By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – A court in Moldova on Thursday imposed a 15-year jail sentence in absentia on the leader of a small opposition party in connection with the theft of $1 billion in bank assets in the impoverished European state. Business magnate Ilan Sor, head of a party bearing his name, had …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday he had launched an effort to establish rules on artificial intelligence to address national security and education concerns, as use of programs like ChatGPT becomes widespread. Schumer, a Democrat, said in a statement he had drafted and circulated a “framework that outlines a …
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By Andrea Shalal (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Thursday welcomed the “continuous, ironclad and unprecedented support” of the United States as his country fights Russia’s invasion, and underscored Ukraine’s commitment to battling corruption. Shmyhal, speaking alongside U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, said it was critically important for Ukraine to begin reconstruction this …
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By Blandine Henault and Yann Tessier PARIS (Reuters) -France faced a new day of street protests on Thursday over President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to make people work longer for their pension, as striking workers disrupted garbage collection in Paris and blocked river traffic on part of the Rhine river. Trade unions urged a show of …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s government on Thursday rejected a panel set up and headed by the chief justice that is due to rule on a draft law clipping his powers, claiming conflict of interest, the latest standoff amid months of economic and political turmoil. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government is involved in …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland is skeptical about French attempts to organise talks between Ukraine and Russia, the Polish foreign minister said on Thursday. “We are skeptical about French initiatives to lead to some form of talks between Russia and Ukraine,” Zbigniew Rau said in a speech to parliament. “We do not see any signs that …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, is grappling with a mystery ailment in jail that could be some sort of slow acting poison, as he has lost 8 kg in weight in just over two weeks, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said. “We do not exclude that at this very time Alexei …
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PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo police said on Wednesday they had arrested three men accused of beating a prominent journalist a night earlier after he left the studio where he had participated in a talk show. Valon Syla said he was attacked after making comments about a local imam who had received a Mercedes car as …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top U.S. hostage envoy on Wednesday pledged to bring home two Americans detained by Russia – journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-Marine Paul Whelan – as he pressed Moscow to grant consular access to the Wall Street Journal reporter. “The president of the United States and the secretary are committed to bringing Evan …
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By Riham Alkousaa, Andreas Rinke and Andrew Gray BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister begins a visit to China on Thursday aiming to reassert a common European Union policy toward Beijing days after remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron suggested disarray in the continent’s approach to the rising superpower. Macron provoked a backlash in the …
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