Western Digital owes $315.7 million for infringing data security patent, US jury says

By Blake Brittain -Data storage provider Western Digital must pay $315.7 million in damages for violating a patent owner’s rights in data security technology, a jury in California federal court said on Friday. The jury determined that several Western Digital self-encrypting hard drive products infringe a SPEX Technologies patent covering data encryption innovations, a SPEX …

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Residents flee Ukraine’s Kupiansk as Russia presses down on northeast hub

By Volodymyr Pavlov and Vitalii Hnidyi KUPIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Yuliia Baibak could not bear another Russian air strike on her neighbourhood before complying with the order to evacuate her parents from the besieged Ukrainian city of Kupiansk. A plea for mass evacuation was also issued on Friday for the city of Pokrovsk further south, …

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From Buenos Aires to Britain fans mourn One Direction’s Liam Payne

By Candelaria Grimberg and Will Russell BUENOS AIRES/WOLVERHAMPTON, England (Reuters) – Argentine fans of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died in a dramatic fall from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, gathered on Thursday afternoon around the city’s central obelisk monument to remember the troubled boy band icon. Payne, 31, who shot to …

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Liam Payne’s ex-partner calls for media restraint after ‘painful’ death

By Danielle Broadway and Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Liam Payne’s former partner, pop singer Cheryl, joined an outpouring of grief on Friday over the death of the One Direction band member, calling for restraint in coverage to protect his family during an “indescribably painful time”. Payne, who shot to global fame with boy band One …

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Fitch revises Italy’s outlook to ‘positive’ on stronger fiscal performance

By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) -Global credit ratings agency Fitch on Friday revised its outlook on Italy to ‘positive’ from ‘stable’, citing recent improvements in the fiscal performance of the euro zone’s third largest economy and its commitment to EU budget regulations. The upgrade to the outlook is a boost to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s …

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Some Lebanese Americans endorse Harris, expect more Lebanon support

By Andrea Shalal GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) -Some prominent Lebanese Americans on Friday endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for president, saying in a letter that the U.S. had been “unrelenting” in its support for Lebanon under the Biden administration and they expect additional backing if Harris wins in November. The endorsement came amid ongoing Israeli attacks …

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Dow and S&P end at fresh record highs, lifted by Netflix earnings and tech stocks

By David French (Reuters) -The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 chalked up record closing highs on Friday, with the Nasdaq also in positive territory, as markets were boosted by an earnings-driven jump in Netflix shares and broader gains across technology stocks. All three major Wall Street benchmarks also comfortably secured a sixth straight …

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IMF approves $341 million for Ethiopia’s first loan program review

(Reuters) – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved the first review of Ethiopia’s $3.4 billion lending programme, the fund said on Friday, paving the way for a $340.7 million disbursement. The East African nation secured the four-year financing program from the IMF in July after carrying out a series of reforms like …

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Israeli strikes kill 33 people in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, medics say

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -At least 33 people were killed and 85 wounded in Israeli strikes that hit several houses on Friday in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza’s eight historic refugee camps, medics said, where residents said tanks blew up roads and houses. The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said the death toll from …

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