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Twitter, social platforms could see spike in election misinformation
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Election misinformation is spreading across social media platforms like Twitter and Meta Platform's Facebook, as the vote count for the U.S. midterm elections continued on W...
Nov 09, 2022
Factbox-Georgia U.S. Senate race going to runoff
By Moira Warburton and Gram Slattery (Reuters) - Control of the U.S. Senate still had not been determined as of Wednesday afternoon, a day after the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Republicans need to pick ...
Nov 09, 2022
Mexican lawmakers push wider pesticides ban; farm groups alarmed
By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A broad coalition of Mexican lawmakers is pushing to ban nearly 200 chemicals used in pesticides, saying they endanger human health, and the plan has alar...
Nov 09, 2022
Polish central bank sees inflation of 2.1-4.9% in 2025
WARSAW (Reuters) - Inflation in Poland may return to the target range of 1.5-2.5% in 2025, according to the latest economic forecasts from the central bank published on Wednesday. According to the ban...
Nov 09, 2022
Elon Musk to address advertisers in Twitter Spaces “town hall” -email
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Elon Musk will host a town hall with Twitter's advertisers on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Pacific (1800 GMT), according to an email reviewed by Reuters, in an effort to assuage bra...
Nov 09, 2022
Ukraine minister: GDP contraction of 39% expected in 2022 vs earlier forecast of 35%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukrainian economy minister Yulia Syvrydenko said Russia's destruction of civilian infrastructure would widen the expected contraction of gross domestic production to 39% from an...
Nov 09, 2022
Polish central bank keeps rates on hold amid slowdown fears
WARSAW (Reuters) -The National Bank of Poland left its main interest rate unchanged at 6.75% on Wednesday, extending a pause in monetary tightening as the largest economy in the European Union's easte...
Nov 09, 2022
Elon Musk says he ‘killed’ new official label for Twitter accounts -tweet
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Elon Musk said in a tweet on Wednesday that he "killed" the new official label for Twitter accounts, on the same day that it began rolling out. "Please note that Twitter will...
Nov 09, 2022
Biden to deliver remarks on U.S. election at 4 p.m./2100 GMT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he will deliver remarks on Wednesday afternoon about the U.S. midterm elections, in which his Democratic Party performed better than expected. The ...
Nov 09, 2022
Barkin: U.S. likely on “back end” of inflation surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is likely at the "back end" of the current inflation surge though it remained unclear how long it may take the rate of price increases to decline to the Fed's 2% target...
Nov 09, 2022
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