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Julian Assange extradition moves closer as U.S. provides U.K. court with assurances
Activists marking five years since the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange demonstrate outside Belmarsh Prison in London, Sunday, April 14, 2024. U.S. President Joe Biden said last week that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents. Assange is currently fighting extradition to the U.S. from Belmarsh, where he is being held. (AP Photo/David Cliff)
technology
China reportedly tells telecom firms to phase out foreign chips in blow to Intel, AMD
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the Intel logo at its booth during the first China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, China November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
international business
Outside roles by NBC’s Cesar Conde, others reveal a journalism ethics issue: Being paid to sit on boards
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 photo, Cesar Conde speaks about the Fusion tv network during a tour of the facilities in Miami. Most news organizations hold its journalists to strict ethical standards to avoid conflicts of interest either real or perceived. Is the same true for its bosses? Outside corporate positions held by NBC Universal News Group chief Cesar Conde and CNN boss Mark Thompson reveal an ethical issue that has received little discussion. Should people who supervise news organizations, even if their background is more corporate than journalistic, be held to the same standards as their journalists? (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
international business
JPMorgan says CEO transition is a top priority, cites potential Dimon successors
FILE - Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing to examine Wall Street firms on Capitol Hill, Dec. 6, 2023 in Washington. The nation’s most influential banker, JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon, told investors Monday, April 8, 2024, that he continues to expect the U.S. economy to be resilient and grow this year. But he worries geopolitical events including the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war, as well as U.S. political polarization, might be creating an environment that “may very well be creating risks that could eclipse anything since World War II.”(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
world
U.S., Britain, Australia weigh expanding AUKUS security pact to deter China
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - U.S. (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
international business
Johnson & Johnson boosts heart device business with US$12.5-billion Shockwave Medical deal
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 28, 2019 A sign on a building at the Johnson & Johnson campus shows their logo in Irvine, California. - Johnson & Johnson proposes $8.9 billion settlement of talc cancer claims. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
Paramount Global to enter into exclusive merger talks with Skydance, source says
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: The Paramount logo is displayed at Paramount Studios on January 31, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Media mogul Byron Allen has made an offer to purchase Paramount Global in a deal valued at $30 billion including debt, according to a spokesperson for Allen Media Group. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
world
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich marks year in Russian prison as courts keep extending time behind bars
FILE PHOTO: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is in custody on espionage charges, stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing to consider extending his detention in Moscow, Russia, March 26, 2024. Moscow City Court's Press Office/Handout via REUTERS/ File photo
world
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wins partial victory in U.S. extradition case
Police officers stand guard as supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hold placards outside The Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London on March 26, 2024. Two UK judges delayed a decision on whether to grant Assange a last-ditch appeal against extradition to the United States, giving Washington three weeks to provide "assurances" in the case. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
Adam Neumann submits over $500-million bid to buy back WeWork, source says
FILE - Adam Neumann, co-founder and CEO of WeWork, attends the opening bell ceremony at Nasdaq, Jan. 16, 2018, in New York. Neumann, the ousted co-founder of WeWork, is now exploring an deal to buy back the office sharing company after expressing dismay over its bankruptcy process. In a Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 letter obtained by The Associated Press, an attorney representing Neumann and Flow Global Holdings said that WeWork’s former CEO had partnered up with capital sources like Dan Loeb’s Third Point and are ready to submit a purchase proposal. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
globe investor
Trump broadsides re-heat Fed independence question
Mike Dolan
technology
Facebook-parent Meta is reportedly developing a new, more powerful AI system
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
asia-pacific business
China reportedly bans government officials from using iPhones for work
FILE PHOTO: A man holds an iPhone 14 as Apple Inc's new models go on sale at an Apple store in Beijing, China, September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
international business
Visa, Mastercard plan to hike credit-card fees, WSJ reports
FILE PHOTO: MasterCard and VISA credit cards are seen in this picture illustration taken June 9, 2016. This logo has been updated and is no longer in use. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/Illustration
world
U.S. ambassador visits Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 22, 2023. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter detained on espionage charges in Russia, appeared in court Thursday to appeal his extended detention. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
international business
FTX reportedly begins talks to relaunch international cryptocurrency exchange
Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in front of displayed FTX logo in this illustration taken November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
energy and resources
BP’s Toledo refinery reportedly suffered series of malfunctions before fatal explosion
FILE PHOTO: A BP logo is pictured at a petrol and diesel filling station, Llanteg, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Britain, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden/File Photo
life
Widespread harassment and sexual misconduct exposed in the world of chess
Office politics, like chess, is a combination of one-time calculation and general pattern recognition.
world
Trudeau and Biden call on Russia to release WSJ reporter
FILE PHOTO: Reporter for U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich appears in an undated handout image taken in an unknown location. The Wall Street Journal/Handout via REUTERS
world
Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter on suspicion of spying for U.S.
A picture taken on July 24, 2021 shows journalist Evan Gershkovich. - A US reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper has been detained in Russia for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, citing the FSB security services. "The FSB halted the illegal activities of US citizen Evan Gershkovich... a correspondent of the Moscow bureau of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, accredited with the Russian foreign ministry," the FSB was quoted as saying. He is "suspected of spying in the interests of the American government" and of collecting information "on an enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex," agencies reported. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
U.S. reportedly prepares new rules on investment in technology abroad
technology
U.S. Justice Department reportedly escalates its Apple antitrust probe
FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar
world
Phoenix police investigate their detention of a Wall Street Journal reporter
international business
Peloton to cut about 12 per cent of its work force in a move to ‘save’ company
asia-pacific business
China to conclude cybersecurity probe, Didi app to be restored: report
world
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, Ukrainian peace negotiators reportedly hit by suspected poisoning
international business
China’s Didi denies ‘rumour’ that it could go private
power points
Work-life sway is the new norm for working mothers
Harvey Schachter
Harvey Schachter
world
Tencent says exec held by China over links to ‘personal’ corruption allegations