ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A Pakistani court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, in a graft case, local TV ARY News said, a move that could lead to her rearrest two months after she was freed from jail on bail. Bushra Khan, known more commonly as Bushra Bibi, a term …
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By Katie Paul NEW YORK – Facebook owner Meta said on Friday it was releasing a batch of new AI models from its research division, including a “Self-Taught Evaluator” that may offer a path toward less human involvement in the AI development process. The release follows Meta’s introduction of the tool in an August paper, …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make another push for a ceasefire when he heads to the Middle East on Monday, the State Department said, seeking to kick-start negotiations to end the Gaza war and also defuse the spillover conflict in Lebanon. Blinken’s latest trip to …
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By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Purvi Agarwal (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes were subdued on Monday as investors took a breather after the previous week’s rally, awaiting results from major companies that could influence whether markets would sustain their record highs or decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 89.46 points, or 0.21%, to …
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By Anjana Anil (Reuters) – Gold surged to a record high on Monday while silver struck a near 12-year peak, as growing uncertainties surrounding the U.S. presidential election and the Middle East war added to gold’s rally already fueled by expectations of interest rates easing. Spot gold gained 0.7% to $2,739.50 per ounce, as of …
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By Krishn Kaushik, Fayaz Bukhari and Shilpa Jamkhandikar NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and China have reached a deal on patrolling their disputed frontier to end a four-year military stand-off, the Indian foreign minister said on Monday, paving the way for improved political and business ties between the Asian giants. The news came on the eve …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a conservative challenge to job protections for the leaders of the federal consumer product safety watchdog in a case that would have given the justices a chance to reassess a 1935 precedent that limits a president’s ability to fire certain …
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By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) -Shares in Amsterdam-based Nebius Group plunged 26% when trading for the first time since February 2022 on Monday, as the AI infrastructure firm’s Nasdaq listing, formerly held by Yandex, often dubbed “Russia’s Google”, went live. Trading was suspended soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when the stock traded under Yandex’s ticker …
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(Reuters) -Walt Disney on Monday named Morgan Stanley veteran James Gorman as chairman and said it would announce a new CEO to replace Bob Iger in early 2026, setting the stage for succession at the storied media and entertainment company. Gorman will step down as executive chairman of Morgan Stanley at the end 2024 and …
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ZURICH (Reuters) -UBS is offloading part of the Credit Suisse business it acquired last year with a deal to sell the fallen bank’s 50% stake in credit card provider Swisscard. UBS will sell its 50% holding in the company to its joint venture partner American Express, Swisscard said in a statement. Terms of the deal …
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