MOSCOW, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Russia is establishing a “security zone” inside Ukraine along their border, which will be non-negotiable in any future talks with Kyiv, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Putin, wearing military uniform and speaking during a visit to a command post,…
ZURICH, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Zurich prosecutors this week charged Swiss journalist Lukas Haessig with violating banking secrecy over reporting that set off a high-profile corporate criminal trial of the former boss of Raiffeisen Bank Switzerland, Haessig said on his financial blog Inside Paradeplatz. • Zurich-based Inside Paradeplatz…
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Manhattan has rejected a joint request by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, to undo a $5 million settlement from…
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – A record-breaking $3.3 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to a power plant in Georgia’s Monroe County could potentially benefit data centers in the state, the agency’s head of rural development said in an interview…
MOSCOW, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told Pope Leo in a phone call on Friday that he supported a Vatican initiative to help deliver supplies to civilians in the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine and was ready to cooperate on the…
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – Austin FC signed top scorer Christian Ramirez to a new guaranteed contract through the end of the 2027-28 season on Friday. The 35-year-old forward has tallied nine goals and two assists in 25 regular- season…
By Ammu Kannampilly, Jennifer Rigby and Victoire Mukenge NAIROBI/LONDON/NYANGEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The US government has struck a deal to continue supplying some of the world’s poorest nations with free life-saving medication and equipment for mothers, infants and young children,…
By Jody Godoy and David Shepardson Oct 16 (Reuters) – Chinese online retailer Temu has agreed to settle data privacy claims raised by Texas and will restrict how it handles personal data from shoppers in the state, according to documents made public Friday. Temu faces…
NAIROBI, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Kenya has confirmed a third Ebola case in a close relative of the first and second cases, the health ministry said on Friday. The ministry said in a statement that the third case was a 65-year-old woman who had been…
By Harshita Mary Varghese Oct 16 (Reuters) – SpaceX called its recent multibillion-dollar purchase of US airwaves a critical step towards building a mobile network, but constructing a true rival to major American carriers will require a terrestrial network and likely years of work and…