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By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) – U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Deputy Director David Cohen has met with Paraguayan President Mario Abdo to discuss strengthening cooperation over security ahead of crunch elections in the South American country, Abdo said. Abdo said on Twitter on Wednesday that he had received Cohen in Paraguay but did not say when the previously unannounced meeting had taken place. The U.S. Embassy in Paraguay wrote […]

By Laila Kearney (Reuters) – Oil steadied in early Asian trade on Thursday as a surprise draw in U.S. crude oil stockpiles that supported prices was offset by a smaller-than-expected cut to Russian supplies and stronger dollar. Brent crude futures were unchanged at $78.28 a barrel at 0020 GMT. West Texas Intermediate U.S. crude fell 6 cents, or 0.1%, to $72.91 a barrel. Helping to support prices, U.S. crude oil […]

(Reuters) – Sorana Cirstea said she is feeling the best she has in years and is brimming with confidence after stunning world number two Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-4 at the Miami Open on Wednesday. The unseeded Romanian, who turns 33 next week, delivered a stunning performance to beat the Australian Open champion and make her second WTA 1000 semi-final nearly 10 years after reaching her first. “I started very young, […]

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – National Australia Bank said on Thursday it expects Australian interest rates to peak at 3.85%, down from a previous estimate of 4.1%. NAB added it still expects the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise its official cash rate by 25 basis points in April for a final time, beginning rate cuts in the first half of 2024. “We continue to see rate cuts in […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Mizuho Financial Group said on Thursday that it will scrap a joint project with Line Financial to develop smartphone-based Line Bank due to a lack of additional investment and delays in creating the service. (Reporting by Mariko Katsumura; Editing by Christian Schmollinger) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday overturned the governor’s veto of a bill to ban transgender youths from gender-affirming healthcare and restrict which toilets they use in public schools, voting in line with a national conservative-led movement. Both chambers of Kentucky’s general assembly, where Republicans hold large majorities, voted overwhelmingly to override last week’s veto by Democratic Governor Andy Beshear, who is running for reelection […]

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Synopsys Inc on Wednesday rolled out new artificial intelligence tools designed to get better results faster in the various stages of designing computing chips. Synopsys makes software that companies use to design computing chips. Modern chips have tens of billions of tiny on-off switches called transistors, and their precise arrangement on the chip has a big impact on the chip’s cost and performance, so designers use […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican prosecutors have identified eight people who may be responsible for the deaths of 39 people caused by a fire at a detention center in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s security minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon; Writing by Anthony Esposito) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel launched “a number of missiles” from the Golan Heights targeting the vicinity of Syria’s capital Damascus that left two soldiers wounded and “some material damage,” Syrian State Media reported early on Thursday citing a military source. Syrian air defences confronted the missiles and “shot down some of them,” the source added. For several years, Israel has been mounting attacks on what it has described as Iranian-linked targets […]