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October 8, 2021 GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -A case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an internal report on Friday from the national biomedical laboratory, five months after the end of the most recent outbreak there. Congo’s health minister declined to confirm the information, but said […]

October 8, 2021 (Reuters) -Facebook Inc confirmed on Friday that some users were having trouble accessing its apps and services, days after the social media giant suffered a six-hour outage triggered by an error during routine maintenance on its network of data centers. Some users were unable to load their Instagram feeds, while others were […]

October 8, 2021 MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian court on Friday acquitted the former top executives of UBI Banca in a trial over alleged governance irregularities at the regional bank now part of the Intesa Sanpaolo group, two legal sources said. Former UBI CEO Victor Massiah and Intesa Sanpaolo’s Honorary Chairman Giovanni Bazoli were both […]

October 8, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday welcomed a new global deal to ensure big companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% and said it would help working families in America. “For decades, American workers and taxpayers have paid the price for a tax system that has rewarded multinational […]

October 8, 2021 By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s approval rating has increased somewhat over the past few weeks, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling, as coronavirus infection rates slowed. The latest national public opinion poll, conducted Oct. 6-7, found that 48% of U.S. adults approved of Biden’s performance in office, which […]

October 8, 2021 BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania is in talks about potentially transferring some COVID-19 patients to Hungary as Bucharest struggles with record high infections and a shortage of intensive care beds, deputy interior minister Raed Arafat said on Friday. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto offered his country’s help in a letter over the weekend. […]

Shares of IsoPlexis, a company creating tools to zoom in on the flurry of protein activity surrounding a single cell, began trading on Friday. The company aims to raise about $125 million with the IPO, which will be used to build the commercial team and advance the company’s plans to play a bigger part in […]

Diane Yoo Contributor Share on Twitter Diane Yoo is a results-driven entrepreneur and venture capitalist with more than 15 years of experience. Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic created catastrophic effects in our communities, educational systems and, most importantly, our careers and overall global economy. The pandemic has also had a disproportionate effect on women’s […]

October 8, 2021 After 17 years, a career that led to two Super Bowl victories and a place in the top 10 of a number of all-time quarterback lists, Eli Manning finally talked about why he didn’t want to play for the San Diego Chargers, the team that drafted him No. 1 overall in 2004. […]

October 8, 2021 (Reuters) – Freeport-McMoRan Inc Chief Executive Richard Adkerson said on Friday he was encouraged by a recent conversation with Peruvian President Pedro Castillo about taxation and corruption in the world’s second-largest copper producing country. Castillo, a member of a Marxist-Leninist party, swept into office last summer on promises to increase mining industry […]

October 8, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Police in northern Mexico discovered more than 600 Central American migrants hiding in three long cargo trucks headed to the United States late on Thursday, in one of the biggest round-ups of U.S.-bound migrants by Mexican authorities in years. Video released by police showed officers prying off a […]

October 8, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico and the United States will join forces to invest in public health around drug use, reduce arms-trafficking and dismantle criminal networks as part of a new security accord, the countries said in a joint statement on Friday. The neighbors will also work together to dismantle the trafficking […]

October 8, 2021 By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian prosecutors said on Friday they had widened an investigation into pro-Russian lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk, accusing him of colluding with senior officials to finance separatist forces in the eastern Donbass region. In May, authorities put Medvedchuk, the Kremlin’s most prominent ally in Ukraine, […]

October 8, 2021 BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday that his offshore investments are legal and were declared, adding that there was too much “noise” regarding the matter after the “Pandora Papers” revelations. Guedes said in an event hosted by Banco Itau that he is being personally attacked due to […]

October 8, 2021 GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights office congratulated Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, saying it was “recognition of the importance of the work of journalists in the most difficult circumstances”. “Throughout the years we’ve seen an increase in attacks in journalists during the […]

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 […]

October 8, 2021 By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria’s governing coalition was on the brink of collapse on Friday as its junior party said it wanted to oust Chancellor Sebastian Kurz now that he has been placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption offences. Kurz denies wrongdoing and says he is willing to keep governing […]

October 8, 2021 By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – A global deal to ensure big companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% and make it harder for them to avoid taxation has been agreed by 136 nations, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Friday. The OECD said four countries – Kenya, […]

October 8, 2021 By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Friday, up more than 4% on the week as a global energy crunch has boosted prices to their highest since 2014 and prompted China to demand increased coal production. With global energy demand growing, OPEC and allied producers have said they would […]

October 8, 2021 (Reuters) – Europe must take the security threats that might arise from migration out of Afghanistan more seriously, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson warned on Friday. “On the terrorist threat from Afghanistan, I must say that my assessment is that the alert level is not high enough. We really need to […]