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By Tommy Lund and Karolos Grohmann July 15 (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) defended its decision to provisionally lift the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) after nine European Union member states called on Brussels to stop ​funding sports bodies that have re-admitted Russian and Belarusian athletes.

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host a conference on ‘far-left political terrorism’ on Thursday, seeking to rally international support against left-wing movements ​the Trump administration says law enforcement has overlooked.

By Ann Saphir July 15 (Reuters) – U.S. economic activity increased slightly in recent weeks, employment rose, and companies and households indicated that inflation may have improved, the Federal Reserve said on ​Wednesday, in a report that will help shape the policy ‌debate when Kevin Warsh leads his second interest rate-setting meeting in two weeks.

By Kenrick Cai SAN FRANCISCO, July 15 (Reuters) – AI startup Thinking Machines revealed on Wednesday a new artificial intelligence model that could serve as one of the ​few alternatives to popular open-source offerings from Chinese ‌AI labs. Named Inkling, the model is open-weight, meaning users can download, run and customize the underlying systems, unlike proprietary, closed-source models.

BRASILIA, July 15 (Reuters) – Brazil’s government raised its inflation forecast for this year to 5.1% on Wednesday from 4.5% projected in May, putting ​consumer prices above the central bank’s target ‌of 3%, with a tolerance band of 1.5 percentage points in either direction.

The Los Angeles Galaxy signed free agent forward Robert Taylor of Finland on Wednesday. The ​31-year-old is under contract ‌through the 2026 season with an option through December 2027. Taylor was waived last month by Austin FC after ‌contributing ​two assists in ⁠two games this ⁠season. He joins a squad that sits in ninth place in the Western Conference and ​owns 22 goals in 15 matches, which ranks Los Angeles ⁠20th in goals ⁠per game among MLS’ ​30 teams.

By Patricia Zengerle, Jonathan Landay and Luc Cohen WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the top U.S. spy, Jay Clayton, refused on Wednesday to directly acknowledge that the Republican president lost the 2020 election despite repeated questioning by Democrats in his Senate confirmation hearing. Trump “isn’t in the room today,” Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona told Clayton.

By Blake Brittain July 15 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence startup xAI has sued a South Carolina man arrested earlier this year on charges of sexually exploiting minors, alleging ​he misused the company’s AI system Grok to create ‌child sexual abuse material. xAI alleged in the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas on Tuesday, that Terry Harwood violated the company’s terms of service.

By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, July 15 (Reuters) – Amazon veteran Dave Brown, a ​senior vice president ‌in Amazon Web Services and member of the elite internal group advising CEO Andy Jassy, ‌is ​leaving the ⁠company after 19 ⁠years. He is leaving for another job, according to a memo from AWS CEO ​Matt Garman, who did not provide specifics. ⁠He was ⁠most recently leading compute ​and machine learning services.

PARIS, July 15 (Reuters) – French lawmakers adopted on Wednesday a bill that will ​create a legal ‌right to assisted dying for adults with incurable illnesses, capping an intense ethical and political ‌debate. The ​legislation will, under ⁠strict conditions, allow ⁠a person who requests it to receive a lethal substance. The substance could ​be self-administered or, if the person is physically ⁠unable to ⁠do so, administered by ​a doctor or nurse.