Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Climeworks opens world's largest plant to extract CO2 from air in Iceland
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Climeworks has opened the world's largest operational direct air capture (DAC) plant to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, with its Mammoth plant in Icela...
May 08, 2024
US official says Chinese seizure of TSMC in Taiwan would be 'absolutely devastating'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and seizure of chips producer TSMC would be "absolutely devastating" to the American economy. A...
May 08, 2024
Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices
LONDON (Reuters) - Google parent Alphabet has urged a London tribunal to block a mass lawsuit which accuses it of abusing its dominance in the online advertising market, in the latest case to focus on...
May 08, 2024
Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Google Deepmind has unveiled the third major version of its "AlphaFold" artificial intelligence model, designed to help scientists design drugs and target disease ...
May 08, 2024
Philippine military chief accuses China of 'malign influence effort'
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' military chief accused China of a "malign influence effort" on Wednesday, after a local newspaper reported a Filipino vice admiral had made a deal with Beijing to d...
May 08, 2024
ECB can cut rates and should rethink how it sets policy, Wunsch says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank can press ahead with interest rate cuts this year but needs to rethink how it forecasts inflation and sets policy based on these projections, Belgian po...
May 08, 2024
Mercedes CEO speaks against restrictions on trade with China
BERLIN (Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius on Wednesday spoke against imposing restrictions on trade with China, stressing that the country remains the group's most important mark...
May 08, 2024
Tamils faced torture in Sri Lanka long after war, rights group says
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's security forces abducted men and women from the ethnic Tamil minority and tortured them in custody long after the end of a bloody civil war in the ...
May 08, 2024
Mercedes rejects claims it prevented unionising at US plant
BERLIN (Reuters) - German premium carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday rejected claims that it has been trying to prevent the formation of a union at its Alabama plant. The group "respects the decision...
May 08, 2024
Turkey's competition board to fine Meta $37.2 million in data-sharing probe
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's competition board fined Meta Platforms 1.2 billion lira ($37.20 million) on Wednesday after concluding two separate investigations on data-sharing in its Facebook, Instag...
May 08, 2024
