Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Teamsters Union said on Monday it had sued United Parcel Service, alleging the delivery giant's fresh buyout packages for drivers violated their national contract.
The two agreed to a contract deal covering 340,000 Teamsters-represented workers in 2023. The deal averted a strike at UPS, which has more Teamsters-represented employees than any other U.S. company.
In January, UPS said it would cut up to 30,000 jobs... (continue reading...)
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Feb 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court in California on Monday temporarily lifted a federal judge's order that had blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for nearly 89,000 migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua.
The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals said the government could likely prove there were "legitimate" reasons to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from those countries and... (continue reading...)
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A White House official on Monday reiterated U.S. President Donald Trump's opposition toward Israel annexing the West Bank.
"A stable West Bank keeps Israel secure and is in line with this administration’s goal to achieve peace in the region," the official said.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas)
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence tools are more likely to provide incorrect medical advice when the misinformation comes from what the software considers to be an authoritative source, a new study found.
In tests of 20 open-source and proprietary large language models, the software was more often tricked by mistakes in realistic-looking doctors' discharge notes than by mistakes in social media conversations, researchers reported in The Lancet... (continue reading...)
Feb 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration wants technology companies to commit to a new compact concerning AI data centers, Politico reported on Monday, citing two administration officials.
The draft compact sets out commitments to make sure data centers do not raise household electricity prices, strain water supplies or undermine the energy grid, according to the report.
It also lays out that companies driving... (continue reading...)
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