Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press conference in Tehran in March. Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via REUTERS |
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This tally tracks the top five countries as medals are awarded. Updates every 30 minutes. |
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- The Bank of Japan raised interest rates in a mostly unexpected move and unveiled a detailed plan to slow its massive bond buying, taking another step towards phasing out a decade of huge stimulus. Here is how investors reacted to the decision.
- The Federal Reserve is expected to leave rates unchanged at the end of a two-day policy meeting, but also indicate that a reduction in borrowing costs could come as soon as September.
- Citigroup repeatedly breached a Fed rule that limits intercompany transactions, leading to errors in its internal liquidity reporting, according to a Citi document from December seen by Reuters.
- HSBC announced a $3 billion buyback and upgraded its income outlook, as it showed progress in its strategy to future-proof its business from global interest rate cuts. Europe's largest bank is due to welcome a new CEO in September.
- The Biden administration plans to unveil a new rule next month that will expand US powers to stop exports of semiconductor manufacturing equipment from some foreign countries to Chinese chipmakers, two sources said. But shipments from allies - including Japan, the Netherlands and South Korea - will be excluded, limiting the impact of the rule.
- Microsoft said it would spend more money this fiscal year to build out AI infrastructure even as growth slowed in its cloud business, another sign the payoff from hefty investments in the technology may take longer than Wall Street had hoped.
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Special Report: OnlyFans' porn juggernaut fueled by a deception |
Patrick Kunz poured out his heart to an OnlyFans porn star then realized he was talking to strangers. REUTERS/Michaela Stache |
Many top porn stars on OnlyFans hire 'chatters' to impersonate them online and entice subscribers into splurging on explicit content. These impostors aren't formally affiliated with OnlyFans but have brought it riches – and new legal threats. Some subscribers say the deception amounts to fraud. One shares his story of betrayal. |
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NASA images unlock complex history of two near-Earth asteroids. ASI/NASA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo |
In the moments before NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in a landmark planetary defense test in 2022, it took high-resolution images of this small celestial object and its larger companion Didymos. These images have enabled scientists to unravel the complicated history of these two rocky bodies located in the vicinity of Earth. |
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