BUCHAREST, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Romania’s leftist Social Democrats said they will join the government of Prime Minister-designate Luca Niculescu while other parties pledged their votes, edging the country closer to ending a political crisis that has pressured its investment-grade rating. The Social De
VATICAN CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Pope Leo, recovering from surgery for lung cancer, had a good night in hospital and has eaten breakfast, the Vatican said on Thursday. Leo, 71, has been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer, and doctors removed the lower lobe of his
(This story has been refiled to correct the type of duck subject to European anti-dumping probe in paragraph 6.) By Daphne Zhang, Ella Cao and Lewis Jackson TENGZHOU, China, Oct 15 (Reuters) – In an office reeking of cigarettes, Dang Yangyang slouches on a black leather sofa in exhaustion. The gener
SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The cost of insuring against US tech defaults has hit record levels in the latest sign of credit stress building in the AI trade, especially for data centres dependent on future revenue. The moves reflect rising investor concern over how quickly massive investments in a
By Yi-Chin Lee and Ann Wang TAICHUNG, Taiwan Oct 15 (Reuters) – Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te called on Thursday for US memory chipmaker Micron Technology and its workers to negotiate “sincerely” ahead of a possible strike by the company’s union in Taiwan. Last week, a Taiwanese union representin
By Ankur Banerjee and Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (Reuters) – A rude awakening over the debt-fuelled AI binge has sent investors rushing out of stocks and into government bonds, which now seem to be reclaiming their status as a safe haven and a hedge against equity and credit market wobbles. For
Oct 15 (Reuters) – Dutch digital mapping specialist TomTom NV said on Thursday it would cut 200 jobs globally as part of a reorganisation expected to generate annualised savings of about €21 million ($23.6 million). The company, which has been investing lately in its new mapping platform, TomTom Orb
STOCKHOLM, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Telecom gear maker Ericsson on Thursday reported a smaller-than-expected drop in third-quarter core profit as efficiency measures helped offset higher component costs, but warned that such costs would affect margins next year. • Operating profit before amortisation and
TAIPEI, Oct 15 (Reuters) – TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, posted a 69% jump in third-quarter net profit on Thursday, beating market forecasts and hitting a record, thanks to soaring global demand for its AI processors. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, whose customers include Nvi
BANGKOK, Oct 15 (Reuters) – US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a long list of demands for the World Bank in line with Trump administration interests, including ending the bank’s prohibition on financing upstream oil and gas projects, putting resources into deep-sea critical minerals mining a
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – The Florida Gators were already in great shape entering the 2026-27 college basketball season, returning four starters from a team that went 16-2 in Southeastern Conference play and earned a second straight No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They the
Oct 15 (Reuters) – ByteDance is close to an agreement with MediaTek to secure semiconductors for its data center operations, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. (Reporting by Harishankar Manoj in Bengaluru; Edi
By Karen Freifeld and Hyunjoo Jin NEW YORK/SEOUL Oct 14 (Reuters) – South Korea’s SK Hynix is seeking approval from Washington to export US chipmaking equipment to China to increase production there as a condition for building a factory in the US, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesda
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Los Angeles Rams offensive lineman Alaric Jackson had his suspension for punching Buffalo Bills linebacker Bradley Chubb reduced from two games to one, the NFL announced Wednesday. Jackson punched Chubb in the face after the Bills won 37-34 in overti
A Cook County judge granted a temporary restraining order stopping odor-causing operations at the Pullman Innovations plant until Jan. 14, Attorney General Kwame Raoul says.
Oct 15 (Reuters) – The British government said on Thursday it will provide £17 million ($22.45 million) in funding for repairs to the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine damaged by a Russian drone strike last year. The funds will support crucial repairs to restore the structure’s confi
Oct 14 (Reuters) – The United States has proposed that European countries unfreeze some Russian sovereign assets immobilised after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and transfer them to a vehicle overseen by Washington in an attempt to revive peace talks, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing
By Milana Vinn NEW YORK, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Anthropic’s third-quarter revenue rose 45% to $16.8 billion from the previous quarter, according to an investor who attended a pre-IPO meeting with Anthropic leadership in San Francisco on Wednesday. Revenue in the first quarter was $4.7 billion, and $11.6
Oct 14 (Reuters) – Anthropic told investors its third-quarter revenue jumped to $16.8 billion and that it turned a profit in the quarter, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru Editing by Anil D’Silva) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
Get Covered Illinois is offering a special enrollment period through Dec. 31 for lawfully present immigrants who lost Medicaid coverage on Oct. 1.
Get Covered Illinois is offering a special enrollment period through Dec. 31 for lawfully present immigrants who lost Medicaid coverage Oct. 1 due to federal changes.
By Dietrich Knauth Oct 14 (Reuters) – A group of 40 state attorneys general on Wednesday urged a US bankruptcy judge in Delaware to protect young users of Character.AI and keep their data safe during the AI companion company’s bankruptcy. Character.AI filed for bankruptcy late on Monday and is seeki
By Will Dunham Oct 14 (Reuters) – A US biotech company says it is making progress toward its goal of resurrecting the dodo, the famous flightless bird with a large hooked beak, and returning it to its native Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, where humans drove it to extinction in the 17th century. D
Repairs to a damaged beam on the Illinois 78 bridge over Interstate 74 begin Oct. 19 and are expected to take about two weeks, IDOT says.
Oct 14 (Reuters) – Anthropic said on Wednesday it would add official US voting information from nonprofit Democracy Works and election results to its Claude AI chatbot later this month, ahead of the November midterms. The AI company said its goal was to position Claude as a useful tool for political
Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of 40 attorneys general filed a notice in the Character.AI bankruptcy seeking privacy and safety protections for children and consumers.
By Field Level Media Oct 14 (Field Level Media) – The Philadelphia Eagles opened the 21-day practice windows on Wednesday for three-time Pro Bowl guard Landon Dickerson and three other players. Dickerson struggled through a knee injury in the Eagles’ 24-22 victory over the Washington Commanders on S
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Wednesday that Elon Musk’s SpaceX had restricted “military-grade” Starlink services, hampering Ukrainian drone strike missions and air defenses. The complaint has drawn renewed attention to the distinction between Starlink, SpaceX’s commercial satellite
By Suzanne McGee PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, Oct 14 (Reuters) – A former semiconductor fund manager at Fidelity Investment Management has sued its parent company FMR, claiming it refused to pay him a “multimillion-dollar” compensation package after he joined DFO Management, the family office of billio
By Diana Novak Jones Oct 14 (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of eight states said on Wednesday they had sued OpenAI in courts across the country over harms they say ChatGPT has caused to their residents, alleging the chatbot has coached its users — including teenagers — to harm themselves or others. A
