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Southeast Asia to set ‘guardrails’ on AI with new governance code -sources

By Fanny Potkin and Panu Wongcha-um SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (Reuters) -Southeast Asian countries are drawing up governance and ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) that will impose “guardrails” on the booming technology, five officials with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Regulators across the world are rushing to draft regulations to govern the use of generative AI, …

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Japón promulga una ley diluida sobre el colectivo LGBT

Por Elaine Lies TOKIO, 16 jun (Reuters) – Japón promulgó el viernes una ley destinada a promover la comprensión de la comunidad LGBT que, según los críticos, no ofrece garantías de derechos humanos, aunque algunos legisladores conservadores afirmaron que la medida es demasiado permisiva. Japón, el único país del Grupo de los Siete (G7) que …

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China califica de “truco publicitario” las resoluciones del Europarlamento sobre Hong Kong

Por Farah Master HONG KONG, 16 jun (Reuters) – El Ministerio chino de Asuntos Exteriores en Hong Kong afirmó que las resoluciones aprobadas el jueves por el Parlamento Europeo en relación con el territorio controlado por China eran un “acto despreciable” y “pisoteaban” los principios del derecho internacional. La resolución del Parlamento Europeo titulada “El …

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Tesco boss: supermarkets not to blame for UK’s stubbornly high inflation

LONDON (Reuters) -The boss of Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco on Friday hit back at critics, including the Bank of England, who have blamed supermarkets for stubbornly high inflation levels, saying the grocer was quick to react when commodity prices fell. Some politicians and trade unions have raised concerns about profiteering by manufacturers and supermarkets. But …

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Rheinmetall expects German ammunition order worth billions soon -CEO

By Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Rheinmetall expects to strike an ammunition deal worth billions of euros with the German government in the coming weeks and will deliver the first 35mm rounds for Gepard anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine in July, CEO Armin Papperger said. “Germany is about to seal a large framework contract with us,” Papperger …

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Investors pile into equities for third straight week – Barclays

LONDON (Reuters) – Investors poured money into equities for the third consecutive week in the latest week, according to data cited by Barclays on Friday, as a number of central banks including the Federal Reserve signaled more rate hikes are in the pipeline. Equity funds received $22 billion of inflows in the latest week, Barclays …

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Global banks raise forecast to 4% peak for key ECB rate

(Reuters) -Major global investment banks lifted their terminal rate forecast for the European Central Bank to 4% in September, after the ECB raised borrowing costs and indicated further hikes. J.P.Morgan, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Unicredit and RBC Capital Markets had earlier expected the ECB’s terminal rate to peak at 3.75%, following a 25 basis points …

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Un ciclón corta el suministro eléctrico y deja lluvias torrenciales en India y Pakistán

Por Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India/KARACHI, Pakistán 16 jun (Reuters) – Los tejados de numerosas casas volaron por los aires y árboles y postes eléctricos fueron arrancados de cuajo, dejando a miles de personas sin electricidad, después de que un fuerte ciclón tocara tierra y la lluvia azotara las costas de India y Pakistán a primera …

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Dutch House of Orange got $600 million from colonies -study

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands’ House of Orange profited by around 3 million guilders, or $600 million in modern terms, from Dutch colonies in the 1675-1770 period, a study commissioned by the government has found. The “State and Slavery” study, which examines the role of the Dutch government and related institutions in colonial slavery, and …

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Faserhersteller Lenzing sammelt frisches Kapital ein

Frankfurt (Reuters) – Zur Stärkung der Bilanz sammelt der Faserhersteller Lenzing 400 Millionen Euro bei Investoren ein. Im Rahmen einer Kapitalerhöhung könnten bisherige Eigner für elf gehaltene Aktien fünf neue zum Preis von je 33,10 Euro erhalten, teilte der österreichische Konzern am Freitag mit. Insgesamt würden rund zwölf Millionen Papiere ausgegeben. Dadurch erhöhe sich das …

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