Hollywood Workers Union Reaches Pay, AI-Use Deal With Top Studios
June 26 By Rishabh Jaiswal (Reuters) – A union representing Hollywood film and television crew said on Tuesday it has reached a tentative three-year deal with major studios that includes agreed-on pay hikes and guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The International Alliance…
US to Clarify Enforcement of Antitrust Laws in Meatpacking
June 25 By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -Livestock farmers in the U.S. would have a clearer path to bringing antitrust complaints against meatpacking companies for unfair business practices under a rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday. The proposed rule is the fourth…
US Northeast May Finally Get Relief From Punishing Heat Wave
June 24 By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Americans from New York to Washington may finally get a reprieve on Monday from the oppressive heat wave of the past week, although sizzling temperatures threaten much of the Southeast and Southwest, weather forecasters said. The heat wave…
Heat Wave Scorches US East Coast as Dangerous Temperatures Expand to West
June 23 By Tyler Clifford in New York (Reuters) – More than 100 million people across the U.S. were under heat warnings on Sunday, with cities on the East Coast bracing for record-breaking temperatures as the heat dome causing the dangerous conditions expands to the…
NASA Delays Return of Boeing Starliner for More Technical Checks
June 22 By Joey Roulette and Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) -NASA has further postponed the Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth from the International Space Station with its first crew of astronauts, to allow more time for review of technical issues encountered, the agency said on Friday….
Armenia recognises Palestinian statehood, says Armenian foreign ministry
June 21 By Andrew Osborn June 21 (Reuters) – Armenia has officially recognised a Palestinian state, the Armenian foreign ministry said on Friday, the latest country to do so despite opposition from Israel. Armenia supports a United Nations resolution on an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s…
Poland likely to sign another arms deal with S.Korea, minister says
June 20 By Alan Charlish WARSAW, June 20 (Reuters) – Poland will probably sign a contract with South Korea in September for the delivery of more arms, in particular K2 tanks, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz was quoted as saying on Thursday by the state news…
China eyes plan to connect Southeast Asian rail links
June 19 By Danial Azhar and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Reuters) – China said it was willing to study a plan to connect Malaysia’s $10-billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) to other China-backed railway projects in Laos and Thailand, potentially expanding Beijing’s Belt…
France would feel lonely if debt crisis hit
June 18 By Pierre Briancon LONDON, June 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) – France has the largest public debt load, opens new tab in Europe, at 2.3 trillion euros, so investors’ concerns over a far-right victory in upcoming elections are understandable. If Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National…
Child hot car death pushes parents who lost daughter to sound alarm about ‘preventable tragedy’
June 17 By Michael Dorgan On the Tuesday after Labor Day weekend 2019, Scott Jones did his usual morning chore of dropping his eldest kids off at school and returning to his Arizona home office to knuckle down to work. Around four hours later, his…
Man walking his dog stumbles across unusual pits on beach, leading to unexpected discovery
June 16 By Andrea Vacchiano A man walking his dog in the United Kingdom inadvertently helped archaeologists and geologists make surprising discoveries at a local beach, officials say. Northumberland Coast National Landscape officials published a blog post about the recent discoveries last week. The dog…
Microsoft to delay release of Recall AI feature on security concerns
June 15 By Stephen Culp Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab will not roll out “Recall”, an AI-powered feature that tracks computer usage, with its new computers next week and will instead preview it with a smaller group later, the tech giant said on Thursday, amid…