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(Reuters) – Uber Technologies is considering buybacks and dividends to shareholders as its cash flow ramps up, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said at an event on Thursday. “We are now entering a phase where we are increasingly thinking about returning the capital to shareholders, either through dividends or buybacks, more likely with buybacks,” Khosrowshahi said at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology conference. Uber in August reported its first-ever operating profit […]

TBILISI (Reuters) – Spain men’s coach Luis de la Fuente tried to avoid questions on Thursday about the scandal sparked by football federation boss Luis Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss of player Jenni Hermoso after her team’s victory in the Women’s World Cup. On the eve of their Euro 2024 qualifier in Tbilisi against Georgia when Spain will be bidding to bounce back from their 2-0 loss to Scotland, a visibly uncomfortable […]

By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women about 20 years ago in a case that stirred controversy around the Church of Scientology. The 47-year-old actor and prominent Scientologist, who starred in the retro TV comedy for eight seasons until 2006, was convicted in June in a second trial. A […]

(Reuters) – Marnus Labuschagne came on as a concussion substitute to steer Australia to a three-wicket win over South Africa in a one-day international on Thursday, leaving Australia’s selectors with thinking to do ahead of next month’s World Cup in India. Labuschagne replaced Cameron Green, hit on the head by a rising delivery from Kagiso Rabada, and made a match-winning 80 not out to see Australia to their target after […]

By Michelle Nichols (Reuters) – The United Nations is “actively engaged” in trying to improve Russia’s grain and fertilizer exports in a bid to convince Moscow to again allow the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. “We believe that it’s necessary to create a system of mutual guarantee,” Guterres told reporters on the sidelines of the Association of South East Asian Nations summit […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a federal law criminalizing abortion, reaffirming an earlier ruling that criminal penalties for abortion were unconstitutional and allowing the federal healthcare system to provide services. Mexico’s highest court, which consists of 11 justices, declared that criminal penalties for abortion were unconstitutional in 2021, but the ruling only applied to the northern state of Coahuila, where that case originated. Wednesday’s […]

By Sinéad Carew and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell on Thursday, with the biggest drag from Apple and weakness in chip stocks over concerns about China’s iPhone curbs, while a fall in weekly U.S. jobless claims fed worries about interest rates and sticky inflation. S&P heavyweight Apple was on track for its second straight day of losses, down 3.5%, after news China widened curbs […]

By Barbara Lewis and Supantha Mukherjee LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – At leading Swedish university Lund, teachers decide which students can use artificial intelligence to help them with assignments. At the University of Western Australia in Perth, staff have talked to students about the challenges and possible benefits of using generative AI in their work, while the University of Hong Kong is allowing ChatGPT within strict limits. Launched by Microsoft-backed OpenAI on […]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women about 20 years ago in a case that stirred controversy around the Church of Scientology, City News Service reported. The 47-year-old actor and prominent Scientologist, who starred in the retro comedy for eight seasons until 2006, was convicted in June in a second trial. A […]