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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s constitutional court ruled on Tuesday the ban on sending propaganda leaflets to North Korea was unconstitutional, striking down a law passed in 2020 by the liberal party of then President Moon Jae-in, who sought better ties with Pyongyang. The law, which subjects violators to up to three years in prison or 30 million won ($22,235) in fines, had come under intense criticism from […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators raided Edwards Lifesciences at one of its EU facilities a week ago, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The European Commission on Sept. 19 said it raided a cardiovascular medical device company in an EU country on concerns that it may have abused its market power in breach of the bloc’s antitrust rules. It did not name the company. Edwards Lifesciences, which […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli high-tech firms raised $1.7 billion in the third quarter, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, in a sign that investment in startups is stabilising. The amount raised in the third quarter was down 38% over the same period in 2022 but only 14% lower from the second quarter, the IVC Research Center and LeumiTech said in a report. It noted that full quarterly data will be issued […]

By VarunVyas Hebbalalu and Dhanya Skariachan BENGALURU, India (Reuters) – Police detained protesters on Tuesday in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru after one tried to commit suicide and another was injured while demonstrating against the sharing of water from a river that flows through two states, media and officials said. Farmers’ groups called the protest, which forced employees of multinationals such as Walmart and Alphabet’s Google to work from home. […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Swiss banking group UBS said on Tuesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the world’s largest lender by assets, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), to explore collaborations in China and overseas markets. UBS has long been keen to grow its footprint in China that already includes a mutual fund joint venture and a private fund business, but earlier this year it appeared to […]

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Tuesday called on Apple CEO Tim Cook to open up the iPhone maker’s fiercely guarded ecosystem of hardware and software to rivals. Breton’s comments came after meeting Cook in Brussels. “The next job for Apple and other Big Tech, under the DMA (Digital Markets Act) is to open up its gates to competitors,” Breton told Reuters. “Be it […]

By VarunVyas Hebbalalu and Dhanya Skariachan BENGALURU, India (Reuters) -Police detained protesters on Tuesday in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru after one tried to commit suicide and another was injured while demonstrating against the sharing of water from a river that flows through two states, media and officials said. Farmers’ groups called the protest, which forced employees of multinationals such as Walmart and Alphabet’s Google to work from home. At […]

By Jose Gonzalez and Laura Gottesdiener CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) -Trade across the U.S.-Mexican border has been slowed over the past week as U.S. authorities have shut down crossings and imposed extra security checks amid an increase in migration, sparking concern in Mexico. About 8,000 trailers carrying an estimated $1 billion worth of goods have been stranded on the Mexican side over the past week, said Manuel Sotelo, president of the […]

By VarunVyas Hebbalalu and Dhanya Skariachan BENGALURU, India (Reuters) -Police detained protesters on Tuesday in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru after one tried to commit suicide and another was injured while demonstrating against the sharing of water from a river that flows through two states, media and officials said. Farmers’ groups called the protest, which forced employees of multinationals such as Walmart and Alphabet’s Google to work from home. At […]