Bank of America's Merrill Lynch unit will pay $39 million to settle a class ​action claiming it paid brokerage customers near-zero interest ‌rates instead of market rates on idle cash in their retirement accounts.

Belgium has agreed to extend negotiations to buy the nuclear utility ​assets owned by French power ‌utility Engie in the country to November 4.

Rwanda had held preliminary discussions with some EU member states about potentially hosting facilities for migrants transferred from those countries, two European Parliament lawmakers said on Wednesday, citing discussions with Rwandan ​officials.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission directed the largest US grid operator, PJM Interconnection, to postpone and revise its "backstop" procurement proposal to ensure ​that large energy users like data centers cover the costs associated with the ‌process, according to a filing by the regulator.

Swiss glaciers are ​shrinking rapidly after suffering one of their worst years of ice loss during ‌a record-breaking European heatwave.

The head of the US Transportation Department said on Wednesday that he wants to speed certification of new airplanes from ​Boeing and other manufacturers, citing competition concerns from China.

Synopsys , a maker of software used in designing computing chips, said on Wednesday that it has struck a deal to share ​revenue with OpenAI as the two develop an AI model for the chip ‌business.

Supervisors at BHP's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, ​rejected a collective contract offer on Wednesday, paving ‌the way for a potential strike at the Chilean mine.

An experimental weight-loss drug being developed by Regeneron used in combination with Novo Nordisk's semaglutide reduced the loss of muscle mass by 50% compared with the loss seen with semaglutide alone ​in a study of patients with obesity, according to data being presented at a medical meeting.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s international future was plunged into ​doubt on Wednesday when he abruptly left Portugal’s training camp in Copenhagen shortly after coach Jorge Jesus acknowledged tensions between the ‌pair.

Free-agent wide receiver Tyreek Hill may just have dropped a clue as to his next NFL landing spot.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on ​Wednesday announced the creation of a new military command that would be dedicated to building and providing ‌autonomous and robotic capabilities across the US military.

Anthropic is planning what could be the largest initial public offering in history. But if AI continues on its current trajectory, humans may not be around much longer to enjoy it.

Brazilian digital lender Nubank said on Wednesday ​it is not pursuing a ‌transaction with Monzo, after media reports had said Nubank was in early-stage ​talks to acquire the British ​digital bank.

Constellation Energy and Amazon.com on Wednesday announced a 20-year power purchase agreement that ​will support the expansion of the Calvert ‌Cliffs nuclear plant in Maryland.

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The website used by ShinyHunters, the group that claimed responsibility for a recent hack of thousands of FBI agents' personal and sensitive ​data, went offline on Wednesday, a day after the group's deadline ‌for the FBI to retract or modify a statement about the group's tactics and track record expired.

US President Donald ​Trump said on Wednesday he discussed the release of ‌political prisoners with Chinese President Xi Jinping when the two leaders met last week.

Automaker Toyota Motor will invest $1.34 billion to develop a plant ​to produce a fully electrified vehicle in ‌Argentina, Economy Minister Luis Caputo said on Wednesday.

South Korea officially unveiled ​comprehensive implementation plans on Thursday for ‌three major energy initiatives in the US, advancing ​a $350 billion strategic ​investment package designed to ⁠secure critical exemptions ​from punishing US ​import tariffs.

CScale, a Silicon Valley startup developing a way to connect AI chips with fiber-optic cables instead of fiber, said on Wednesday it ​has raised $145 million in venture capital, with backing from Nvidia and ‌Intel .

The White House is considering regulatory relief that would expand sales of red-dyed diesel, a tax-exempt fuel typically used for farming, as prices surge following supply disruptions linked to the US conflict with Iran, Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and declining global inventories.

The US securities regulator on Wednesday charged Meyer Global Management and its CEO ​Owen Meyer over the private fund adviser's ‌schemes that allegedly took advantage of retail investors seeking exposure to SpaceX and other pre-IPO shares.

Micron Technology forecast quarterly revenue above estimates on Wednesday, signaling it ​expects the AI-driven memory chip boom to continue powering ‌its growth.

Stella McCartney put a spotlight on the impact of overfishing and climate change on the oceans in her Paris runway show ​on Wednesday, unveiling a Spring/Summer 2027 collection of floaty fabrics, bubble hems ‌and wave motifs.

An Arizona appeals court on Wednesday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man convicted of a fatal road-rage shooting, finding that a judge improperly relied on an AI-generated video depicting ​the victim speaking about forgiveness and addressing the defendant directly.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Wednesday said she is committed to bringing inflation down ​without harming the labor market in remarks that ‌only briefly touched on monetary policy and did not address the latest inflation data.

Liquidia shares plunged nearly 50% on Wednesday after a federal judge ruled that its lung drug infringes key patent held by ​rival United Therapeutics , dealing a major blow to the treatment's ‌commercial outlook.

Portugal's parliament approved on Wednesday, in the ​first reading, a contentious rental ‌market overhaul aimed to speed up evictions and end rent ​controls on new leases ​in what the centre-right government hopes will encourage ⁠landlords to put more ​homes on the market.

The Philadelphia-based 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals said in a ruling unsealed on Wednesday that defunct legal-research company Ross Intelligence did not make fair use of Thomson Reuters' copyrighted material to ​build an AI-based legal search engine.

US Senator Marsha Blackburn has taken the rare step as a Republican lawmaker of blocking at least for now one of US President Donald Trump's judicial nominees by withholding support for a White House lawyer nominated ​to serve on the bench in her home state.

The two US senators backing a permanent legislative ban on Chinese vehicles in the US will not seek ​approval until the Senate returns from recess in November, congressional aides said ‌Wednesday.

Alphabet's Google on Wednesday announced ​a new top-shelf artificial intelligence ‌model to anchor its new Gemini 4 generation of models in ​a fresh bid to ​catch up to rivals Anthropic ⁠and OpenAI in the AI ​race.

At least seven ​people were ‌killed and four ​wounded after ​a bus was ⁠targeted ​by gunfire ​on Misyaf Bridge in Homs, ​a ​source in Syria's Homs ‌health ⁠directorate told state news ​agency ​SANA.

Poland will deploy new rules of engagement to counter threats in its airspace ​from the beginning of October, Polish Defence ‌Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday during a press briefing.

Esther Rantzen, the British television presenter whose show "That's Life!" made her a weekly fixture in living rooms of the 1970s and 1980s, and who was a prominent supporter of a campaign for Britain to legalise assisted dying, died on Wednesday aged 86.

Pennsylvania health officials said on Wednesday an unvaccinated person in Lancaster County died after contracting measles, raising the state's death toll from ​the disease this year to five.

Exxon Mobil , Chevron and other major chemical producers persuaded a US judge on Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of misleading ​the public for years about the effectiveness of plastic recycling and ‌driving up costs for consumers.

The European Securities and Markets Authority said on Wednesday that European regulators should be given ​more powers to help them enforce crypto rules, and ‌that ESMA should be able to tell crypto companies to freeze crypto assets when they have reasonable grounds to suspect that they ​are linked to crime.

Exxon Mobil , Chevron and other major chemical producers persuaded a US judge on Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of misleading ​the public for years about the effectiveness of plastic recycling and ‌driving up costs for consumers.

A US judge entered ​an order ‌on Wednesday that allows Paramount ​to close ​its acquisition of ⁠Warner Bros , ​ending a monthslong ​holdup for the $110 billion transaction.

Pool supplies and service provider Leslie's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and entered a debt restructuring agreement ​with its lenders, the company said on Wednesday, ‌as it battles a sales slump amid weak housing demand in the US.

Walgreens-owner Sycamore Partners is close ​to a deal to sell British ‌pharmacy chain Boots to the Weston family for about $9 billion, the Wall Street Journal ​reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar ​with the matter.

Alphabet's Google has asked an EU court to suspend EU regulators' order to ​open up its trove of search data to ‌OpenAI and rival search engines as it steps up its fight against landmark rules aimed at reining in the power ​of Big Tech.

Britain's financial regulator ​has dropped plans to require listed companies to adopt a new climate-reporting standard, opting ‌instead to retain a "comply or explain" approach after companies raised concerns about costs and competitiveness.

Legal technology company Clio said on Wednesday that it has acquired an AI startup ​that makes a tool for judges, saying courts ‌need to incorporate AI to keep up with lawyers' use of the technology.

The European Central Bank should closely study a trio of domestic and global factors, which could either boost or ease price pressures, to decide if ​more interest rate hikes are needed, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel said ‌on Wednesday.

Pennsylvania's health department reported 943 measles cases as of ​Wednesday, according to its website, ‌as the state grapples with a growing outbreak of the highly ​contagious disease.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump agreed to maintain close engagement ​to advance the countries' strategic partnership, New Delhi said on Wednesday, ‌as India's trade minister holds talks in the United States aimed at securing an interim trade deal.

Law firm McDermott Will & Schulte has resolved a lawsuit by a Black former associate who alleged she experienced "egregious and open racism" there, including at ​an event where participants answered “white pride,” “white skin,” and “white power” to questions ‌about their workplace feelings.