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Google has said it will provide 10,000 “high-risk” users with free hardware security keys, days after the company warned thousands of Gmail users that they targeted by state-sponsored hackers. The warning, sent by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), alerted more than 14,000 Gmail users that they had been targeted in a state-sponsored phishing campaign from […]

As we get into our dive into Q3 2021 venture capital numbers, one region in particular has our attention: Europe. While venture capital gains in markets like India, Latin America and the larger African startup ecosystem have proved impressive, Europe has posted strong results of its own. A string of recent exits from European startup […]

Pinterest is launching a new ‘Pinterest Havens’ mental health support initiative in honor of World Mental Health Day, which is October 10th. In a blog post, the company called the initiative “an online and offline space for community-driven inspiration.” Pinterest notes that it’s essentially creating space on its platform to explore the relationship between mental […]

October 8, 2021 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy created the fewest jobs in nine months in September amid a drop in hiring at schools and worker shortages, but ebbing COVID-19 cases and the end of generous unemployment benefits could boost employment gains in the months ahead. Though the Labor Department’s closely […]

October 8, 2021 By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) – When Sudanese authorities announced last month that they had averted a coup, alleged ringleaders were swiftly rounded up and daily life continued. Some Sudanese greeted the news with a weary shrug of the shoulders, as public trust wears thin in military and civilian […]

October 8, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Police in Georgia detained four protesters on Friday outside a prison holding ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, local media reported, a week after he was jailed after returning from exile and calling for post-election protests. Saakashvili, who was sentenced in absentia in Georgia in 2018 for abuse of power and concealing […]

October 8, 2021 By Nerijus Adomaitis, Andrew Osborn and Karen Lema OSLO/MOSCOW/MANILA (Reuters) -Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, who braved the wrath of the leaders of the Philippines and Russia to expose corruption and misrule, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in an endorsement of free speech under fire worldwide. The two were […]

Natasha and Mary Ann and Alex were all aboard this week with Grace on the dials, which meant that we had a flat lovely time recording Equity for you. Of course, Equity is TechCrunch’s venture capital focused podcast where we dig into the most critical funding rounds, and natter about the key news items impacting startups. Before we hop into […]

October 8, 2021 By Aaron Ross and Helen Reid DAKAR (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo should renegotiate its $6 billion infrastructure-for-minerals deal with Chinese investors, according to the draft of a report commissioned by a global anti-corruption body of governments, companies and activists. The draft, seen by Reuters, describes the deal that was first […]

October 8, 2021 (Reuters) – The number of U.S. workers who were unable to work at some point over the previous four weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic fell in September, while more reported not looking for jobs because of those health concerns as the Delta variant of the coronavirus hit its summer peak, a […]

October 8, 2021 MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ week-long registration for candidates in the 2022 election closed on Friday without an application from President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter, disappointing many of her supporters, who up to the last minute were egging her to run. Sara Duterte-Carpio, 43, thanked her supporters but maintained she was running for […]

October 8, 2021 CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s biggest metalworkers union said on Friday its members were considering a new proposal to end a strike in the engineering sector, now in it’s fourth day. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), with around 155,000 members organised in the sector, have been on […]

October 8, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China has further reduced the number of sectors and industries that are off-limits to both Chinese and foreign investors in its latest draft version of so-called negative list for market access. The 2021 list of industries that are either restricted or prohibited has been cut to 117, according to […]

October 8, 2021 MILAN (Reuters) – The impact from a global semiconductor shortage on Stellantis’ Italian car production this year will be worse and longer-lasting than the damage to output caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Italy’s FIM-CISL union said on Friday. A global microchip shortage is pushing automakers to slow down production, with […]

October 8, 2021 By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers who investigated World Bank data-rigging allegations against IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva violated World Bank staff rules by failing to notify her that she was a subject of the probe and by not allowing her to respond to its findings, Georgieva’s attorney […]

October 8, 2021 By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Canadian economy posted a monster jobs gain in September, pushing employment back to its pre-pandemic levels, and the jobless rate hit an 18-month low, Statistics Canada data indicated on Friday. Analysts said the figures showed the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was gaining pace but predicted […]

October 8, 2021 GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council comfortably passed a resolution on Friday that recognises access to a safe and healthy environment as a fundamental right despite criticism in the lead-up to the vote from Britain, the United States and other countries. The resolution, proposed by Costa Rica, the Maldives, Morocco, […]

October 8, 2021 (This October 7 story has corrected first name of Dutch ambassador to Paul Bekkers not Peter Bekker in 6th paragraph) By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Bahrain, Russia and other members of the U.N. Human Rights Council pushed through a vote on Thursday to shut down the body’s war crimes investigations in […]

October 8, 2021 KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian police opened an investigation on Friday after a young lawmaker fell ill and died in a taxi in the capital Kyiv following what prosecutors said was a heart attack. However, the head of Kyiv’s police said it was most likely that Anton Poliakov, 33, had died of natural causes. […]

October 8, 2021 BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s top software exporter Tata Consultancy Services Ltd reported about 29% jump in quarterly profit on Friday, boosted by a pandemic-led demand for digitisation from businesses. Consolidated net profit rose to 96.24 billion rupees ($1.28 billion) in the three months to Sept. 30, from 74.75 billion rupees a year […]