By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government and judiciary objected on Tuesday to big tech firms campaigning against an internet regulation bill aimed at cracking down on fake news, alleging undue interference in the debate in Congress. Bill 2630, also known as the Fake News Law, puts the onus on the internet companies, search …
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – La recaudación de impuestos de Argentina subió un 90,2% interanual en abril al totalizar 2,55 billones de pesos (11.458,7 millones de dólares), informó el martes el Ministerio de Economía, una magnitud inferior a las estimaciones de inflación previstas para este año. En medio de una grave crisis financiera, que se vio …
By Chavi Mehta, Jane Lanhee Lee and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Advanced Micro Devices shares slumped on Tuesday after the chipmaker forecast quarterly sales below estimates due to a weak PC market, overshadowing the company’s optimism that the chip market would start to recover in the second half of 2023. The company also missed analyst estimates …
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(Reuters) -The bodies of seven people, including two missing teens and a convicted sex offender, were found Monday afternoon on a property near the small Oklahoma city of Henryetta, the county sheriff said. Corpses believed to be 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer were found when officers searched the property where the sex offender, …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top White House economist on Tuesday said Federal Reserve interest rate hikes aimed at curbing inflation were having a negative impact on the banking sector, and warned Republicans against worsening the situation with their debt ceiling threats. Heather Boushey, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, …
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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – Family members of former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, who was convicted of war crimes for his role in the 1990s Balkan conflict, sued the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday over their continued inclusion on a U.S. sanctions list. Karadzic’s wife Ljiljana, son Aleksandar and daughter Sonja said in …
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By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -TikTok said on Tuesday its head of U.S. trust and safety, Eric Han, will depart the company on May 12, leaving the popular short-form video app without a key executive as it fights the threat of a ban in the U.S. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, has …
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SAO PAULO(Reuters) -Carrefour Brasil reported a first quarter net loss of 113 million reais ($22.39 million), hit by high investment costs at its acquired food retailer Grupo BIG, the company said in a filing with Brazil’s main stock exchange on Tuesday. The company posted a net profit of 370 million reais in the same January-to-March …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the Washington Post in an interview published on Tuesday that the White House did not inform him about a leak of secret U.S. documents that grabbed attention around the world last month. “I did not receive information from the White House or the Pentagon beforehand,” Zelenskiy was quoted …
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By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Major U.S. stock indexes fell more than 1% each on Tuesday as regional bank shares tumbled on renewed fears over the financial system and as investors tried to gauge how much longer the Federal Reserve may need to hike interest rates. The Fed is expected to announce Wednesday …
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