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Portuguese NGO sues TikTok, says platform ‘profits from children’
LISBON (Reuters) - A Portugal-based European consumer protection group has sued short-video app TikTok for allegedly allowing children aged under 13 to sign up for an account without parental consent ...
Apr 05, 2023
EU plans faster phaseout of super-potent greenhouse gases
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is set to begin negotiations on a law to slash the use of super-potent greenhouse gases in fridges and air conditioners, but countries and lawmak...
Apr 05, 2023
Western Alliance Bancorp’s deposits fall 11% on U.S. banking crisis fallout
(Reuters) - Western Alliance Bancorporation said on Wednesday its first-quarter deposits were 11% lower than at the end of 2022, as customers spooked by the U.S. banking crisis pulled out funds. The b...
Apr 05, 2023
US House speaker McCarthy meets Taiwan leader in California, despite Chinese warnings
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior U.S. figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on U.S. soil ...
Apr 05, 2023
Ex-Magellan Diagnostics execs charged with concealing lead-test defect
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) - Three former executives of medical device company Magellan Diagnostics concealed a malfunction in the company's lead-testing devices that caused tests to underestimate ...
Apr 05, 2023
Ford plans “dramatic reductions” in product complexity – exec
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co plans "dramatic reductions" in the complexity of its product lineup starting in the 2024 model year, Jim Baumbick, the automaker's product development chief, said Wed...
Apr 05, 2023
Brazil court backs crackdown on illegal gold mining in Amazon
By Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Supreme Court judge backed a government move to crack down on illegal gold mining in Brazil, suspending a legal practice of buyers accep...
Apr 05, 2023
US World Bank nominee Banga endorses lending expansion, pledges more
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. nominee to run the World Bank, Ajay Banga, said on Wednesday that he supports his predecessor's proposal to expand the bank's annual lending capacity by...
Apr 05, 2023
Switzerland cancels or reduces bonus payouts for top Credit Suisse management
BERLIN (Reuters) - Switzerland has instructed Credit Suisse to cancel or reduce all outstanding bonus payments for the top three levels of management and examine whether already those already paid out...
Apr 05, 2023
Russia’s weekly consumer prices rise quickened in late March
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The rise in Russia's weekly consumer prices quickened at the end of March, data from state statistics service Rosstat showed on Wednesday, with authorities still fighting to slow inf...
Apr 05, 2023
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