JERUSALEM (Reuters) - EverCompliant, a U.S.-Israeli electronic money laundering detection and prevention company, said on Thursday it raised $35 million in a private funding round led by Israeli venture capital firm Red Dot Capital Partners.

New investor Maor Investments also participated, along with existing backers Joey Low, Viola Ventures, Arbor Ventures, and American Express Ventures, it said.

The company also said it had rebranded as EverC and that its funding round would meet growing demand from banks, credit card companies,

(Reuters) - A digital advertising trade association has formed an initiative with more than 110 companies that it hopes will reduce the use of a common advertising practice that has siphoned revenue away from news publishers.

The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) on Thursday launched a certification program that includes major advertisers such as Walmart, advertising agencies such as WPP’s GroupM and media companies such as the Financial Times and Hearst. Together, they have agreed to a set of standards aimed at improving brand safety by preventing ads from

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A large fire erupted at Beirut port on Thursday, engulfing parts of the Lebanese capital in a pall of smoke weeks after a massive blast devastated the port and ruined a swathe of the city.

The blaze began in the shattered duty-free zone of the port, prompting some residents to flee the city still traumatised by last month’s explosion that had followed a port fire.

Army helicopters dropped water as firefighters battled on the ground to bring the blaze under control. By nightfall, officials said

CHAUVIGNY, France (Reuters) - Tour de France organisers have performed a U-turn to remove the danger of expulsion for tour teams who had been on a knife edge after positive COVID-19 tests on Thursday.

Another test for Ineos-Grenadiers, AG2R

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Reports that Russian state hackers targeted one of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s main election campaign advisory firms “look like nonsense”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.

Three people briefed on the matter told Reuters earlier that Microsoft Corp ( MSFT.O ) had alerted the firm in question that it had been targeted by suspected Russian state-backed hackers.

The hacking attempts targeted staff at Washington-based SKDKnickerbocker, a campaign strategy and communications firm working with Biden

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] plans to introduce its Harmony operating system (OS), viewed as its replacement to Google’s Android mobile operating system, on smartphones next year, as it seeks to overcome curbs placed on it by the U.S..

The company first unveiled its proprietary HarmonyOS last year which it has billed as a multi-device platform across watches, laptops and mobiles, rather than as a like-for-like challenger to Google’s Android

NEW DELHI/DUBAI (Reuters) - India’s Reliance Industries Ltd ( RELI.NS ) has approached investors in its digital business about potentially buying stakes in its retail arm, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

The oil-to-telecoms conglomerate is looking to attract more investors to Reliance Retail as the business expands rapidly

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of Wall Street’s biggest players are viewing the stock market’s recent tech-led selloff as a bout of turbulence rather than the start of a longer slide — and they don’t see it as a reason to run for the door.

Invesco this week called the