(Reuters) – A U.S. court upheld the convictions of Theranos’ founder Elizabeth Holmes and President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani on Monday, on charges of defrauding investors in the failed blood testing startup once valued at $9 billion. A three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected claims of legal errors …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro VANNES, France (Reuters) – A retired surgeon accused of raping and sexually assaulting hundreds of young patients, some while they were under anesthetic, told the opening of his trial in western France on Monday that he had committed “despicable” acts. Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, faces charges of aggravated rape and sexual assault …
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By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS (Reuters) -“Worried” European foreign ministers said on Monday the region had entered a new era with U.S. President Donald Trump’s stunning reversal of decades of U.S. foreign policy, but that they still hoped the relationship with Washington could endure. European officials have been left flat-footed by Trump’s decisions …
QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – Members of the Kurdish-run autonomous administration in northeast Syria and of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces did not receive invitations to a national dialogue set to take place in Damascus on Tuesday, officials said. Farhad Shami, a spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces, and Ilham Ahmad, a senior official from the …
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By Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) – Demand for Nvidia’s pricey artificial intelligence chips will be in focus when the company reports results on Wednesday as investors doubt the hefty spending on the technology after low-cost AI models from China’s DeepSeek rattled the industry. The world’s second most valuable company has been the top beneficiary of an …
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(Reuters) – Azerbaijan has closed the Baku office of Russian state media outlet Rossiya Segodnya and revoked the accreditation of a reporter for the U.S.-government funded Voice of America broadcaster, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. Ayhan Hajizade, the spokesperson, did not provide a reason for the decisions, which follow a move by Baku …
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will provide Ukraine with a new military aid package worth 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) this year, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday in Kyiv during an international meeting held on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion. The package comes as part of a 10-year bilateral security and defence agreement …
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By Nelson Bocanegra CONDOTO, Colombia (Reuters) – More than a hundred residents of Colombia’s northwestern municipality of Condoto gathered over the weekend to plead with government officials for help amid fighting between rebels and criminal groups that has driven thousands from their homes. The most recent outbreak of violence was unleashed when the rebel National …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people bid farewell to Hezbollah’s slain leader Hassan Nasrallah at a mass funeral in Beirut on Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a stunning blow to the Iranian-backed group. Carrying pictures of Nasrallah and Hezbollah flags, supporters from Lebanon and other …
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By Prasto Wardoyo SIDOARJO, Indonesia (Reuters) – Over two decades and 37 surgeries on, Chusnul Chotimah is still reeling from the night she survived the Bali bombing, which killed 202 in one of the world’s deadliest militant attacks. Covered in burn scars, Chusnul, 55, now fears losing access to life-saving treatments after Indonesian President Prabowo …
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