Washington Financial News
21.07 / 09:29
Provident
Reuters
Strategy
Puzzle
stage
audience
social
Playful or murderous? Orca behavior puzzles experts as more boat ramming incidents reported off Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula, a peculiar phenomenon has puzzled experts and captivated social media audiences alike as orcas have been repeatedly ramming boats. However, a growing consensus among researchers on the other side of the world suggests that aggression may not be the driving force behind these unusual interactions. Experts based in Washington state's Salish Sea and Puget Sound, home to renowned orca pods and top researchers, believe that the playful and social nature of killer whales could be the reason behind these boat encounters.
21.07 / 09:17
Microsoft
Google
Platform
show
OpenAI, Google, others pledge to watermark AI content for safety -White House
By Diane Bartz and Krystal Hu
21.07 / 03:17
Target
Digital
Microsoft
SPY
WSJ
Chinese hackers breach US ambassador's emails: report
China Nicholas Burns' email account in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual U.S. government emails, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday. Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia, was also hacked in the wider spying operation disclosed earlier this month by Microsoft, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
21.07 / 03:07
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21.07 / 02:49
FIVE
Art
awards
Actor
show
star
beautiful
Johnny Depp unveils self-portrait he painted during legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard
Johnny Depp has painted the emotions of recent years into a self-portrait and is offering the result for sale as a time-limited edition. The actor began working on the piece, titled 'Five', around 2021 in the midst of an explosive dispute with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, which played out in courtrooms on both sides of the Atlantic.
21.07 / 02:13
UPS
Merit
'Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan could be jailed if…': Law Minister Azam Tarar
Imran Khan used a cable sent by the Pakistan embassy in Washington to blame the United States for orchestrating his ouster from power a month later, according to a report published by the news agency PTI. “The minimum punishment for leaking an official secret was two years. But the nature of crime would change if the cypher was made public and its contents were leaked for vested interest then an accused can be sentenced to up to 14 years," the minister said. Tarar stated that 14 years of punishment is the maximum in Pakistan and is also considered life imprisonment.
21.07 / 02:05
BLOCK
Microsoft
Merit
Deal
Agency
Activision
US FTC official withdraws case against Microsoft-Activision deal before internal agency judge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission official on Thursday withdrew the agency's case before an in-house judge that sought to block Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s $69 billion acquisition of game-maker Activision.
21.07 / 01:11
Reuters
Software
Enterprise
TikTok
show
Chinese autonomous vehicle tech raises concerns, US transportation chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Thursday his agency has national security concerns about Chinese autonomous vehicle companies in the American market after some lawmakers called for restrictions on their operations.
21.07 / 01:07
Reuters
Align
show
North Korea threatens to use nuclear weapons against US-South Korea, blames alliance for escalating tension
US soldier crossed the border into North Korea on Tuesday at a time of heightened tension between the two Koreas and the United States. North Korea has yet to comment on the incident involving the US soldier.
20.07 / 23:35
IPO
Digital
SEC
Platform
Shell
social
Sec Charges
Trump
SPAC that plans to merge with Trump Media settles SEC charges of fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday that Digital World Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company that plans to merge with the parent company of Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, settled charges that it made «material misrepresentations» to investors.
20.07 / 22:31
20.07 / 19:05
UPS
Lowe's
SPY
country
US Senate backs amendment barring oil sales to China from SPR
By Timothy Gardner and Patricia Zengerle
20.07 / 19:05
Lowe's
Fighting
RWE
Shell
rights
US to hold first offshore wind rights sale in Gulf of Mexico next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday said the first offshore wind power auction in the Gulf of Mexico will take place next month, an industry milestone President Joe Biden discussed during a trip to highlight the administration's efforts to boost clean energy.
20.07 / 18:47
20.07 / 18:47
Citi
FIVE
Aviat
Action
Airlines
Simulation
Traffic
House aims to ease air travel delays with more money for air traffic controllers
The House has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give the Federal Aviation Administration more money to hire air traffic controllers
20.07 / 17:33
20.07 / 17:25
20.07 / 17:25
20.07 / 17:25
Provident
MET
Remark
country
Yellen visits Vietnam, seeking to build US ties and supply chains, and offset tensions with China
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told top Vietnamese officials that Washington considers building strong economic and security ties with Vietnam a priority
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