New sanctions target those disrupting global shipping
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🗓️ 28 February 2024
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United States, United Kingdom issue sanctions to block support for Yemen’s Houthi rebels; Google’s CEO says company working to fix AI tool Gemini, after biased responses; Starbucks, workers’ union agree to talks; the Justice Department launches antitrust probe of UnitedHealth, WSJ reports.
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| 0:00.0 | New sanctions target those disrupting global shipping. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm Novasafo with a marketplace minute. |
| 0:07.4 | The US and the UK have issued new economic sanctions to block support for Yemen's |
| 0:11.6 | Huti rebels. |
| 0:13.0 | Targets include a shipping company registered in Hong Kong |
| 0:16.0 | and a commander in Iran's military. |
| 0:18.0 | The Huti have been attacking cargo ships crossing a key Red Sea route. |
| 0:23.7 | Google CEO Sundar Pachai says the company is working to fix Gemini, its new artificial |
| 0:29.0 | intelligence tool. |
| 0:30.0 | Pachai says the tool showed bias in some of its responses and the company disabled its ability to create images of people. |
| 0:38.0 | Starbucks and the union organizing its workers have agreed to start labor talks, |
| 0:42.0 | the two have been embroiled in lawsuits, |
| 0:44.7 | and workers have accused Starbucks of illegal retaliation. |
| 0:48.6 | The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Justice Department has launched an |
| 0:51.5 | antitrust probe against United Health, one of the nation's biggest |
| 0:54.7 | insurers, is also a drug benefit manager and owns a network of doctor groups under its Optum brand. |
| 1:01.3 | I'm Novasafo with a marketplace minute. |
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