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US to require new cars to have emergency braking systems by 2029
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the United States will be required to have automatic emergency braking systems by September 2029, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...
Biden to deliver Morehouse commencement address over student, faculty concerns
By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has no plans to abandon giving the commencement address at Morehouse College, a historically Black men's college in Georgia on May 19, White House officials said on ...
Former US NSA employee gets nearly 22 years in prison for attempted espionage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) was sentenced on Monday to nearly 22 years in prison for attempting to transmit classified information to someone he thought to be a Russian agent but turned out ...
J&J, Bristol Myers lose challenges to US drug price negotiation program
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday rejected a challenge by Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson to a law requiring them to negotiate the prices of their blockbuster blood clot prevention drugs with the U.S ...
Mali forces kill senior figure in Islamic State affiliate
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian forces killed Abu Huzeifa, a commander for a West African affiliate of Islamic State, during a large-scale operation in the northern region of Menaka, the Malian authorities said in a statement read on state television ...
As new Haiti leadership takes power, gangs demand a seat at the table
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's new transition council is set to choose the country's next president on Tuesday, but leaders of the gangs who have exerted increasing control are clamoring for political influence and amnesties and threatening ...
UnitedHealth hackers took advantage of Citrix vulnerabilty to break in, CEO says
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into UnitedHealth's tech unit on Feb. 12 by exploiting a security vulnerability in software from private IT company Citrix that allows employees remote access to their desktop computers, ...
US appeals to UAE, others to stop support for Sudan's warring parties
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.S. is appealing to all countries - including the United Arab Emirates - to stop support for Sudan's warring parties, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Monday, warning that a "crisis ...
Brazil's government to launch commission to unlock South American integration projects
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government will soon create an interministerial commission chaired by the Planning Ministry to unlock projects for integration in South America, a top official said on Monday. According to Renata Amaral, secretary of ...
US FDA grants full approval for Pfizer's cervical cancer drug
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval for Pfizer's drug for treating cervical cancer patients whose disease had progressed on or after chemotherapy, the agency said on Monday. The treatment, Tivdak - an ...