SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – China on Tuesday criticised calls made by some COP27 delegations for Taiwan to be included in the annual climate talks process. Using a ‘right of reply’ statement at the end of a day of speeches at the Sharm el-Sheikh…
Beyonce leads Grammy nominees, ahead of Kendrick Lamar and Adele
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop superstar Beyonce led the field of musicians nominated for Grammy awards on Tuesday, setting up a showdown with Adele, Harry Styles and others for the top prize of album of the year. Beyonce landed nine nominations for the h…
Ukraine hails China’s opposition to nuclear threats
By Jonathan Landay KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) -Kyiv welcomed reported Chinese comments criticising threats to use nuclear weapons as G20 leaders met in Indonesia on Tuesday, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the spotlight. U.S. President Joe Biden a…
Amazon to lay off thousands of employees -source
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc is planning to lay off around 10,000 employees in corporate and technology roles beginning this week, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday, in what would amount to its biggest such reduction to da…
Australians rescued from rooftops as torrential rain ravages rural towns
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Hundreds of residents in flood-ravaged Australia’s southeast were rescued by helicopter and boat after rivers rose rapidly on Tuesday, cutting off entire towns and inundating houses, highways, bridges and farms. Emergen…
Sunak says Putin’s regime will hear chorus of global opposition to its actions
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime will hear the chorus of global opposition to its actions. “As we give the Ukrainian people the support they need, we are also harnessing the b…
Britain to examine protecting free online coverage of major sports events
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will review whether to protect the digital rights of major sporting events to ensure they are accessible through free-to-air broadcasters, the government said on Monday. Events such as the Olympics, the men’s and women’s socc…
Factbox-From Binance to Voyager, crypto firms’ exposure to FTX is coming to light
LONDON (Reuters) – After major crypto exchange FTX filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday, the crypto industry is bracing for further fallout. Some of FTX’s investors have said they are writing their investment down to zero. Other crypto firms …
Stocks end down, U.S. yields up as investors assess Fed path
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks ended lower on Monday in choppy trade and U.S. bond yields rose as investors assessed comments from Federal Reserve officials to try and determine the central bank’s path of rate hikes….
Electric vehicle makers burning cash, slammed by sky-high costs
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Every time Lucid Group Inc or Rivian Automotive Inc sells an electric car, they are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars due to staggering raw material and production costs, their latest earnings statements showed. Quarte…