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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Fox has agreed to buy the streaming pioneer Roku in a cash and stock deal valued …
Read More »U.S. FDA changes course and agrees to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Moderna says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to review its influenza vaccine, …
Read More »Sudan’s paramilitary force agrees to U.S. proposal for humanitarian ceasefire
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a proposal from the United States and Arab powers for a humanitarian ceasefire and is open to talks on …
Read More »Vancouver mining firm Teck Resources agrees to merge with Anglo American
Vancouver-based mining company Teck Resources has agreed to merge with British mining multinational Anglo American in one of the sector’s largest-ever acquisitions. The companies said Tuesday the “merger of equals” will create a company called Anglo Teck, a global critical minerals champion and one of the world’s largest producers of copper. The merged …
Read More »Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5B US to settle author class action over AI training
Anthropic told a San Francisco federal judge on Friday that it has agreed to pay $1.5 billion US to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the artificial intelligence company of using pirated copies of their books to train its AI chatbot, Claude, without permission. Anthropic and the plaintiffs …
Read More »Appeals court agrees NFL can be put on trial over claims Black coaches face discrimination
The National Football League can be put on trial over civil claims that Brian Flores and other Black coaches face discrimination, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, rejecting the league’s attempt to force Flores into arbitration with commissioner Roger Goodell as the arbitrator. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
Read More »Columbia University agrees to pay $220M in deal with Trump administration
Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was cancelled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus, the university announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, the Ivy League school will pay a …
Read More »Doctor charged with giving Friends star Matthew Perry ketamine agrees to plead guilty
A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the months leading up to the Friends star’s overdose death has agreed to plead guilty, a plea agreement filed Monday shows. Dr. Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, according to the signed document filed …
Read More »Trump agrees to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in planned trade deal
U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain, which would buy more American beef and streamline its customs process for goods from the United States. The symbolically resonant agreement still has yet to be finalized, but …
Read More »The U.S. says the ‘ball is now in Russia’s court.’ But what really happens if Putin agrees to a ceasefire?
After nine hours of talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, officials emerged to announce that Ukraine had agreed to a U.S. proposal for an interim 30-day ceasefire and that “the ball is now in Russia’s court.” While the announcement was billed as a step toward peace, and marked an abrupt turn in acrimonious …
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