BERLIN (Reuters) -Hans Modrow, who as the last Communist prime minister of East Germany oversaw democratic reforms that opened the way to German reunification, has died at age 95, Germany’s hard-left Die Linke party said on Saturday. “Last night Hans Modrow left us at the age of 95. With this, our party loses an important …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI recovered one additional government page with classified markings during a consensual search on Friday at the Indianapolis residence of former Vice President Mike Pence, after classified documents were discovered at his house last month, a Pence spokesman said. The search, confirmed earlier in the …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden met on Friday with Brazilian leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a reboot of relations between the hemisphere’s two largest democracies after the end of Donald Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro’s stormy rule. During the visit, Washington said it would work to provide support for …
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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -The chief prosecutor for Shelby County, Tennessee, will examine the case files of the five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, CNN reported on Friday, citing a statement from his office. Shelby County District Attorney Steven Mulroy said in the statement that …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Friday released hunger-striking jailed dissident Farhad Meysami, the Iranian judiciary said, a week after supporters had warned that he risked dying for protesting against the compulsory wearing of the hijab. Images on social media of an emaciated Meysami, who had been in jail since 2018 for supporting women activists protesting …
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By Brendan O’Boyle (Reuters) – Risks over El Salvador’s embrace of bitcoin “have not materialized,” but use of the cryptocurrency still requires transparency and attention, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday in a statement after a visit to the Central American country. “Given the legal risks, fiscal fragility and largely speculative nature of crypto …
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By Carolina Mandl (Reuters) – The Nasdaq ended lower on Friday as megacap growth stocks came under pressure after Treasury yields pointed to higher interest rates and shares of ride-hailing firm Lyft plunged following a downbeat profit forecast. Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to their highest in more than a month following …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. chief agricultural trade negotiator Doug McKalip wants China to keep striving to meet U.S. farm goods purchase commitments under the 2020 “Phase 1” trade deal, but told Reuters that he also is pushing to diversify exports beyond the biggest U.S. grain customer. In his first media interview on …
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By David French, Anirban Sen and Milana Vinn NEW YORK (Reuters) – Banking and payments conglomerate Fidelity National Information Services Inc is making preparations to break up, undoing a $43 billion acquisition it completed four years ago, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. FIS plans to pursue a tax-free spin-off of its merchant …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The boss of Google’s search engine warned against the pitfalls of artificial intelligence in chatbots in a newspaper interview published on Saturday, as Google parent company Alphabet battles to compete with blockbuster app ChatGPT. “This kind of artificial intelligence we’re talking about right now can sometimes lead to something we call hallucination,” …
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