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Zelenskiy to Munich leaders: we need weapons quickly to beat ‘Goliath’ Russia

By Andrew Gray and Max Hunder MUNICH (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday urged allies to speed up sending weapons to defeat the Russian invasion, warning global leaders assembled in Munich that dithering and delays also threatened their security. Comparing the war in Ukraine to a David-vs-Goliath struggle for freedom, Zelenskiy said Russia …

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Indian tax officials end ‘stressful’ 3-day BBC inspection

By Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian tax officials on Thursday left the BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, after a three-day inspection that involved the cloning of data from some digital devices, the tax department said. The inspection came weeks after the government reacted angrily to a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra …

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Tech giants from Google to TikTok face tougher EU rules

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Tech giants including Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok face stricter online content rules in the European Union due to their huge number of users. The new rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), classify companies with more than 45 million users as very large online platforms (VLOPs) and …

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Japan aborts launch of flagship H3 rocket moments before lift off

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Friday aborted the launch of its first new medium-lift rocket in three decades moments before the H3 vehicle was meant to lift off after secondary booster engines strapped to its side failed to ignite. During the live-streamed event, the H3’s main engine cut off after the launch countdown had reached …

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Nikki Haley, Trump’s first major challenger, urges Republicans to turn the page

By Richard Cowan EXETER, N.H. (Reuters) -Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley brought her nascent campaign to New Hampshire on Thursday, portraying herself as a conservative firebrand while warning that to win elections Republicans must stop rehashing “old issues”. Speaking to a crowd of around 300 inside the Exeter Town Hall, about 45 miles (70 km) …

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Taiwan finds crashed weather balloon on remote island, likely Chinese

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the United States over spy balloons. Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, has complained …

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Tesla says it laid off 4% New York employees before union campaign

(Reuters) -Tesla Inc said on Wednesday it laid off 4% of the employees in the Autopilot labeling team in Buffalo as part of a performance review cycle conducted every six months. The automaker responded to a union complaint filed with a government agency alleging that the company laid off dozens of employees from its Autopilot …

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Wall Street ends down sharply as data fuels rate-hike worries

By Johann M Cherian and Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Wall Street ended sharply lower on Thursday after unexpectedly strong inflation data and a drop in weekly jobless claims added to fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates to tame high prices. A Labor Department report showed the highest rise in producer …

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Biden, 80, is healthy, ‘fit for duty,’ doctor says after physical

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) -Doctors declared U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, healthy and “fit for duty” on Thursday after a physical examination that included removing a lesion from his chest and declaring him free of symptoms of long COVID after his bout last year with the virus. “The president remains …

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Dollar advances as strong U.S. data backs higher rates backdrop

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar held gains against a basket of currencies on Thursday, bolstered by stronger-than-expected producer prices and falling jobless claims, hinting that the Federal Reserve would have to maintain its inflation-fighting interest rate hikes for longer. Earlier, the dollar index hit six-week highs, rising …

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