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(Reuters) – The European Union is preparing 100 million euros ($109.32 million) in compensation for farmers in five countries bordering Ukraine and plans to introduce restrictions on imports of Ukrainian grains. * Inspections of ships carrying Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea resumed under a U.N.-brokered deal but Kyiv faces a struggle to secure an extension of the agreement. FIGHTING * A Ukrainian military spokesperson accused Moscow of a “provocation” […]

(Reuters) – Michael Schumacher’s family are planning legal action against a German weekly magazine over an ‘interview’ with the seven times Formula One champion that was generated by artificial intelligence. A spokesperson for the Schumacher family, asked by Reuters for a comment on Wednesday, pointed to published reports of legal action. The Ferrari great has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is due to address Mexico’s Congress on Thursday by video, according to two people familiar with the matter, as he seeks support in his country’s ongoing war with Russia. Mexico’s government has said it wants to remain neutral in the conflict, and some supporters of Ukraine have criticized the country’s leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for taking issue with European arms […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s top national security adviser resigned on Wednesday, the presidential palace said, amid a scandal related to the aide’s presence during the storming of government buildings in the capital. The resignation of General Marcos Goncalves Dias, which the president accepted, followed a report from CNN Brasil that included footage of him walking around the presidential palace while a mob ransacked government buildings […]

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Tesla Inc has settled a lawsuit against one of its former engineers, Alexander Yatskov, whom it accused of stealing trade secrets related to its AI-training supercomputer Dojo, according to a filing on Wednesday in San Francisco federal court. The joint filing said the terms of the settlement were confidential but Yatskov would make a monetary payment to the company. Representatives for both sides did not […]

PARIS (Reuters) – A free climber known as the “French Spiderman” scaled a 38-storey skyscraper in Paris on Wednesday to demonstrate his support for protesters angry about a pension law that will delay the age at which people can retire in France. Alain Robert, 60, climbs without a harness, using only his bare hands and a pair of climbing shoes. “I’m here to show my support for those who oppose […]

By Akash Sriram and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) – Tesla Inc on Wednesday posted its lowest quarterly gross margin in two years, missing market estimates as it grappled with aggressive price cuts meant to spur demand in a sagging economy and fend off rising competition. The electric-vehicle maker has slashed prices several times in the United States, China and other markets since late last year, as CEO Elon Musk said Tesla […]

By Akash Sriram and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) -Tesla Inc on Wednesday posted its lowest quarterly gross margin in two years, missing market estimates as it grappled with aggressive price cuts meant to spur demand in a sagging economy and fend off rising competition. The electric-vehicle maker has slashed prices several times in the United States, China and other markets since late last year, as CEO Elon Musk said Tesla could […]

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former employee at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent confidential records relating to hundreds of thousands of consumers and several financial institutions to their personal email account, the agency said on Wednesday. The bureau found personally identifiable information relating to customers of seven institutions that had been forwarded by a staffer who is no longer employed at the CFPB, it said in a […]