Flying taxi maker Archer settles Boeing Wisk lawsuits, shares jump

Flying taxi maker Archer settles Boeing Wisk lawsuits, shares jump

Flying taxi company Archer Aviation prepare for the debut of their all-electric aircraft from a facility in Hawthorne, California, U.S. June 8, 2021. Picture taken June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake Aug 10 (Reuters) – Air taxi maker Archer Aviation (ACHR.N) has reached an agreement with Boeing (BA.N) and its Wisk air taxi unit to settle … Read more

Obesity drug data could boost companies’ case for US coverage

Obesity drug data could boost companies’ case for US coverage

[1/3]An overweight woman sits on a chair in Times Square in New York, May 8, 2012. America’s obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures – from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax – to fix it, the influential… Read more Aug 10 … Read more

Biden signs order to ban certain tech investments in China

Biden signs order to ban certain tech investments in China

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on access to mental health care in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that will narrowly prohibit certain U.S. investments in sensitive technology in … Read more

News firms seek transparency, collective negotiation over content use by AI makers – letter

News firms seek transparency, collective negotiation over content use by AI makers – letter

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Aug 9 (Reuters) – A group of the world’s biggest news media organizations called for revised regulations on the use of copyrighted material by makers of artificial intelligence technology, according to an open letter published on Wednesday. … Read more

Exclusive: India bars makers of military drones from using Chinese parts

Exclusive: India bars makers of military drones from using Chinese parts

NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (Reuters) – India in recent months has barred domestic manufacturers of military drones from using components made in China over concerns about security vulnerabilities, according to four defence and industry officials and documents reviewed by Reuters. The measure comes amid tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours and as New Delhi pursues a … Read more

Son of Spanish actor detained in Thailand in grisly murder case

Son of Spanish actor detained in Thailand in grisly murder case

[1/3]Daniel Sancho Bronchal, the son of Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho Aguirre is escorted while assisting Thai police with investigations after he was arrested on charges of murder in the death and dismemberment of his Colombian travelling companion Edwin Arrieta Arteaga on the tourist island of Koh… Read more BANGKOK, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The son … Read more

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi returns to parliament after reinstatement

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi returns to parliament after reinstatement

[1/2]Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, arrives at the parliament after he was reinstated as a lawmaker, in New Delhi, India, August 7, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NEW DELHI, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Rahul Gandhi returned to India’s parliament on Monday after a Supreme Court ruling, boosting the … Read more

Imran Khan arrested after Pakistan court sentences ex-prime minister to three years in jail

Imran Khan arrested after Pakistan court sentences ex-prime minister to three years in jail

[1/4]Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo LAHORE, Pakistan, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Police arrested Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore on Saturday after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, potentially … Read more

Myanmar junta pardons former leader Suu Kyi for five offences

Myanmar junta pardons former leader Suu Kyi for five offences

Aug 1 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned on five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted and jailed for a total of 33 years, state media and an informed source reported on Tuesday. The pardons would mean a reduction in her jail term of six years, … Read more

Terraform Labs must face US SEC fraud allegations, judge rules

Terraform Labs must face US SEC fraud allegations, judge rules

NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) – Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon must face fraud allegations brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Monday. Kwon and Terraform Labs were behind two cryptocurrencies whose implosion roiled crypto markets around the world last year. U.S. District Judge Jed … Read more