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PARIS (Reuters) - American, British, Canadian and French leaders will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday.

Here are some facts about the Allies' D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The assault marked a decisive stage in the liberation of Europe from German forces in World War Two.

* Before D-Day, the Allies staged Operation Fortitude, which persuaded the Germans the landings would not take place in Normandy but... (continue reading...)

By Supantha Mukherjee

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Microsoft has not seen significant use of artificial intelligence in the European Parliamentary elections for creating disinformation campaigns, the company's president told Reuters in an interview.

Brad Smith was in Stockholm to announce Microsoft's plan to invest 33.7 billion Swedish crowns ($3.21 billion) to expand its cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Sweden over a two-year... (continue reading...)

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Rafah border crossing critical to aid deliveries into Gaza from Egypt cannot operate again unless Israel relinquishes control and hands it back to Palestinians on the Gaza side, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday.

Last month, Israel seized Gaza's entire border with Egypt including the crossing during its offensive against Hamas in the city of Rafah. The crossing also represents the only lifeline to the outside... (continue reading...)

KYIV (Reuters) - Switzerland will host a summit on June 15-16 that aims to build broad international support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's peace proposals, which includes the full withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, but Moscow has not been invited.

With Russia's invasion well into its third year and Kyiv's forces under increased pressure on the frontlines, Zelenskiy hopes to put Ukraine's plight firmly back in the diplomatic... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Nasdaq futures led Wall Street gains on Monday and were set to begin June's first trading day on a positive note as megacap growth stocks rose, recovering some ground after closing Friday's session in the red.

Megacap stocks including Apple, Meta and Alphabet gained between 0.2% and 0.4% in premarket trading, also buoyed by a slight dip in U.S. Treasury note yields. [MKTS/GLOB]

Artificial intelligence leader Nvidia jumped... (continue reading...)