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Facebook says maintenance error caused Monday’s 6-hour outage
(Reuters) - Facebook said on Tuesday that routine maintenance on the company's network stitching together its data centers triggered the collapse of its global system for more than six hours on Monday...
Oct 05, 2021
Factbox: How could America’s debt ceiling showdown play out?
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is locked in a standoff that risks triggering a financial and economic meltdown if lawmakers don't raise a limit on government borrowing before ...
Oct 05, 2021
Seychelles appoints Air Seychelles administrators amid debt row
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Seychelles said on Tuesday it had appointed administrators to look into the books of national carrier Air Seychelles and advise on whether to implement a rescue plan for the airlin...
Oct 05, 2021
Telegram founder says over 70 million new users joined during Facebook outage
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Messaging app Telegram gained over 70 million new users during Monday's Facebook outage, its founder Pavel Durov said on Tuesday, as people worldwide were left without key messaging...
Oct 05, 2021
EU lawmaker says U.S. tech giants should be regulated where they are based
By Foo Yun Chee STRASBOURG (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon should be regulated by the EU country where they are based under proposed EU rules, a top lawmaker sa...
Oct 05, 2021
U.S. Justice Dept defends efforts to step up monitoring threats to school boards
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Tuesday defended a new initiative to combat a rise in threats and harassment targeting public school boards and teachers...
Oct 05, 2021
Schumer sets U.S. debt ceiling vote for Wednesday as tensions rise
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate will vote on Wednesday on a Democratic-backed measure to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling, a key lawmaker said on Tuesday, as partisan brinkmanship in Co...
Oct 05, 2021
Brazil prosecutors seek $457 million from miners Vale, Samarco, BHP for dam disaster
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -State prosecutors in the state of Minas Gerais have filed a lawsuit seeking 2.5 billion reais ($457 million) from miners Vale, Samarco and BHP related to a tailings dam disas...
Oct 05, 2021
Treasury warns Arizona it can’t use federal funds to undermine school mask requirements
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told Arizona's governor on Tuesday that his state could not use federal funds to pay for programs aimed at undermining fa...
Oct 05, 2021
Coatue, Ackman invest in trading-focused social network Commonstock
(Reuters) - Commonstock, a social network platform for retail investors, said on Tuesday it had raised $25 million in a funding round led by hedge fund Coatue and from others including billionaire inv...
Oct 05, 2021
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