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Canada must be on guard against Chinese election interference -Trudeau

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Foreign interference in elections is a very serious issue and Canada must be on guard against it, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, following a media report saying that China sought to influence the outcome of the 2021 election. Already tense Sino-Canadian relations have become more strained since …

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Tunisia detains more dissidents amid growing crackdown

TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian police detained two prominent dissidents and surrounded the home of a third on Wednesday, part of an escalating crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied, who has labelled his opponents traitors and criminals. The arrests, along with others this month, have targeted some of Saied’s most important critics along with other politicians, …

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Benin entrepreneur transforms plant waste into charcoal

By Pulcherie Adjoha and Seraphin Zounyekpe ECO SIKA, Benin (Reuters) – Maize husks, cassava peelings, coconut shells and other organic waste are the untraditional raw materials of Roland Adjovi’s charcoal business that he hopes will help slow the destruction of Benin’s trees for cooking fuel. Dismayed at the endless convoys of trucks carrying piles of …

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Paxos in talks with U.S. SEC over Binance stablecoin- internal email

By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -The firm behind Binance’s stablecoin, Paxos Trust Company, is in discussions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after the regulator told the company it should have registered the token as a security, according to an internal email from Paxos’ chief executive officer. “We are engaged in constructive discussions with the …

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CDC panel recommends Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine for all adults at risk

(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday voted in favor of use of Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos vaccine for all adults at risk of mpox during an outbreak. The panel of outside experts voted unanimously in favor of use of two doses of the vaccine, and finalizing …

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CEO of South Africa’s utility Eskom to leave with immediate effect

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Andre de Ruyter, the chief executive of South Africa’s state power utility Eskom, will leave the company with immediate effect, Eskom said on Wednesday. Eskom said in a statement that the decision was taken following a special meeting between the company’s board and de Ruyter. “The board… resolved that… he will be …

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Las imágenes creadas con inteligencia artificial pierden los derechos de autor en EEUU

Por Blake Brittain 22 feb (Reuters) – Las imágenes de una novela gráfica creadas con el sistema de inteligencia artificial (IA) Midjourney no deberían estar protegidas por derechos de autor, según una carta de la Oficina de Derechos de Autor de Estados Unidos publicada por Reuters. La autora de “Zarya of the Dawn”, Kristina Kashtanova, …

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Mercedes-Benz anuncia que sus automóviles tendrán “supercomputadoras” y una colaboración con Google

BERLÍN, 22 feb (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz dijo el miércoles que se asoció con Google en cuestiones de navegación y que ofrecerá un “rendimiento similar al de un supercomputador” en todos los autos con sensores de conducción automatizada, en un intento de competir con Tesla y las empresas chinas. Los fabricantes de automóviles se apresuran a …

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Air New Zealand optimistic on demand rise; flags macro, inflation risks

By Archishma Iyer (Reuters) -Air New Zealand Ltd on Thursday struck an optimistic tone over travel demand for the remaining fiscal 2023, while noting significant uncertainty over inflationary pressures and overall domestic and international economic outlook. The national carrier swung to a first-half profit for the first time in three years, helped by strong travel …

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Proud Boys saw U.S. Capitol Riot as ‘next American Revolution’ -testimony

By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) – A former member of the far-right Proud Boys told a jury on Wednesday that the group was “desperate” to stop former President Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election and viewed the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as the start of the “next …

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