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Tennis-Top seed Sabalenka draws qualifier Branstine in Wimbledon first round
LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - World number one Aryna Sabalenka's quest for her first Wimbledon title will begin against Canadian qualifier Carson Branstine while second seed Coco Gauff's opener will be versus Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska.Friday's draw also pitched defending champion Bar...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Japan, US planning Secretary of State Rubio visit in July, Kyodo reports
TOKYO, June 27 (Reuters) - Japan and the United States are arranging for U.S. Secretary of State Rubio to visit Japan for the first time in early July, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday, citing a Japanese government official.Rubio is also planning to visit South Korea alongside attending the Asso...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
EXCLUSIVE-Meta says EU antitrust regulators are discriminating against its business model
BRUSSELS, June 27 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms META.O on Friday criticised EU antitrust regulators for moving the goalpost as the U.S. company seeks to comply with an order targeting its pay-or-consent business model.The tech giant said the European Commission had discriminated against its business mo...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
DOGE enters US ATF with mandate to slash gun regulations, Washington Post reports
June 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the goal of revising or eliminating dozens of rules and gun restrictions by July 4, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing multiple people wi...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
DeepSeek faces expulsion from app stores in Germany
FRANKFURT, June 27 (Reuters) - Germany has taken steps towards blocking Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from the Apple AAPL.O and Google GOOGL.O app stores due to concerns about data protection, according to a data protection authority commissioner in a statement on Friday.DeepSeek has been reported to ...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
EXCLUSIVE-Meta may face daily fines over pay-or-consent model, EU warns
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, June 27 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms META.O may face daily fines if limited changes that it has proposed to its pay-or-consent model fail to comply with an antitrust order issued in April, EU regulators warned on Friday.The warning from the European Commission, which acts ...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Kazakhstan's ForteBank buys Home Credit Bank from Czech group PPF
ALMATY/PRAGUE, June 27 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's ForteBank, the fifth-largest lender by assets in the Central Asian country, has bought 100% of Home Credit Bank, part of Czech investment group PPF, the two banks said on Friday, without specifying the value of the transaction.The deal is expected ...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Germany charges Syrian juvenile over Taylor Swift concert plot
BERLIN, June 27 (Reuters) - Germany has charged a Syrian juvenile with supporting a foreign terrorist organization for helping to plan a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year, the prosecutor general said in a statement on Friday.Identified as Mohammad A, the suspect helped the ...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Japan, US planning Secretary of State Rubio visit in July, Kyodo reports
TOKYO, June 27 (Reuters) - Japan and the United States are arranging for U.S. Secretary of State Rubio to visit Japan for the first time in early July, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday.Rubio is also planning to visit South Korea alongside attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations fore...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
EXCLUSIVE-Meta will only make limited changes to pay-or-consent model, EU says
BRUSSELS, June 27 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms META.O will only make limited changes to its pay-or-consent model rolled out in November 2024 and EU antitrust regulators cannot verify for now if the changes are sufficient to comply with an EU antitrust order, the European Commission said on Friday."...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Erie and Aflac sued for alleged breach of personal data
By Isha Marathe June 27 - (The Insurer) - Erie Insurance has been hit with two lawsuits and Aflac with a proposed class action from employees and customers who said that the companies failed to secure their information in June data breaches.Erie Indemnity Company, which manages Erie Insurance, i...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Germany charges Syrian national in connection with Taylor Swift concert plot
BERLIN, June 27 (Reuters) - Germany has charged a Syrian national with supporting a foreign terrorist organization for helping to plan a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year, the prosecutor general said in a statement on Friday.Identified as Mohammad A, the suspect helped the ...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
CDI advances FAIR Plan reforms, seeks dismissal of Consumer Watchdog lawsuit
By Mia MacGregorJune 26 - (The Insurer) - The California Department of Insurance (CDI) is advancing a reform package for the FAIR Plan, including a request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Consumer Watchdog. The lawsuit challenges the legality of two bulletins that permit insurers to impose surcharges ...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
South Korea police detain six Americans trying to send cash, rice to North Korea
SEOUL, June 27 (Reuters) - South Korean police have detained six U.S. citizens who were attempting to deliver around 1,300 plastic bottles filled with rice, dollar notes and Bibles to North Korea, a police official said on Friday.The group had been trying to float the bottles by sea at a border isla...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Lockton names Serrault US COO after Taiym departure
By Michael LoneyJune 27 - (The Insurer) - Independent insurance broker Lockton has promoted Nick Serrault to chief operating officer for its U.S. operations.The Insurer exclusively reported on June 2 that Said Taiym was stepping down as Lockton’s U.S. COO after seven years with the broker to take on...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
U.S. sanctions against Serbia's NIS oil company postponed until July 29, Tanjug agency
June 27 (Reuters) - The United States have postponed sanctions against Russian-owned Serbian oil company NIS NIIS.BEL for a fourth time, Tanjug news agency reported on Friday.NIS has so far secured three waivers, with the third one set to expire later on Friday.Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
German long-term yields set for biggest weekly rise in four months amid fiscal spending boost
June 27 (Reuters) - German 30-year government bond yields were on track for their biggest weekly increase in nearly four months after rising this week on expectations of increased borrowing by Germany's government.Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Japan says no fentanyl seized at border in six years after US smuggling report
TOKYO, June 27 (Reuters) - No fentanyl had been seized at Japan's borders in the six years through 2024, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday, after a media report alleged a Chinese group in Japan smuggled chemicals into the United States to make the synthetic drug."Japan will cont...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
