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Twitter Under Fire for Placing Ads Next to Child Pornography Accounts
By Sheila Dang and Katie Paul, Reuters. Some major advertisers including Dyson, Mazda and chemicals company Ecolab have suspended their marketing campaigns or removed their ads from parts of Twitter because their promotions appeared alongside tweets...
Opioid Crisis Cost US Nearly $1.5 Trillion in 2020: Congressional Report
WASHINGTON — Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll of the opioid addiction and overdose crisis on the United States reached nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 alone and is likely to grow, a congressional...
‘Where’s Jackie?’ Biden Seeks Congresswoman Walorski Who Died in August Car Crash
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden publicly sought out Jackie Walorski, an Indiana congresswoman who died in a car accident in August, during a conference on hunger on Wednesday, seeming to forget that she had...
Japan Bids Farewell to Former Prime Minister Abe at State Funeral
With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honoured slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years — a ceremony that...
How the Biden Admin Could Restrict Independent Contractors: Explainer
The U.S. Department of Labor is expected to unveil a proposed rule in coming weeks that would make it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors, potentially upending the gig economy and other...
Europe’s Steel Makers Fear Deepening Crisis From Energy Crunch as Output Halted
GENK, Belgium — Spiraling energy costs have forced steel makers to cut output across Europe, threatening mass plant shutdowns some warn could be permanent in a sector that employs more than 300,000 and contributes tens...
Fed Officials Stare Down Markets, Say Inflation is Top Focus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Monday, Sept. 26 sloughed off rising volatility in global markets, from slumping U.S. stocks to currency turbulence abroad, and said their priority remained controlling domestic inflation. "There...
Outbound Asian Tourists to Hit Pre-Pandemic Levels by 2024: Agoda CEO
BANGKOK (Reuters) — Asian tourists are only expected to resume international travel at pre-pandemic levels gradually, by 2024, the new chief executive of online travel agency Agoda said late on Monday, Sept. 26. The Asia-focused...
JD Sports Fined $1.6 Million by UK Regulator Over Merchandise Pricing
(Reuters) — JD Sports said on Tuesday, Sept. 27 that it was being fined about 1.5 million pounds ($1.6 million) by Britain's competition regulator after an investigation into retail prices of certain branded clothing products...
Europe’s Generic Drugmakers May Cut Output Due to Surging Energy Bills
FRANKFURT (Reuters) — Europe's drug makers have warned they may stop making some cheap generic medicines because of surging electricity costs and are calling for an overhaul of the way they are priced, the latest...
Tesla to Keep Output at Upgraded Shanghai Plant Below Maximum: Sources
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — Tesla plans to hold production at its Shanghai plant at about 93 percent of capacity through the end of year, despite a recent upgrade, two people with knowledge of the matter said,...
Unexplained Nord Stream Leaks Spell Further Trouble for Europe’s Gas Supply Ahead of Winter
Three offshore lines of the Nord Stream gas pipeline system on the bed of the Baltic Sea sustained "unprecedented" damage in one day, Nord Stream AG, the operator of the network, said on Tuesday, Sept....