By Toby Sterling VELDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) – ASML, a semiconductor industry and stock market giant, has to think smaller. Or maybe bigger. It is building machines the size of double-decker buses, weighing over 200 tonnes, in its quest to produce…
Protester painted in Ukraine colors ejected from Cannes red carpet
CANNES, France (Reuters) – The Ukraine crisis grabbed the spotlight in Cannes on Friday as a semi-naked protester painted in blue and yellow was ejected from the red carpet. The unidentified woman ripped off her gown revealing the Ukrainian flag colour…
Court puts sales ban on Ford’s internet-linked cars in Germany in patent dispute
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German court has put a nation-wide sales and production ban on Ford cars able to establish internet connection, it said, as part of a lawsuit over the violation of wireless technology patents. The verdict by the Munich regional cou…
U.S. says Turkey’s approach to Sweden, Finland NATO bid not a bilateral topic
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkey’s approach to the NATO accession process of Sweden and Finland is not a bilateral issue between Washington and Ankara, the U.S. State Department said on Friday, but added that Washington was speaking with …
Tennis-Wimbledon stripped of ranking points by ATP, WTA over Russia, Belarus ban
(Reuters) -Wimbledon had its ranking points stripped by the ATP and WTA Tours on Friday over its decision to exclude players from Russia and Belarus at this year’s Championships due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Tennis’ governing bodies have banned …
Dutch health agency confirms first monkeypox case in the Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -A patient with monkeypox was confirmed in the Netherlands for the first time, the government’s health agency said on Friday, adding more people may have become infected with the disease. “After the weekend, we will give an update o…
M&C Saatchi’s top investor backs out of race to buy UK ad group
(Reuters) – M&C Saatchi’s top investor Vin Murria on Friday pulled out of a race to buy the London-listed advertising firm after the company earlier in the day agreed to a takeover offer from consultancy Next Fifteen Communications. AdvancedAdvT, Murri…
Ukraine’s Azov commander says civilians, heavily wounded evacuated from Mariupol plant
KYIV (Reuters) -The commander of Ukraine’s Azov Regiment said in a video published on Friday that civilians and heavily wounded fighters had been evacuated from Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks, giving no further clue about the fate of the rest of its de…
Factbox-Biden in Asia: South Korea, Japan schedule and to-do list
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden visits South Korea and Japan from May 20-24, a trip seen as crucial for efforts to bolster regional cooperation and counter China. Here is the latest on Biden’s schedule: SOUTH KOREA: Friday, May 20 – Sund…
Italy’s TIM, CDP eye preliminary deal on single network, sources say
MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) is eyeing a preliminary agreement with state lender CDP over a long-held plan to merge TIM’s network assets with those of state-backed rival Open Fiber as early as next week, two sources said on Friday. Under pres…