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WorkA former U.S. Embassy employee is being held in Moscow, according to Russia’s state news agency. Being held in isolation is commonplace at Lefortovo, a notorious high-security prison whose inmates currently include Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal correspondent who was accused of espionage in March, charges that his employer and American officials have strongly denied. It is also where Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who is serving a 16-year sentence on what the United States has said are fabricated charges of espionage, was held for 20 months until his trial in 2020. He is now at a forced labor camp several hundred miles away.
WorkU.S.-Made Technology Is Flowing to Russian Airlines, Despite Sanctions “I don’t think there’s any secret what’s going on,” said Gary Stanley, a trade compliance expert who advises businesses in aerospace and other industries. “How long have we had Cuban sanctions? How long have we had North Korean sanctions? How long have we had Iranian sanctions? It never seems to put these folks out of business.”
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WorkFormer employee of US consulate charged by Russia with espionage US-Russian relations have hit rock bottom over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Washington’s decision to respond by imposing economic sanctions and supplying advanced weapons to Kyiv in cooperation with western partners.
WorkUK will train Ukraine pilots, Sunak tells Zelenskiy; Russia and Iran appear to be expanding cooperation, US says - as it happened UN aid chief, Martin Griffiths, said today that efforts will continue in the coming days to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a pact Moscow has threatened to quit on 18 May over obstacles to its grain and fertiliser exports, Reuters reports.
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WorkImages of Lukashenko released after rumours over Belarusian leader's health Russian authorities have only confirmed that one jet and one helicopter had been lost, citing a crash and engine fire respectively. Ukrainian authorities have not claimed responsibility for the attack inside Russia, but an adviser to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, described it as "instant karma".
WorkIn Final Report, Trump-Era Special Counsel Denounces Russia Investigation The article also revealed that in the fall of 2019, Italian officials unexpectedly gave Mr. Barr and Mr. Durham a tip about suspected financial crimes linked to Mr. Trump. While the tip was unrelated to the Russia investigation, Mr. Barr had Mr. Durham investigate the matter rather than referring it to another prosecutor. Mr. Durham brought no charges.
WorkWorkThe average US car on the road has never been older  As new car sales rebound, the average age of the US’s fleet will diminish once again. But green campaigners will wonder: How fast will it drop? The average EV on the road is 3.6 years old, and one sign of a rapidly electrifying fleet of cars would be for the overall average age to converge with that of EVs. | � | | WorkWorkCyclone Mocha Leaves Thousands Homeless in Bangladesh and Myanmar  Now they are going to have to start again. She came back to her battered shanty this morning, she said, to find that someone had stolen the cooking gas cylinder. “We want to go home to Myanmar, but there is no hope of that happening anytime soon,” she said. “My two children, I don’t see any future for them.” | � | | WorkMicrosoft releases update that allows iPhone users to text from Windows  A Phone Link-enabled Windows PC gets notifications from the user\'s iPhone and shows the messages in Windows. It doesn\'t support group texts through iMessage and doesn\'t allow users to send photos or videos, either. Phone Link can only display messages that it sends or receives, so a user who sent some texts on their phone won\'t see that part of their message history in the Windows app. Work | � | | WorkWork | � | | WorkWorkAmericans are showing signs of financial stress as they add $148 billion in debt and fail to pay off their credit cards  © 2023 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | CA Notice at Collection and Privacy Notice | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Ad Choices FORTUNE is a trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, registered in the U.S. and other countries. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.S&P Index data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Terms & Conditions. Powered and implemented by Interactive Data Managed Solutions. | � | | WorkIntensive farming is biggest cause of bird decline in Europe, study says  “The UK and devolved governments should ensure agri-environment schemes reward nature-friendly farming practices such as flower-rich margins and herbal leys that are proven to enable farmers to produce good food whilst supporting progressive reductions in the use of pesticides and fertilisers.” WorkBriton tells Cyprus court wife begged him to end her cancer pain  In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or by emailing jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is at 988 or chat for support. You can also text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis text line counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org WorkTogether raises $20M to build open source generative AI models  “The Together solution, based on open source generative models, was built on understanding requirements from large organizations and addressing each of these needs, to provide enterprises with the core platform for their generative AI strategy,” Prakash said. “Together is seeing tremendous interest from enterprises looking for greater transparency, control, and privacy.” WorkHow to avoid AI commoditization: 3 tactics for running successful pilot programs  A risk-detection system trained on a decade of data may have no idea about industry expert conversations or recent news that could render a formerly-considered “risky” widget completely harmless. Another example could be a coding assistant suggesting code completion of a prior version of a front-end framework which has separately benefitted from a succession of high-frequency breaking feature releases. WorkActive founders make good investors, but do they make good VCs?  His firm has three founding partners, two of which are currently working as operators, and Lu, who serves as a full-time investor. “I had to pitch Flex a thousand times over the last three years, and not once have I ever had to explain to a founder why this is better,” Lu told TechCrunch+. Work TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives |
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