EXCLUSIVE China urges U.N. states not to attend Xinjiang event next week
China has urged United Nations member states not to attend an event planned next week by Germany, the United States and Britain on the repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang, according to a note seen by Reuters on Friday. “It is a politically-motivated event,” China’s U.N. mission wrote in the note, dated […]
Twitter shuts down accounts for attempting to evade Trump ban
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) suspended several accounts this week that were set up to share statements from a new part of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s website, saying they broke its rules against evading an account ban. Trump was banned from Twitter, where he had more than 88 million followers, and multiple other social media platforms following the […]
ARK Innovation’s performance under pressure as tech stocks swoon
A rotation out of growth and technology stocks and a recent slide in shares of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) are weighing on the performance of ARK Innovation (ARKK.P), the flagship exchange-traded fund managed by star stock picker Cathie Wood that bested all other U.S. equity funds in 2020. The $23.1 billion fund posted a gain of less than 1% […]
US birth rate falls to its lowest since 1979 as pandemic-led stress rises
Americans had the lowest number of babies in more than four decades last year, mirroring a slump in European birth rates, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced more people to take care of sick family members or deal with job losses. Birth rate in the United States fell 4% in 2020 to about 3.6 million babies, […]
Facebook oversight board to rule on Trump’s return to Facebook
Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) oversight board on Wednesday will decide whether to uphold the company’s indefinite suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump, in a much-awaited verdict that may signal how the company will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future. Facebook indefinitely blocked Trump’s access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts over concerns of further violent unrest […]
U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents
President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies.
Is it over yet? Still no recession end date as U.S. economy hums along
The U.S. economy is growing at its fastest rate since the early 1980s while household bank accounts are bulging with cash doled out by the federal government to blunt the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Over 900,000 jobs were added in March and a Reuters poll of economists expectsjust under one million more for April, […]
U.S. House panel discusses low-carbon fuel with airline, biofuel industries
Members of a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee met on Tuesday with representatives from the biofuels and airline industries to discuss ways to expand production of low-carbon aviation fuel, the subcommittee chair told Reuters. The meeting is part of a broader push by lawmakers to advance climate and energy legislation amid calls by U.S. President […]
Oil rises on U.S., Europe demand growth optimism
Oil prices rose on Tuesday after more U.S. states eased lockdowns and the European Union sought to attract travellers, helping to offset concerns over fuel demand in India as COVID-19 cases soar. Brent crude futures were $1.30, or 1.92%, higher at $68.86 a barrel at 0943 GMT, after climbing 1.2% on Monday. U.S. West Texas […]
Taliban launches huge Afghan offensive after deadline for U.S. pullout
Afghan security forces fought back a huge Taliban offensive in southern Helmand province in the last 24 hours, officials and residents said on Tuesday, as militants launched assaults around the country following a missed U.S. deadline to withdraw troops. Although the United States did not meet the May 1 withdrawal deadline agreed in talks with […]
