Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Social media failing to keep up with Brazil electoral disinformation, rights groups say
By Steven Grattan SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Human rights groups and researchers have raised concerns in Brazil that social media platforms are failing to effectively police disinformation ahead of a highl...
Oct 28, 2022
Quotes: Russian central bank governor speaks after leaving key rate unchanged at 7.5 pct
(Reuters) - Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina and deputy governor Alexei Zabotkin gave a news conference after the central bank left its key rate unchanged at 7.5 percent on Friday. The ...
Oct 28, 2022
In Iraq's Babylon, age-old building techniques heal climate scars
By Nazih Osseiran RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At the temple of Ninmakh, the Sumerian mother goddess, Iraqi archaeologists are using 7,000-year-old techniques to protect the m...
Oct 28, 2022
Credit Suisse overhaul welcomed by Swiss National Bank - paper
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank endorses the measures Credit Suisse has taken to transform the embattled Swiss bank and shore up its capital, SNB Vice Chairman Martin Schlegel said. "The SN...
Oct 28, 2022
Book app connects Ukrainian fathers with refugee children
By Stephanie van den Berg ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - When Ruslan Mykhalchenko leaves his family in the Netherlands to return home to Ukraine next week, one of the things he will miss most is reading his 5-...
Oct 28, 2022
Explainer-How Elon Musk funded $44 billion Twitter deal?
By Hyunjoo Jin and Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) - Elon Musk on Thursday closed the $44 billion deal announced in April to take Twitter Inc private and took ownership of the influential social media platfor...
Oct 28, 2022
BioNTech vaccine for children to be available in Hong Kong on Nov 2
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong said on Friday that children aged 5 to 11 would be able to receive the paediatric formulation of the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Nov. 2, part of broader measures to ...
Oct 28, 2022
Global equity funds receive inflows for first time in 10 weeks
(Reuters) - Global equity funds attracted money inflows in the week ended Oct. 26, bolstered by expectations the Federal Reserve would slow its pace of rate hikes to counter the economic slowdown. Acc...
Oct 28, 2022
Von der Leyen calls on Bosnia leaders to unite around EU future
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged Bosnian leaders on Friday to work together to bring the country closer to membership of the European Union, after the bloc...
Oct 28, 2022
Imperial Oil quarterly profit more than doubles amid tighter energy supply
(Reuters) - Imperial Oil Ltd reported a jump in third-quarter profit on Friday, on the back of higher energy prices amid tighter global supplies. Oil companies are posting record profits amid higher p...
Oct 28, 2022
