REUTERS ALMATY - Facebook owner Meta Platforms on Tuesday denied a claim by the Kazakh government that it had been granted exclusive access to the social network's content reporting system. In what it called a joint statement with Facebook, the Kazakh government had touted the move as a compromise solution on Monday, after the Central Asian nation threatened to block ...
UNITED NATIONS - China and Russia are pushing the U.N. Security Council to ease sanctions on North Korea by reviving a 2019 attempt to remove a ban on Pyongyang's exports of statues, seafood and textiles and expanding it to include lifting a refined petroleum imports cap. In a reworked draft resolution, seen by Reuters on Monday, China and Russia want ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov 1 (Reuters) - NASA announced on Monday a rare, health-related delay in its SpaceX rocket launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, the second postponement of the mission in a week, citing an unspecified medical issue with one of the crew. NASA said the issue was "not a medical emergency and not related to ...
GLASGOW - More than 100 global leaders late on Monday pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests. The joint statement at the COP26 climate talks https://www.reuters.com/business/cop in Glasgow was backed by the leaders of countries including ...
REUTERS LISBON - In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook's inner workings, whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. "I think it is unlikely the company will change if [Mark Zuckerberg] remains the CEO," Haugen told a ...
GLASGOW - Britain's Queen Elizabeth told the United Nations climate change summit on Monday that "the time for words has now moved to the time for action", as she urged world leaders to think of future generations when negotiating a deal to limit global warming. In a video message on the first day of the conference in Scotland, the queen ...
MANILA - Netflix Inc has removed two episodes of spy drama "Pine Gap" from its streaming service in the Philippines, after the Southeast Asian country rejected scenes involving a map used by China to assert its claims to the South China Sea.The Philippines on Monday asked Netflix to remove certain episodes of the six-part Australian series, saying the map depicted ...
Coins -- they lurk in the nooks and crannies of pockets and bags, refusing to be found when you need them the most. But do we really need coins -- which can hardly buy anything -- in the first place, when experts say that digitalization is pushing us toward a cash-lite society? Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. ...
THE GOVERNMENT is retaining its lowered gross domestic product (GDP) target for 2021 as it aims for economic growth to breach 5% for the second half as lockdown restrictions are further loosened. "Definitely, the DBCC (Development Budget Coordination Committee) is holding on to its target as we announced in the last meeting," Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said at ...
PHILSTAR By Jenina P. Ibanez, Senior Reporter THE PHILIPPINE Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) will renew its appeal for an outsourcing remote work scheme based on company revenues after the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) stood by its new work-from-home (WFH) rules, the investment promotion agency's top official said. PEZA Director-General Charito B. Plaza in a mobile message on Friday said ...