(1/2)The 76th Cannes Film Festival – Screening of out-of-competition ‘The Idol’ television series – Red Carpet Arrivals – Cannes, France, May 22, 2023. Travis Scott poses. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo June 29 (Reuters) – A Texas grand jury meets on Thursday to weigh possible criminal charges against rapper Travis Scott and others for a 2021 crowd … Read more
NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) – (This story from June 22 has been reposted to correct spelling of “Hillary” in paragraph 1) Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX on Thursday sued a former aide to Hillary Clinton and the former aide’s investment firm, seeking to recover $700 million in investments allegedly made with embezzled FTX funds. FTX … Read more
WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Amazon.com (AMZN.O) of signing up millions of consumers to its paid subscription service Amazon Prime without their consent and of making difficult to cancel them, the agency said. latest action against the e-commerce giant in recent weeks. The FTC sued Amazon in … Read more
UK CPI steady at 8.7% in May vs. expected drop to 8.4% Core inflation hits its highest level since 1992 at 7.1% Markets step up bets on Bank of England rate hike Finance minister says government ‘will stick to its guns’ LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) – Britain’s inflation defied forecasts of a slowdown and held … Read more
Qatar signs second 27-year contract to supply China with LNG Asian customers lead race to secure LNG from QatarEnergy expansion China’s CNPC takes stake in QatarEnergy expansion project DOHA, June 20 (Reuters) – Qatar on Tuesday concluded its second major gas supply deal with a Chinese state-controlled company in less than a year, putting Asia … Read more
Raises EV sales target by 2030 to 2 million units from 1.87 million Use LFP batteries for the first time from around 2025 Sell ​​two factories in China, rationalize the other two factories SEOUL, June 20 (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor will increase its average annual investment in electrification by almost two-thirds to $28 billion over … Read more
OXFORD, England, June 20 (Reuters) – For Ros Deegan, the excitement of raising $100 million to develop a biotech company among Oxford’s dream spiers has quickly dampened: unable to find a bigger lab , she regularly had to work from home. Not far away, in the rival university center of Cambridge, biochemist Catherine Elton, constantly … Read more
June 19 (Reuters) – New Zealand refused to report for the second half of a friendly against Qatar in Austria on Monday after New Zealand said a Qatari player had qualified the defender for All Whites Michael Boxall of racial epithet. It was one of two such incidents in Austria on Monday, with the Irish … Read more
HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, China, June 20 (Reuters) – Psst! Where can a Chinese buyer buy Nvidia (NVDA.O) high-end AI chips following US sanctions? Visiting the famous Huaqiangbei electronics district in the city of Shenzhen, southern China, is a good bet – in particular, the skyscraper SEG Plaza whose first 10 floors are full of shops selling … Read more
Intel to receive 10 billion euros in subsidies from Germany – source Decision highlights Berlin’s efforts to attract foreign investment Intel shares -0.7% in Frankfurt BERLIN/STOCKHOLM, June 19 (Reuters) – Germany will give U.S. chipmaker Intel 10 billion euros ($10.91 billion) in subsidies for its planned plant in Magdeburg, a source familiar with the matter … Read more
