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US official discusses Panama Canal-related audit with Panamanian minister

US official discusses Panama Canal-related audit with Panamanian minister

(Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau discussed on Friday with Panama’s Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha the importance of an ongoing audit of Hutchison’s management of concessions of two ports at either end of the Panama Canal, the State Department said in a readout of their conversation.Though the canal itself is operated by Panama, the two ports on either side a ...

2025-04-05 15:37:35
Microsoft AI CEO’s remarks interrupted by pro-Palestinian protester

Microsoft AI CEO’s remarks interrupted by pro-Palestinian protester

By Kanishka Singh(Reuters) - Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman’s remarks were interrupted by a pro-Palestinian protesting employee during the technology company’s 50th anniversary celebration on Friday over the firm’s ties with Israel."You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide," Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad said at the event in Redmond, Washington, while interr ...

2025-04-05 15:36:09
TikTok deal put on hold after China objects over tariffs, sources say

TikTok deal put on hold after China objects over tariffs, sources say

By Dawn Chmielewski, David Shepardson and Antoni SlodkowskiWASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -A deal to spin off the U.S. assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated it would not approve the deal following President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement this week, according to two sources familiar with the matter.Trump on Friday extended by 75 days a deadline for ByteDance to sell U.S. asset ...

2025-04-05 15:34:06
Nissan says it will not take new US orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs

Nissan says it will not take new US orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs

(Reuters) -Nissan Motor said on Thursday it will not take new orders from the U.S. for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs, following auto tariffs levied by President Donald Trump, in a drastic scale-back of its operations at a joint venture plant.The Japanese automaker said it would now maintain two shifts of production of the Rogue SUV at its Smyrna, Tennessee, plant after announcing in January it w ...

2025-04-05 15:32:31