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By Alex Lawler

LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC will stop publishing a calculation of the world's demand for its own crude in its monthly oil report, two sources close to the matter said, focusing instead on forecasts for demand for oil from the wider OPEC+ group.

The change reflects what has become long-standing cooperation between the members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and the wider grouping on taking collective oil... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is poised to open up a new front in its effort to safeguard U.S. AI from China and Russia with preliminary plans to place guardrails around the most advanced AI models, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

Government and private sector researchers worry U.S. adversaries could use the models, which mine vast amounts of text and images to summarize information and generate content, to wage aggressive cyber... (continue reading...)

By Gram Slattery

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, will be one of the delegates representing Florida at the Republican National Convention in July, a notable move given that he has kept largely out of the public eye so far during the campaign.

A campaign official confirmed an earlier report from NBC that Barron Trump had been selected by the state party as a delegate from Florida.

Barron, 18,... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department's watchdog will audit the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of United Airlines maintenance practices, the Office of Inspector General said on Thursday.

"Specifically, we will evaluate FAA’s actions to address maintenance non-compliances and violations at the air carrier," the office said on its website.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Caitlin Webber)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senior U.S. official for North Korea discussed the country with her Chinese counterpart in Tokyo on Thursday, and expressed concerns about the forcible repatriation of North Koreans from China, the U.S. State Department said.

The discussions between Jung Pak and China's Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming followed a visit to Beijing last month by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the... (continue reading...)