WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has imposed sanctions on five entities and individuals in Russia, North Korea and China for violating a U.S. weapons proliferation law, the State Department said on Thursday. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by…
U.S. unveils charges against 4 Russian officials over hacking campaigns
By Sarah N. Lynch and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. unveiled criminal charges against four Russian government officials on Thursday, saying they engaged in two major hacking campaigns between 2012 and 2018 that targeted the global energ…
Apple’s iCloud and iMessage suffering some outages – Downdetector
(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s iCloud and iMessage faced outages on Thursday, according to Downdetector.com, marking the third time Apple’s services were disrupted this week. At 4.50 p.m. ET, there were 1,116 outage reports for iMessage. Nearly 278 users also…
Fearing bombs and war, Kharkiv families spend a month underground
By Thomas Peter KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – In a Ukrainian city battered by bombs since the start of Russia’s invasion, Natalia Shaposhnik and her daughter Veronika live in a blue and yellow train parked in a metro station deep underground. For four l…
Biden says he thinks Russia should be removed from G20
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said he thinks Russia should be removed from the Group of Twenty (G20) major economies and the topic was raised during his meetings with world leaders in Brussels earlier on Thursday. “My answer is yes, dep…
Kazakh oil woes another headache for top Western producers amid Ukraine war
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Top Western oil producers could experience a hit to revenue if disruptions at a Russian Black Sea port curtail output from Kazakhstan’s giant oilfields, highlighting the growing global supply risk after Moscow’s invasio…
Ukraine to feature heavily in Blinken travel to Middle East, North Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East and North Africa starting on Saturday in a trip that will be heavily dominated by discussion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Blinken is set to visit Israel, th…
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to meet EU antitrust chief March 30
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai will meet Europe’s antitrust chief on March 30 to discuss competition and digital issues, a European Commission official said on Thursday. Alphabet confirmed the meeting. Margrethe Ves…
Goldman Sachs poised to lead U.S. IPO of SoftBank’s Arm – sources
By Anirban Sen, Krystal Hu and Sam Nussey (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp is planning to pick Goldman Sachs Group Inc as the lead underwriter on the initial public offering of Arm Ltd that could value the British chip designing company at as much as $6…
U.S., S. Korea defense chiefs agree on need for ‘firm responses’ after launch -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean counterpart agreed that firm responses, including at the United Nations, were necessary after North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile test, the Pentagon said on Th…