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October 7, 2021 By Robin Emmott, John O’Donnell and Jonathan Landay BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As desperate Afghans resort to selling their belongings to buy food, international officials are preparing to fly in cash for the needy while avoiding financing the Taliban government, according to people familiar with the confidential plans. Planning for the cash airlifts […]

October 7, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States believes its security cooperation with Mexico is “due for an updated look,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday, ahead of meetings between senior U.S. and Mexican officials on Friday. “This will really be one of the core elements of the discussions tomorrow,” Price said at […]

October 7, 2021 By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar was steady against a basket of currencies on Thursday, the day before U.S. labor market data that could provide clues to timing of the Federal Reserve’s next move. Most major currency pairs clung to familiar ranges, with traders disinclined to place large wagers […]

October 7, 2021 By Johan Ahlander, Gwladys Fouche and Julie Steenhuysen GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) – All eight winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in medicine (https://ift.tt/3FciNkq), chemistry (https://ift.tt/3AmyORp), physics (https://ift.tt/3ozF8T5) and literature (https://ift.tt/3mBB6qI) have been men, re-igniting a recurring debate about diversity in the highly coveted awards, particularly those in science. Ardem Patapoutian and David […]

October 7, 2021 By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s two leading economic thinkers sparred on Thursday over how likely it was for the recent, sharp rise in euro zone inflation to become permanent. Philip Lane and Isabel Schnabel, who lead the economic debate on the ECB’s board, both […]

October 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Stellantis, the world’s fourth largest carmaker, said on Thursday it would invest $229 million in three plants in Indiana to expedite the development of electric vehicles. The investment, which will retain 662 jobs, will retool three Kokomo plants in Indiana to produce electrified, eight-speed transmissions, Stellantis said. A global clampdown […]

October 7, 2021 By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) – American actress Kristen Stewart premiered drama “Spencer” at the London Film Festival on Thursday, saying she was excited to bring her portrayal of the late Princess Diana to British audiences. The 31-year-old has won rave reviews for her performance in the movie. Set over three days, […]

October 7, 2021 By Jarrett Renshaw and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats are close to finalizing a plan supported by U.S. Senator Joe Manchin that would boost tax credits for power plants that capture carbon, as the White House courts him to pass a multi-trillion spending plan, two sources said. The carbon sequestration tax […]

Twitch confirmed yesterday that a massive cache of internal data, including creator payouts, was published online after a breach. The streaming platform said in a blog post that the leak was caused by an error in a Twitch server configuration change, which was then accessed by a malicious third party. For many streamers, this leak […]

October 7, 2021 By Maiya Keidan and Shariq Khan TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian mergers and acquisitions activity for the third quarter hit its highest since 2016 as historically low interest rates and strong equity markets helped companies to revive transactions that were put on hold due to the pandemic. Dealmaking rose 27.7% to $76.6 billion […]

October 7, 2021 By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) -The factors influencing Canada’s red-hot inflation are proving more persistent than expected, but there are “good reasons to believe” they remain temporary, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said on Thursday. Macklem, answering questions after a speech to a foreign policy think-tank, said Canada’s central bank continues […]

October 7, 2021 By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s cocoa board will allocate a maximum of 200,000 tonnes of cocoa to local exporters this season, half as much as envisaged under a government decree to boost local firms’ competitiveness, five industry sources told Reuters on Thursday. In May, the government ruled that 20% […]

October 7, 2021 By Joseph Menn and Christopher Bing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -The suspected Russian hackers who used SolarWinds and Microsoft software to burrow into U.S. federal agencies emerged with information about counter-intelligence investigations, policy on sanctioning Russian individuals and the country’s response to COVID-19, people involved in the investigation told Reuters. The hacks were […]

October 7, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) -BlackRock Inc plans to give large clients more of a say on ballots cast at company annual meetings, a move that some industry experts predicted could result in companies facing more opposition from rebellious shareholders. BlackRock – the world’s largest money manager with $9.5 […]

Many of the problems we face today in biology and agriculture have been faced before — but not by humans. Somewhere in nature there is a microscopic creature that accomplishes naturally and efficiently what chemists and bioengineers are struggling to do at all — and Pluton Biosciences claims to have pioneered a way to find […]

Bradley Tusk Contributor Share on Twitter Bradley Tusk is the founder and CEO of Tusk Ventures. More posts by this contributor A California judge just struck down Prop 22: Now what? When regulation presents a (rare) opportunity Let’s be really generous to Facebook and assume that 50% of what Frances Haugen just testified to before […]

SciCheck Digest While some specifics of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates haven’t been determined, misleading claims about who will be “exempt” have circulated online. Employees at the White House and in agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services are subject to Biden’s executive order requiring federal employees to be vaccinated. Could a […]

YouTube announced several new audio features on Thursday, some of which have already ready rolled out while others will launch in the coming months. Starting today, creators have the ability to enable live auto-captions for any live streams in English to make streams more accessible. This feature was previously only available to creators with more […]

October 7, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes an “imminent” return to indirect talks in Vienna over a return to the Iran nuclear deal is necessary because the process cannot go on indefinitely, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday. Price said a diplomatic path remained open and noted that Tehran had […]

October 7, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A review by U.S. Senate Democrats of Donald Trump’s attempt to use the Justice Department to overturn his 2020 election defeat provided new details on Thursday about an official’s bid to push out the acting attorney general to advance Trump’s false claims. The report by […]