PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Dec 28

- UK pharmacy operators have hit out at a probe by HM Revenue & Customs into their use of locum pharmacists, warning that a "retrospective" attempt by the tax agency to claw back cash risks the closure of high street stores. - The New York Times has become the first major US media company to sue OpenAI and Microsoft over their artificial intelligence chatbots, alleging the tech companies have taken a "free-ride" on millions of articles to build the groundbreaking technology.

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines

- Jacques Delors, who drove EU integration, dies at 98 - UK quietly drops Brexit law to return to imperial measurements

- UK pharmacy operators hit out at HMRC tax probe into locum staff - New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI in copyright case

Overview - Jacques Delors, the former president of the European Commission and one of the main architects of today's EU, has died at the age of 98.

- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government has been criticised by a leading Brexiter, Jacob Rees-Mogg, after it quietly announced it would not be legislating to expand the use of imperial measures in the UK. - UK pharmacy operators have hit out at a probe by HM Revenue & Customs into their use of locum pharmacists, warning that a "retrospective" attempt by the tax agency to claw back cash risks the closure of high street stores.

- The New York Times has become the first major US media company to sue OpenAI and Microsoft over their artificial intelligence chatbots, alleging the tech companies have taken a "free-ride" on millions of articles to build the groundbreaking technology. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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