By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon is building a $120 million processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its thousands of planned Kuiper internet satellites, the company and state officials said Friday. The 100,000 square-foot building is part of the roughly $10 billion that Amazon has vowed to invest in its …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A self-portrait by Johnny Depp went on sale on Thursday, depicting the Hollywood star when he was in between court cases relating to his marriage to ex-wife Amber Heard. Conceived in 2021 in the studio of British illustrator Ralph Steadman, the artwork called “Five” was completed this year. “This self-portrait, it was …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – OpenAI’s head of trust and safety Dave Willner is leaving the company, he said in a LinkedIn post on Friday, citing the pressures of the job on his family life and saying he would be available for advisory work. OpenAI did not immediately respond to questions about Willner’s exit. Trust and safety …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will host a second summit with leaders of Pacific island nations in September, Joseph Yun, the U.S. official responsible to negotiations with three key Pacific island states said on Thursday. U.S. officials have said the summit is expected to take place around the time of the U.N. General Assembly …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday against an effort to tie military aid to Ukraine to NATO members’ defense spending, despite 13 Republicans backing the bid from Republican Senator Mike Lee to restrict U.S. aid to Ukraine. The 100-member Senate opposed the amendment to the National Defense Authorization …
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By Alasdair Pal and Irene Wang SYDNEY/AUCKLAND (Reuters) -Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand opened the ninth Women’s World Cup with wins and record crowds on Thursday, after a shooting near the Norwegian team hotel in Auckland that left three dead and six injured. Police said the shooter was among those killed and the danger from …
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a sharp increase in bonding rates to cover the cost of plugging abandoned oil and gas wells and rules to limit development in sensitive wildlife and cultural areas. The proposals were among a range of leasing reforms designed to ensure fair taxpayer returns from drilling …
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By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in Peru on Wednesday, part of a new round of marches organized by groups opposed to President Dina Boluarte’s eight-month-old administration, as police deployed to guard government offices. Local television showed several thousand protesters affiliated with left-wing groups and unions peacefully marching …
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By Marisa Taylor (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. agency responsible for animal welfare has told lawmakers that it did not find any violations of animal research rules at Elon Musk’s Neuralink beyond a 2019 incident the brain implant company had already reported. Officials with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducted a “focused” inspection …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s parliament will hold final votes next week on a highly-disputed bill that would limit the Supreme Court’s power, according to a Knesset statement on Wednesday. The proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition has sparked mass-protests nationwide and concern among foreign allies for Israel’s democratic health. Netanyahu has sought sweeping changes …
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