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By Trevor Hunnicutt, Andrea Shalal and Kate Holton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Thursday their countries would partner on advanced technologies, clean energy and critical minerals as they strengthen a historical security alliance. Biden and Sunak signed the “Atlantic Declaration,” which Sunak described as a first-of-its-kind economic …

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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – The judge overseeing FTX’s U.S. bankruptcy said Thursday that he would not defer to a Bahamian court about key issues like which FTX entity should collect assets and repay customers of the bankrupt crypto exchange. Liquidators for FTX Digital Markets, the exchange’s Bahamas-based subsidiary, have asked U.S. Bankruptcy …

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By America Hernandez PARIS (Reuters) – France will on Friday grant more than 100 million euros ($107.8 million) to train workers and boost innovation in civil nuclear projects over the next decade, part of a wider plan to relaunch the ailing sector, the energy and education ministries said. The government will also receive a plan …

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WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and the United States backed a new “Atlantic Declaration” on Thursday for greater cooperation on pressing economic challenges in areas like clean energy, critical minerals and artificial intelligence. The joint declaration described the partnership as the “first of its kind” in covering the broad spectrum of the two countries’ economic, technological, …

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By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Amazon should not pay 250 million euros ($268 million)in back taxes to Luxembourg as ordered by EU competition enforcers, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday, as she cited errors in the EU regulator’s assessment. The European Commission in its 2017 decision said Amazon paid no …

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(Reuters) – Meta Platforms on Thursday introduced WhatsApp Channels, a feature that the social media giant said would help make the app a “private broadcast messaging product.” Users in Colombia and Singapore will be the first to receive access to Channels. Over the coming months, Meta will expand the availability of the tool for users …

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