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AI chatbot company Replika restores erotic roleplay for some users

By Anna Tong -AI chatbot company Replika is restoring erotic roleplay for some users, Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda said late on Friday. The company’s recent removal of adult content, featured in a Reuters report, devastated many users, some of whom considered themselves “married” to their chatbot companions. Replika’s chatbots are powered by generative AI, a …

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Israeli defence minister calls for halt to judicial overhaul

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Saturday called on the government to halt legislation on changes to the judiciary, saying the bitter dispute over the measures poses a danger to national security. “The deepening split is seeping into the military and security agencies – this is a clear, immediate …

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Soccer-England’s Kane tells PM Sunak he aims to be Premier League record scorer

LONDON (Reuters) – England captain Harry Kane has told British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak he hopes to take the mantle as the Premier League’s all-time top scorer after becoming his country’s record marksman. Kane on Thursday netted his 54th England goal in 81 games in a 2-1 Euro 2024 qualifying win away to Italy to …

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Credit Suisse accessed billions in liquidity last weekend – finance minister

ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse tapped the Swiss National Bank for “a large multi-billion amount” last weekend to secure its liquidity, the country’s finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter told Swiss broadcaster SRF on Saturday. The troubled Swiss bank had said last week it intended to borrow up to 50 billion Swiss francs from the country’s central …

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Hedge fund Rokos cuts risk after losses – letter

By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – London-based hedge fund Rokos Capital Management told investors in a letter on Saturday that it has decided to de-risk, following double-digit losses this month. “We have de-risked following this month’s market price action,” the hedge fund said in the letter which was seen by Reuters. It added that …

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UK Post Office workers to vote on 9% pay deal

LONDON (Reuters) – Post Office workers are being asked to vote on a 9% pay offer following “an extremely lengthy dispute” with employers, Britain’s Communication Workers Union (CWU) said on Saturday. “It’s our view that the money now on offer marks a considerable step forward – several steps forward – from what was initially an …

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Italy to hand Monte dei Paschi CEO Lovaglio new mandate

By Valentina Za and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Treasury said it would confirm Luigi Lovaglio as chief executive of Monte dei Paschi di Siena, keeping the veteran banker in charge of the bank as turmoil shakes the industry. Monte dei Paschi (MPS) is due to appoint a new board of directors on April …

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Factbox: The biggest financial crises of the last four decades

(Reuters) – Markets have experienced massive upheaval in the last month, prompted in part by two of the three largest banking failures in U.S. history while Swiss lender Credit Suisse was bought by rival UBS Group AG in a merger engineered by Swiss regulators. Fears of banking contagion remain, and investors are worried that global …

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Pope extends sexual abuse law to include lay leaders

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Saturday updated rules on dealing with sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, expanding their scope to include lay Catholic leaders and spelling out that both minors and adults can be victims. The pope issued a landmark decree in 2019 making it obligatory for all priests and members of …

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Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: Russia attacks along Ukraine front

(Reuters) – Russian forces attacked northern and southern stretches of the front in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region on Friday, even as Kyiv said Moscow’s assault was flagging near the city of Bakhmut. DIPLOMACY AND SANCTIONS * Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin said on Saturday. …

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