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STEPANAKERT-KHANKENDI, Azerbaijan (Reuters) -Thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday, queuing up for fuel and jamming the mountain road to Armenia after their fighters were defeated by Azerbaijan in a lightning military operation. The leadership of the 120,000 Armenians who call Karabakh home told Reuters on Sunday that they did not want to live as part of Azerbaijan and that they would leave for Armenia […]

By Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines said on Monday it executed a “special operation” to remove a floating barrier installed by China at a prime fishing patch in the South China Sea, a move that could stoke tension after a years-long detente in Asia’s most disputed waters. The Philippines expressed outrage on Sunday and shared images of Chinese coastguard policing a long, ball-buoy barrier near the Scarborough Shoal, […]

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The publication of major U.S. economic data, including employment and inflation reports of critical importance to policymakers and investors, will be suspended indefinitely should the federal government shut down at the end of this week because of lack of funding, a government official said. The suspension of the reports would occur across all government agencies such as the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics […]

(Reuters) – Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina on Monday pulled out of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, days after slamming the WTA for the introduction of performance byes at the tournament. Byes are usually awarded to top-seeded players, but performance byes allow for players who have played well in the previous week to move directly into the second round of the following tournament. Byes for the Pan Pacific Open […]

MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish prosecutor’s office said on Monday it would probe whether AI-generated images of naked teenaged girls, allegedly created and shared by their peers in southwestern Spain, constituted a crime.     The rise in use by children of such technologies has sparked widespread concern among parents worldwide. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned in June that criminals were increasingly using artificial intelligence to create sexually explicit images […]

By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Democratic Senator Bob Menendez denied wrongdoing and vowed to stay in Congress on Monday after prosecutors charged him and his wife with taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen. Menendez’s stance defied calls from elected officials in his state of New Jersey, including the state’s Democratic governor, to step down. His decision to remain in the Senate may complicate his party’s efforts to maintain […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday it was closely monitoring what it called a “potentially dangerous” situation in Kosovo, where ethnic Serb gunmen stormed a village at the weekend, battling police and barricading themselves into a monastery. Russia does not recognise Kosovo, which has a majority ethnic Albanian population, as an independent country and traditionally supports Serbia, with which it has close religious and cultural ties. “The situation is […]

By David Carnevali NEW YORK (Reuters) -Enovis Corp, which offers orthopedic bracing, surgical implants and footcare solutions, said on Monday it had agreed to acquire Italian surgical implant manufacturer LimaCorporate for about 800 million euros ($850 million), including debt. The announcement confirmed Reuters’ report, citing people familiar with the matter, earlier on Monday. The acquisition will bolster the U.S. company’s reconstructive business, which makes shoulder, hip and knee implants used […]

(Reuters) – French artificial heart maker Carmat on Monday said supply issues meant it would miss its previously announced full-year sales target and warned it could run out cash by the end of October. “During the first half of 2023, the production ramp-up we were anticipating was significantly disrupted by supply issues,” CEO Stephane Piat said in a press release. “Due to the lack of a sufficient number of devices, […]

By Karl Badohal, Pawel Florkiewicz and Gergely Szakacs WARSAW (Reuters) – Less than three weeks ahead of Poland’s hotly contested general election, Warsaw pensioner Jadwiga Buczek is feeling better about a cost of living crisis which, for the past two years, has hit central Europeans harder than most. “Let me tell you, there was a time when I couldn’t even afford to buy salmon, for example. And now I’ll go […]