By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -TikTok said on Wednesday it is developing a tool that will allow parents to prevent their teens from viewing content containing certain words or hashtags on the short-form video app, as the embattled company looks to shore up its public image. TikTok, owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, is facing renewed …
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By Navamya Ganesh Acharya, Carolina Mandl and Echo Wang BENGALURU/NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. boutique investment firm GQG Partners Inc has bought shares worth $1.87 billion in four Adani group companies, marking the first major investment in the Indian conglomerate since a short-seller’s critical report sparked a stock rout. Seven listed Adani companies have lost some …
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By Lawrence Delevingne and Marc Jones (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks reversed losses to end higher on Thursday, and U.S. government bond yields tempered gains, as investors digested strong economic data and signals of a measured interest rate approach from the Federal Reserve. U.S. jobless claims numbers fell, while Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said that …
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By Simon Lewis and Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Russia and the United States’ top diplomats spoke face-to-face on Thursday for the first time since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine on the sidelines of a G20 meeting where ministers traded blame over the conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei …
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By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Thursday, boosted by signs of a strong economic rebound in top crude importer China and easing worries of aggressive U.S. rate hikes. Brent crude futures settled at $84.75 a barrel, gaining 44 cents, or 0.5%. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures settled at …
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By Herbert Lash and Joice Alves NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar strengthened on Thursday after unemployment claims pointed to a still strong U.S. jobs market and other data showed growing labor costs, indicating the Federal Reserve has further to go in raising interest rates to tame inflation. The yield on two-year Treasury notes, which …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi said on Thursday he had won Saturday’s election, called Bola Tinubu’s victory fraudulent and promised to claim the top job through legal means. Tinubu, the ruling party candidate, was declared president-elect of Africa’s most populous nation on Wednesday, having won 37% of the vote. He …
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By Cooper Inveen DABOYA, Ghana (Reuters) – The United States began its annual counter-terrorism training program for African forces in Ghana on Wednesday, aiming to strengthen border defences in the fight against Islamist insurgents who are spreading south into new territories. The program, known as Flintlock, started at a military base in the dusty northern …
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By Radhika Anilkumar (Reuters) -National Express annual revenue surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first time and its UK business turned a profit last year as people travelled by coach during rail strikes, it said on Thursday. But the London-listed company’s upbeat results were marred by news it too faced industrial action as more than 3,000 …
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By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide hit a record high last year, although more clean technology such as solar power and electric vehicles helped limit the impact of increased coal and oil use, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. Deep cuts in emissions, mainly from burning fossil …
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