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todayusa
2 days ago
Return of immigration raids brings fear to ‘Mexican Capital of the Midwest’

By Heather Schlitz
CHICAGO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Allyson Lopez had been hoping for business to bounce back at her dress shop in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, which specializes in ballgowns for quinceaneras, a coming-of-age ritual in many Latino communities celebrating a girl's 15th birthday. Instead, this week brought the return of the federal immigration raids that have emptied the normally vibrant streets.
The first phase of the Department of Homeland Security deportation campaign, named "Operation Midway
science
2 days ago
Getty Images tried to sue an AI company for copyright infringement, but its claim was rejected in court.
Getty Images is widely known for the array of stock images it offers, but the multi-million dollar company recently faced a disappointing court ruling when it tried to protect its intellectual property from the company, Stability AI.
Reporting by Reuters investigated the lawsuit, in which Getty Images accused Stability AI of "training" its image generators from copyrighted Getty Images stock pictures. However, the major corporation largely lost its lawsuit, exposing a lack of protection f
science
15 days ago
Chestnut farmers are struggling to produce robust crop yields due to the effects of Earth's warming.
According to Ekathimerini, summer droughts across villages near Mount Pelion in Greece have disrupted chestnut production.
Giorgos Nanos, a professor at the Arboriculture Laboratory of the University of Thessaly's School of Agricultural Sciences, said, "This year is one of the worst for chestnut producers in Pelion," per the publication.
In 2024, Reuters reported that chestnut production in Greece dropped by 90%. It seems the situation has not improved since then. Many people in the area dep
science
16 days ago
By Charlie Devereux and Jesus Calero
MADRID, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Spain is investigating whether a recent swine fever outbreak in Barcelona could have been caused by a laboratory leak, the ‌Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.
The country, the European Union's top pork producer, is ‌trying to reassure trading partners after 13 wild boars tested positive for the virus in hills outside the city. The disease is harmless to humans but can be deadly for pigs and wild boars.
Genome ⁠sequencing by a Madrid ‌lab showed the strain was “very similar” to one first detected in Georgia in 2007 and now wide
todayusa
16 days ago
Micron to exit consumer memory business amid global supply shortage

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Memory chipmaker Micron Technology said on Wednesday it will exit its consumer business, as it doubles down on advanced memory chips used in artificial intelligence data centers amid a ‌global supply shortage of the essential semiconductors.
Shares of the company were down 2.6% in afternoon ‌trading.
Micron's move to dissolve its consumer business comes against a backdrop of worldwide strain in memory supply chains, with tight availability of semiconductors ranging from flash chips used in smartphones to
todayusa
16 days ago
Bondi orders law enforcement to investigate U.S. groups over accusations of domestic terrorism

WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered federal law enforcement to step up investigations into ‌the anti-fascist antifa movement and other similar "extremist groups," and asked ‌the FBI to compile a list of entities that might be engaged in acts of domestic terrorism, according to an internal memo seen ⁠by Reuters.
The memo, ‌which was sent to prosecutors and federal law enforcement agencies, calls on ‍the Justice Department to prioritize investigating an
todayusa
17 days ago
Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa

By Humeyra Pamuk
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday announced increased vetting of applicants for H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, with an internal State Department memo saying that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech be considered for rejection.
H-1B visas, which allow U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specialty fields, are crucial for U.S. tech ‌companies which recruit heavily from countries including India and China. Many of those companies' leaders threw t
science
17 days ago
PARIS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The European Union has reached a preliminary deal on how to regulate gene-edited crops in a move that could ease the development of new varieties in a region long ‌wary of biotech innovations in food.
The EU has debated for years how to regulate so-called new ‌genomic techniques (NGT), which can edit the genetic material of an organism without introducing traits from another species.
Proponents say the technology accelerates naturally-occurring mutations and offers a response to climate and environmental pressures, while critics bracket it with genetically modified o
todayusa
21 days ago
Eight more suspected swine fever cases as Spain struggles to limit export damage

MADRID, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Eight more wild boar with suspected cases of African swine fever were discovered near Barcelona, La Vanguardia newspaper reported on Sunday, as Spain struggles to limit ‌the damage to a pork export industry worth billions of euros a year.
The newspaper cited sources close ‌to the Catalan agriculture ministry. Two cases have been confirmed, and 12 others have shown signs they may also have the disease but are undergoing tests to confirm this. If confirmed, it would bring the number of
GreatAmerica
21 days ago
SEOUL, Dec 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's exports rose in November for a sixth consecutive month, beating market expectations, as chip sales hit a record on strong technology demand while autos also ‌jumped after a U.S. trade deal.
Exports from Asia's fourth-largest economy, a bellwether for global ‌trade, rose 8.4% from the same month a year earlier to $61.04 billion, trade data showed on Monday, stronger than a median 5.7% increase tipped in a Reuters poll of economists.
That was also faster than a 3.5% rise ⁠in October.
Semiconductor exports rose 38.5%‌ to a record monthly high of $17.26 bi
News
21 days ago
By Matt Tracy
Nov 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has commuted the seven-year sentence of former GPB Capital Holdings CEO David Gentile, with a ‌White House official on Sunday countering the claims at trial brought by the Biden ‌administration that led to Gentile's conviction last year.
Founded in 2013, GPB Capital Holdings used investor funds to take stakes in automotive, retail and other types of companies. It paid out regular ⁠annual distributions to investors ‌from returns on these holdings.
Former President Joe Biden's Department of Justice convicted then-CEO Gentile of securitie
science
25 days ago
BEIJING (Reuters) -‌China's ‌market regulator issued an anti-⁠unfair ‌competition compliance guidance for ‍smartphone makers and mobile application platform ‌firms in Shenzhen on Wednesday, Chinese ⁠state media reported on Thursday.
No firms ‍were ⁠named in the report.
⁠(Reporting ‌by Beijing ‌newsroom)

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todayusa
27 days ago
Trump's top HR official says DOGE 'may not have centralized leadership,' but its principles 'remain alive'

DOGE's central office no longer exists, less than a year after it was created.
Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor said DOGE's goals still guide decision-making.
Some DOGE staffers remain embedded at government agencies.
Less than a year after it was born, DOGE has officially lost its center.
Scott Kupor, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, pushed back against a recent article from Reuters quoting him as saying DOGE "doesn't exist" and is not a "cent
science
27 days ago
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Shenzhou-‌22 ******* eship will be ‌launched on Tuesday at 12:11 p.m. ⁠(‌0411 GMT), state ‍broadcaster CCTV reported.
The ******* ecraft will travel to China's permanently ‌inhabited ******* e station Tiangong, where three Chinese astronauts currently reside with ⁠no flightworthy vessel that could return them to Earth in ‍the ⁠event of an emergency.
(Reporting ⁠by Eduardo Baptista;‌ Editing by ‌Jacqueline Wong)
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China will launch an empty ******* ecraft to the Ti
science
27 days ago
(Reuters) -NASA and ‌Boeing are modifying ‌the Starliner ******* ecraft contract to reduce ⁠the ‌number of missions from ‍six to four, the latter said in ‌a statement on Monday.
The next Starliner mission would be ⁠"uncrewed", Boeing said.
(‍Reporting ⁠by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru;⁠ Editing ‌by Krishna Chandra ‌Eluri)

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todayusa
27 days ago
Trump seizes control of Republicans' 2026 election strategy with his presidency on the line

By Nandita Bose and Tim Reid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump isn't on the ballot in next November's midterm elections, but he’s plunging into them with his own presidency at stake. He's calling candidates, making early endorsements, shaping strategy and pushing economic messaging to try to keep Congress in Republican hands, according to nine Republicans involved in election strategy.
As early as this summer, 18 months before Election Day 2026, Trump was urging Republican congressmen ex
science
27 days ago
BEIJING (Reuters) -China will launch the Shenzhou-‌22 ****** ecraft on November 25,‌ state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday, a move that will ⁠help return ‌the country's ****** e station and ‍manned flight programme to normality after a vessel was damaged in early November.
The ‌Shenzhou-22 ****** ecraft is being sent to China's ****** e station Tiangong to replace the Shenzhou-⁠21, which was forced to return to Earth six months before schedule ‍after ⁠another vessel docked at the station was ⁠damaged.
(Reporting by Eduardo ‌Baptista; Editing by ‌Jan Harvey)

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coinattac
27 days ago
(Reuters) -Bitcoin mining is quietly staging a comeback in China despite being banned four years ago, as individual and corporate miners exploit cheap electricity and a data center boom in some energy-rich provinces, according to miners and industry data.
China had been the world's biggest crypto mining country until Beijing banned all cryptocurrency trading and mining in 2021, citing threats to the country's financial stability and energy conservation.
After having seen its global bitcoin mining market share slump to zero as a result of the ban, China crept back to third place with a 14% sh
science
27 days ago
By Elena Fabrichnaya and Gleb Bryanski
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Artificial intelligence will bestow vast influence on a par with nuclear weapons to those countries who are able to lead the technology, giving them superiority in the 21st ‌Century, one of Russia's top AI executive told Reuters.
Alexander Vedyakhin, First Deputy CEO of Sberbank, ‌which has evolved from a traditional lender into a technology conglomerate focused on AI, said it was an achievement that Russia ranks among seven countries with home-grown AI technologies.
"AI is like a nuclear project. A new 'nuclear club' is emerging glob
todayusa
1 month ago
Trump tariff relief leaves 22% of Brazil's shipments still hit

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's government said ‌on Friday that 22%‌ of its exports to the United States remain subject ⁠to ‌a 40% extra tariff after ‍Donald Trump expanded the list of exemptions to include goods such ‌as coffee, meat and fruit.
Speaking to journalists, Vice President Geraldo ⁠Alckmin noted that before Washington's decision on Thursday, that ‍share ⁠had stood at 36%.
(⁠Reporting by Marcela Ayres;‌ Editing by ‌Chris Reese)

https://www.yahoo.com/news...
science
1 month ago
By Ana Mano
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian agricultural research agency Embrapa has received the greenlight from health agency Anvisa to research the cannabis plant, a landmark move that puts farming powerhouse Brazil a step closer towards authorizing its cultivation.
In an interview ‌on Friday, Embrapa researcher Daniela Bittencourt welcomed Anvisa's decision this week, which gives the agency unprecedented permission to build ‌its first-ever cannabis seed bank and develop projects to genetically improve the plant for various applications.
Embrapa will also research hemp used to produce fib
coinattac
1 month ago
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The likelihood of bitcoin (BTC-USD)ending the year below $90,000 has risen to 50%, according to online options platform Derive.xyz, as traders ramped up hedging against more declines in the world's largest cryptocurrency.
On the other hand, the options market has ****** igned just a 30% chance of bitcoin finishing 2025 above $100,000.
Bitcoin was last down 4.2% at $86,681.41 on Thursday, after earlier falling to a ‌seven-month low. It rose to an all-time peak of $126,223.18 in early October. So far this year, bitcoin has fallen more than 7%, o
todayusa
1 month ago
China imports no US soybeans for second month, Brazil arrivals up 29%

BEIJING (Reuters) -China imported no soybeans from the U.S. for a second straight month in October even as total imports surged to a record high on purchases from South America, with buyers aiming to avert ‌supply disruptions amid trade tensions with Washington.
Data from China's General Administration of Customs on Thursday showed U.S.‌ soybean imports in October fell to zero from 541,434 metric tons a year earlier.
The decline followed China's imposition of high tariffs on U.S. soybeans earlier in the year and the dep
science
1 month ago
By Chantha Lach
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Conservationists in Cambodia have for the first time released two captive-bred Greater Adjutant Stork chicks into the wild as part of an ongoing programme to revive a species under threat from poaching and habitat loss.
The nine-month-old storks ‌- a male and a female - were fitted with GPS trackers before their release into the Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary,‌ a protected area overseen by Cambodia's Rising Phoenix conservation group.
"This place is perfect because there are still wild Greater Adjutants in the area," said Jack Willis, who leads research a
todayusa
1 month ago
Schneider Electric seals $2.3 billion in US data centre deals to power AI boom

By Gianluca Lo Nostro
(Reuters) -Schneider Electric said on Wednesday it had signed new deals worth almost $2.3 billion with two U.S. data centre operators, as surging adoption ‌of artificial intelligence boosts infrastructure demand.
At an industry event in Las Vegas, the French industrial group ‌announced a $1.9 billion partnership with privately held tech firm Switch, covering power modules and cooling systems.
The second agreement, valued at $373 million and involving uninterruptible power supplies and swi
coinattac
1 month ago
By Manya Saini and Niket Nishant
(Reuters) -Investors pulled roughly $523 million from BlackRock's flagship iShares Bitcoin Trust on Tuesday, according to data from Farside Investors, marking the fund's largest single-day withdrawal ‌since its launch.
Bitcoin, a bellwether for crypto markets, fell below $90,000 this week, its lowest level ‌in seven months.
IBIT, the largest spot bitcoin ETF, has attracted strong investor demand since its launch in January 2024 and has been central to the crypto ETF boom.
The fund outflows highlight the severity of the selloff in bitcoin, which has correcte
science
1 month ago
By Toby Sterling
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, according to a study published on Wednesday.
Researchers from ‌Oxford University and the Florida Institute of Technology wanted to examine when kissing began, given that from ‌an evolutionary standpoint it has no obvious survival benefit, and could spread disease.
Yet humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and gorillas all kiss, which strongly suggests the habit was inherited from a shared ancestor. Scientists in the study co
science
1 month ago
PARIS (Reuters) -Infinite Orbits has completed a 40 million euro ($46.40 million) funding round,‌ it said on Monday, adding that the financing ‌will help Europe to compete more effectively against the United States and China in the satellites sector.
The French satellites business will use the money ⁠to open new ‌offices in Luxembourg, Spain, Britain, Germany and Poland, ‍it said at the 'Choose France' business investment summit.
WHY IT MATTERS
Infinite Orbits is part of European efforts to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink ‌satellite constellation. The Infinite Orbits financing round follows
GreatAmerica
1 month ago
(Reuters) -Switzerland did not make a deal with the devil by agreeing a new tariff framework with the United States, Economy Minister Guy Parmelin said on Sunday, rejecting criticism ‌that it amounted to "surrender" in Donald Trump's trade war.
The non-binding framework trade ‌agreement, announced on Friday, promises a lower U.S. import tariff rate of 15% for Switzerland - down from 39% - in return for $200 billion in investments by Swiss companies in the U.S.
"We ⁠haven't sold our soul ‌to the devil," Parmelin said in an interview with the Tagesanzeiger newspaper.
The minister said he was
MichaelJackson69
4 months ago
Israel recovers body of hostage Ilan Weiss from Gaza, PM's office says - Reuters #AHRC #AHRCUSA #Gaza #Genocide #Nakba #ICC #ICJ #WhiteHouse #WestBank #Famine #UnitedNations #Lebanon #Immoral #WarCrimes #LostHumanity #MoralCrisis #Handala

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