Oct 12 (Reuters) – Quantum computing company IonQ said on Monday it would buy cybersecurity firm Elisity in an all-stock deal valued at up to $1.3 billion, as it looks to expand its quantum security business. IonQ said the acquisition would provide it with expanded channels to…
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – US authorities conducted a predawn raid Monday on the Washington-area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in a probe of the Somali-born lawmaker’s immigration paperwork, Fox News Digital reported, citing a source familiar with the move. “Today in the Washington, D.C.…
Oct 12 (Reuters) – Medical equipment maker Steris said on Monday it will buy Xodus Medical for $2.1 billion, expanding its healthcare consumables portfolio with products designed to improve safety for patients and operating-room staff. The transaction is expected to be financed primarily with debt…
By Marc Leras AUBAGNE, FRANCE, Oct 12 (Reuters) – A French middle-school pupil shot and wounded a headteacher and a female staff member with a hunting rifle at a school near Marseille on Monday, causing panic as children ran for cover, the local mayor and…
PRAGUE, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Russia could resort to riskier and more significant operations in NATO member states supporting Ukraine within months, the head of the Czech security service said on Monday, as Moscow seems to be adopting a tactic of “escalation for de-escalation”. •…
WARSAW, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Deliveries of some US weapons systems to Poland are set to be delayed, including interceptors for the Patriot air defence system, Polish army operational commander General Ireneusz Nowak said on Monday. Reuters reported in April that US officials had informed…
BRUSSELS, Oct 12 (Reuters) – The European Commission is set to lay out potential trade defence measures in December designed to rein in its trade deficit with China and reduce its reliance on the world’s second-largest economy for critical supplies. The EU executive Commission secured agreement…
WARSAW, Oct 12 (Reuters) – NATO’s top commander bluntly warned Russia on Monday that his forces would destroy “anything and everything” involved in any attack if Moscow was “foolish enough” to launch an assault on alliance territory. Outlining his “theory of victory” at a security…
PARIS, Oct 12 (Reuters) – The Stellantis-Leapmotor joint venture sees a deal between the European Union and China to cap imports of hybrid vehicles as an “interesting alternative to tariffs”, its CEO Danilo Annese said on Monday at the Paris Auto Show. • Stellantis-led joint venture…
ABUJA, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Gunmen ambushed a convoy of traders travelling to a market under military escort and killed at least 20 people in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, a witness and a military source said on Monday. • Local resident Musa Danladi told Reuters…
