News and NBC News reported earlier. Representatives for Pence had no comment. The former […]

Mike’s Place Bombing Victim to The Media Line: Hollywood Shuns Israel Stories  Twenty years after surviving a terrorist attack, filmmaker Jack Baxter reflects on his quest for understanding the Middle East  By Felice Friedson /The Media Line Jack Baxter is an award-winning filmmaker who has produced, directed, and written for film and television for over four decades. He is best known for his documentary films that explore complex social and political […]

(Reuters) – The Baltimore Ravens and 2019 league MVP Lamar Jackson have agreed in principle to a five-year contract extension, the team said on Thursday, in what ESPN described as the richest contract in the history of the National Football League (NFL). The deal, which ends a long period of speculation over the quarterback’s future, is worth a reported $260 million, according to ESPN, eclipsing Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts’ […]

(Reuters) – Brazilian Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin said on Thursday land grabbers, not farmers, are guilty for deforestation in the Amazon rain forest. Alckmin was speaking at an industry event with other government officials and representatives of the sector, who gathered in Sao Paulo to discuss the sustainability of cattle supply chains. (Reporting by Ana Mano; Editing by Leslie Adler) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed the government’s online streaming legislation after a 10-month debate over a law that will force firms like Netflix and Alphabet Inc-owned YouTube to offer more Canadian content. Bill C-11, or the Online Streaming Act, cleared the unelected upper chamber of the Canadian parliament with 52 votes to 16 and one abstention. With the Senate’s approval, the bill just needs […]

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former chief financial officer of multiple special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday for embezzling more than $5 million from them, and losing almost all of it trading meme stocks and cryptocurrencies. Cooper Morgenthau, 36, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in January. He was sentenced by U.S. District […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -The conflict between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered a rush to extract foreign diplomats and citizens. Several countries have evacuated nationals by air, while some have gone via Port Sudan on the Red Sea, about 800 km (500 miles) by road from Khartoum. This is the status of some countries’ efforts: Egypt Egypt has evacuated a total of 5327 […]