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YouTube fixes issue after reported outages
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said it is working to fix an issue after the platform was down for thousands of users on Wednesday.
Sam Bankman-Fried says he ‘didn’t ever try to commit fraud’
(Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, attempted to distance himself from any suggestion of fraud in his first public appearance since his company’s collapse stunned investors and left creditors facing losses totaling billions of dollars.
U.S. FDA gives first-ever approval to fecal transplant therapy
(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator on Wednesday approved Switzerland-based Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ fecal transplant-based therapy to reduce the recurrence of a bacterial infection, making it the first therapy of its kind to be cleared in the United States.
Salesforce’s co-CEO Taylor to leave as Benioff takes sole charge
(Reuters) -Salesforce Inc said on Wednesday that Bret Taylor would step down as co-chief executive officer, sending its shares down 5% in extended trading.
Zelenskiy praises German parliament for declaring Ukraine famine a genocide
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday praised the German Parliament for passing a resolution that declared the death by starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33 to be a genocide.
Moderna exec says COVID trials improved diversity recruiting
By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) – Moderna Inc’s top scientist said on Tuesday that the vaccine maker has learned how to better recruit from diverse populations for its clinical trials from running its COVID-19 vaccine studies.
Heaviest Ukraine fighting rages in east, West seeks to sustain support against Russia
(Reuters) – Russian forces tried to advance in eastern Ukraine and trained tank, mortar and artillery fire on Kherson in the south, the Ukrainian military said, as Western allies sought to buttress Ukraine and its neighbours against Moscow.
U.S. Capitol riot sedition prosecutions won’t get easier, experts say
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prosecutors secured a victory when two key figures in last year’s U.S. Capitol attack were convicted of seditious conspiracy. But the acquittal of three co-defendants on this rarely used criminal charge shows that challenges remain for the Justice Department,
Pentagon chief warns Turkey against new military operation in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday told his Turkish counterpart of his “strong opposition” to a new Turkish military operation in Syria and voiced concern over the escalating situation in the county, the Pentagon said.