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2 weeks ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Rachel More |Jan Lopatka |Ros Russell |Alex Richardson
GENEVA (Reuters) -Members of the World Health Organization adopted an agreement on Tuesday intended to improve preparedness for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to COVID-19, but the absence of the U.S. cast doubt on the...
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2 months ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Jody Godoy |Alex Richardson |David Gregorio
(Reuters) - Two Democratic U.S. senators demanded information from Microsoft and Google about their cloud computing partnerships with artificial intelligence companies, expressing concern the arrangements could stifle competition in the cutting-edge...
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
today.westlaw.com | Alex Richardson |Sam Tobin
LONDON (Reuters) - Music investor Hipgnosis Songs Fund cannot sue singer Barry Manilow in Britain in a dispute about a $1.5 million bonus payment, London's High Court ruled on Thursday, but the fund can continue its case for some allegedly unpaid...
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
today.westlaw.com | Jennifer Rigby |Ros Russell |Alex Richardson |Mark Heinrich
LONDON (Reuters) -World Health Organization member states will discuss cutting part of its budget by $400 million in light of President Donald Trump's move to withdraw the U.S., its biggest government funder, from the WHO, a document released on...
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
dailyhodl.com | Alex Richardson |Alex Richardson
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin says the ETH community should be doubling down on layer-2 scaling solutions to strengthen its ecosystem. In a new blog post, Buterin says that it would be a mistake to give up on layer-2s and that developers should instead continue to focus on interoperability, security and blob transactions.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
today.westlaw.com | Marwa Rashad |Alexander Murray Smith |Alex Richardson
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Japan's top LNG buyer, JERA, plans to increase its purchases of liquefied natural gas from the United States to diversify its supply and meet demand growth spurred by data centres and AI, a senior executive told Reuters....
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
arizonadigitalfreepress.com | Crispian Balmer |Alex Richardson
The private thermal baths complex discovered by archaeologists in a villa of the ancient city of Pompeii is seen, in Pompeii, Italy, in this undated handout picture released on January 17, 2025.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
dailyhodl.com | Alex Richardson
The Bitcoin (BTC) that was stolen from crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016 and subsequently seized by the US government in 2023 should be returned in-kind, according to a new court order. In a January 14th filing with the U.S. District for the District of Columbia, the government says that the BTC currently held in its wallets is to be returned to Bitfinex, the “sole victim” of the hack.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
cryptonews.bizlim.com | Alex Richardson
President-elect Donald Trump could potentially sign off on crypto-friendly regulation via an executive order on his first day in office, according to a new report from the Washington Post. According to a person “involved with the conversations,” Trump’s incoming crypto czar David Sacks and other insiders have been working with “crypto leaders” to create a legislative strategy that could end unfair treatment of the industry by banks and regulators.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
cryptonews.bizlim.com | Alex Richardson
The vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation says the regulator needs a “new direction” – and that he expects it to begin later this month. In a new speech, Vice Chairman Travis Hill acknowledges that the FDIC sent “pause” letters to over 20 banks, asking them to stop doing business with crypto firms – a revelation unearthed from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted by digital asset exchange Coinbase.
