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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is likely to vote on Thursday on a British-drafted resolution that demands a halt to the siege of al-Fashir in Sudan's North Dafur region by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), diplomats said on Wednesday.

The draft text, seen by Reuters, also calls for an immediate halt to the fighting and for de-escalation in and around the city and the withdrawal of all fighters that threaten... (continue reading...)

By Michael Martina

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Wednesday asked the U.S. Commerce Department whether the U.S. government had funded research that resulted in Chinese patents, aiming to highlight what they view as the risks of renewing a bilateral science and technology agreement.

The decades-old U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement (STA) expired in August, but the U.S. State Department has issued two six-month... (continue reading...)

By Max Hunder

KYIV (Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has directly caused or paved the way to the emission of 175 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, a joint report said on Thursday.

The report, published by Ukraine's environment ministry and climate NGOs, said their estimate included both emissions that had been released and those that would be produced during repair work following the destruction caused by... (continue reading...)

SEOUL/SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that its chip contract manufacturing business plans to harness the AI boom by offering a one-stop shop for clients to get their AI chips made faster by integrating its global No. 1 memory chip, foundry, and chip packaging services.

With clients working with a single channel of communication that directs Samsung's memory chip, foundry and chip packaging teams at the same time, the time it... (continue reading...)

BARI, Italy (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that Louis Arnaud, one of four French citizens held in Iran since 2022 and who had been sentenced to five years in prison in November, has been released.

"Louis Arnaud is free. He will be in France tomorrow after a long incarceration in Iran," Macron said on X, thanking Oman in particular for its role in obtaining his release.

The release is rare positive news about... (continue reading...)