Prince Harry back in UK court for battle with Daily Mail publisher

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Harry returned to the High Court in London on Thursday where his lawyer fought an attempt by a newspaper publisher to throw out his and other high-profile figures’ lawsuit that alleged widespread unlawful acts by journalists. Harry, the singer Elton John and five other high-profile people are suing …

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White House pushes new rules for mid-sized banks without Congress

By Andrea Shalal and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration urged banking authorities to tighten regulation of mid-sized banks, which it said could be pushed through without support from a split Congress. Banks with between $100 billion and $250 billion in assets should hold more liquid assets, increase their capital, submit to regular stress …

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FTX’s Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to campaign finance, China bribery charges

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new U.S. charges of conspiring to violate campaign finance laws and bribe Chinese authorities. The 31-year-old Bankman-Fried entered his plea to a new, 13-count indictment through his lawyer, Mark Cohen, at a …

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Argentina lanzará nuevo “dólar soja” para favorecer exportaciones agrarias

BUENOS AIRES, 30 mar (Reuters) -Argentina lanzará un nuevo tipo de cambio especial para agroexportadores, conocido localmente como “dólar soja”, para favorecer los embarques del sector, dijo el jueves un portavoz del Gobierno, en un intento por incrementar sus alicaídas reservas internacionales. El Gobierno aspira a que el plan lleve a las firmas agroexportadoras a …

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U.S. judge blocks Obamacare coverage mandate for some cancer screenings, PrEP

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked Obamacare’s mandate that health insurance plans cover preventive care, including screenings for certain cancers and pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV (PrEP), at no cost to patients. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, previously found that the PrEP mandate violated a …

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Apple wins U.S. appeal over patents in $502 million VirnetX verdict

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -Apple Inc persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to uphold a patent tribunal’s ruling that could imperil a $502 million verdict for patent licensing company VirnetX Inc in the companies’ long-running fight over privacy-software technology. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision from the U.S. …

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Russia bid to ‘weaponize energy’ on Blinken agenda at NATO meet

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push back on Russia’s attempts to “weaponize energy” and rally support for a Ukrainian counteroffensive when he meets NATO foreign ministers in Brussels next week, an official said on Thursday. A meeting of the U.S.-EU Energy Council will focus on joint efforts …

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