NewsHuffPostWhite House Serves Up Maine Lobster Despite Controversy Over Its Unsustainable Status
Retailers pulled the crustaceans from shelves after sustainability groups said the lobster industry poses risks to endangered whales. The Bidens just ordered 200.
NewsHuffPostTrump Saddled Republicans With Herschel Walker And Has Now Abandoned Him In Runoff
Some Republicans believe Trump's involvement would hurt Walker on Dec. 6 — but he hasn't even spent money to turn out the vote.
NewsHuffPostHouse Judiciary Committee To Probe Supreme Court Corruption
They will hold a hearing on Dec. 8 investigating the lobbying campaign that led to allegations that Justice Samuel Alito leaked the outcome of a 2014 decision.
NewsReutersAmazon's cloud unit wants to widen appeal of cashier-less tech
Amazon.com Inc hopes to interest a wider range of industries in the technology it developed for cashier-less checkout at brick-and-mortar shops, a vice president said. Vice President Dilip Kumar said late on Wednesday the company aims to broaden sales of the technology since it moved the team in charge to its cloud-computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), in August. "As part of AWS, you are by definition exposed to a wide range of clients," he told Reuters in an interview at the cloud unit's annual Las Vegas conference, which attracted more than 50,000 attendees across many industries.
NewsAFP NewsUS targets North Korean officials over missile program
The United States on Thursday slapped sanctions on three North Korean officials over Pyongyang's slew of missile tests, vowing that they would not go unpunished.
NewsHuffPostDemocrats Vote To Force Contract On Rail Workers Without Paid Sick Leave
They didn't get much help from Republicans who professed to support the working class.
NewsAFP News'Rogue wave' kills person on Antarctic cruise
One person died and four were injured when a massive wave smashed into an Antarctic cruise ship during a storm as it sailed off the southernmost tip of South America, the company said Thursday.
NewsReutersFactbox-Crypto companies crash into bankruptcy
The price of bitcoin has dropped 65% since the start of the year, the cryptocurrency Luna suffered a total collapse in value, and crypto exchange FTX went from buying Super Bowl ads to crash landing into bankruptcy. FTX's implosion was the biggest and most spectacular crypto downfall in 2022 thus far. The Bahamas-based exchange started the year with a $32 billion valuation, hired celebrities including Larry David and Tom Brady for flashy Super Bowl ads, and put its name on the home arena of the NBA's Miami Heat.
NewsAFP NewsTea culture in Azerbaijan, Turkey enters UNESCO list
The culture of tea practised in both Turkey and Azerbaijan was on Thursday added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, recognised as a symbol of "identity, hospitality and social interaction".
NewsAFP NewsOh rats! New York seeks 'bloodthirsty' rodent czar
If you are "somewhat bloodthirsty" and willing to consider "wholesale slaughter" of vermin then you might be the ideal candidate to become New York City's new rat czar.
PoliticsHuffPostNew Polling Shows Democracy Mattered In The 2022 Midterms
The findings indicate that concerns about protecting democracy helped Democrats beat expectations in November’s elections.
NewsHuffPostJapan's Lack Of Protections For LGBTQ Couples Is Unconstitutional, Tokyo Court Rules
The plaintiffs and their lawyers welcomed the ruling as “ground breaking” and urged the government to promptly mitigate the problem.
BusinessReutersREUTERS NEXT: U.S. Treasury's Adeyemo calls for global cooperation on crypto regulations
The collapse of Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange FTX points up the need for the United States to cooperate with other countries to develop effective international regulations for the crypto sector, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said on Thursday. Adeyemo told the Reuters NEXT conference that it was important to erect regulatory regimes to protect investors, consumers and financial stability and block illicit uses of cryptocurrencies. Because FTX was not a U.S.-based firm, the effort must broadened, he said.
NewsHuffPostElon Musk Says Apple Isn't Threatening To Remove Twitter From The App Store After All
Following a meeting at the Cupertino company's HQ, Musk said its CEO "was clear that Apple never considered doing so."
BusinessReutersU.S. lawmakers say some fintechs failed to prevent 'obvious' pandemic fraud
(Reuters) -Several fintech companies that facilitated high volumes of pandemic-related loans to businesses in 2020 had inadequate processes to detect fraud, according to a new report from the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. The committee concluded in its report published on Thursday that some fintech companies failed to stop “obvious and preventable fraud” in administering loans in the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) “leading to the needless loss of taxpayer dollars.” “Even as these companies failed in their administration of the program, they nonetheless accrued massive profits from program administration fees,” Rep. Jim Clyburn, the chair of the committee, said in a statement.
BusinessReutersIndia's Adani Group to invest $7.39 billion in eastern state of Odisha
India's Adani Group, owned by Asia's richest man Gautam Adani, will invest 600 billion Indian rupees ($7.39 billion) over the next 10 years in the mineral-rich state of Odisha, a top executive said on Thursday. The group will commission a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with 5 million tons of capacity in Dhamra port in the state this month, and plans to double this capacity within the next five years, Karan Adani, chief executive officer of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, said in a speech during an investment summit in the state.
LifestyleHuffPostI Had An Abortion In My 40s. I'll Never Forget The Shocking Thing The Doctor Said To Me.
"I laughed involuntarily. His comment was so absurd and insulting that I felt my brain separate from my body, like I wasn’t there."
NewsAFP NewsTunisia's spicy Harissa gets UNESCO heritage status
UNESCO on Thursday added Tunisia's spicy national condiment Harissa to its list of intangible cultural heritage, saying it was part of the North African country's identity.
BusinessReutersSalesforce shares tumble after surprise exit of co-CEO Taylor
His departure after just a year in the role coincides with slowing revenue growth at the software company as it faces stiff competition from the likes of Microsoft, a stronger dollar and businesses cutting spending amid red-hot inflation. Taylor, a tech veteran who has worked at Facebook parent Meta Platforms as technology chief and served as Twitter Inc's chairman, departs San Francisco-based Salesforce after six years, leaving co-founder Marc Benioff as top boss. Benioff tapped Taylor as co-CEO in 2021, to replace Oracle executive Keith Block who stepped down from the role just before the pandemic began.
PoliticsHuffPostKevin McCarthy Instructs Jan. 6 Panel To Maintain All Evidence Gathered
“The official Congressional Records do not belong to you or any member, but to the American people," he wrote to Chairman Bennie Thompson.
NewsReutersIndia economy likely to grow 6.5%-7% next fiscal year -govt adviser
The Indian economy is likely to grow 6.5% to 7% next fiscal year if the global environment does not worsen, a member of the prime minister's economic advisory council said on Thursday, giving a higher estimate than some economists. Global agencies such as the International Monetary Fund and the World bank, for instance, have forecast India's growth will be 6.1% and 6.0%, respectively, next fiscal. The country will continue to maintain macroeconomic stability, despite a "very difficult" global environment, helped by the stable banking sector and buoyant tax revenue collections, Sanjeev Sanyal told Reuters.
NewsReutersIndia orders rickshaws around Delhi to run on cleaner fuel
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is to ban the use of diesel autorickshaws in areas around the capital Delhi, expanding restrictions introduced in the city itself to tackle some of the worst city air quality in the world. No new diesel-powered rickshaws will be registerd in the areas surrounding the capital in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan from Jan. 1, a government body said in a statement published on Thursday. From 2027, only autorickshaws with compressed natural gas or electricity will be allowed to operate in the region, the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas said.
BusinessReutersIndia's RBI gives conditional nod to Carlyle, Advent for Yes Bank stake buy
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's central bank has given conditional approval to U.S. private equity firms Carlyle Group Inc and Advent International for their purchase of a combined 20% stake in Yes Bank, the private-sector lender said on Thursday. "The investors are evaluating the conditions," Mumbai-based Yes Bank said, adding that the bank and the investors will engage with the Reserve Bank of India to seek an early resolution of the conditions and get final approval. Carlyle, Advent, Yes Bank and the RBI did not immediately respond to Reuters' emailed requests for comment.
NewsHuffPostWhy This Georgia Runoff Isn’t A Replay Of 2020
New voting laws and a persuasion battle make the race between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker a whole new ballgame.
BusinessReutersIndia's digital rupee fails to excite interest, bankers say
A month into India's pilot project for using an official digital rupee for inter-bank and institutional transactions, stakeholders are seeing no benefits, several bankers said. Seven bankers told Reuters that using the e-rupee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was much the same as internet-based banking that users were already satisfied with. Indeed, the e-rupee, one of several central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) being tried around the world, had a drawback, they said: each trade using it had to be settled individually, whereas trades in the established interbank payment system were first netted off then settled in bulk with the clearing corporation.
