Venezuela and Guyana to meet on December 14 amid territorial dispute

Venezuela and Guyana to meet on December 14 amid territorial dispute

[1/4]People stand during an event to unveil a map of Venezuela showing the disputed Esequibo region as part of the country, as tensions between Venezuela and Guyana have ratcheted up in recent weeks over a long-running territorial dispute, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 8, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo… Acquire Licensing Rights Read more SAO PAULO, Dec 9 (Reuters) … Read more

Cuban family business produces flour from coconut and yucca as shortages fester

Cuban family business produces flour from coconut and yucca as shortages fester

[1/5]Entrepreneur Gabriel Perez, 38, poses for a photo as he checks slices of banana put to dry in his farmland in the rural outskirts of Havana, Cuba, November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini Acquire Licensing Rights HAVANA, Nov 28 (Reuters) – On a small farm outside Havana, a Cuban family-run business produces gluten-free flour from banana, … Read more

Games-Pan Am Games come to predictable end but face uncertain future

Games-Pan Am Games come to predictable end but face uncertain future

[1/5]Pan-Am Games – Santiago 2023 – Closing Ceremony – Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile – November 5, 2023 General view of performers and Fiu the Pan-Am Games mascot during the Closing Ceremony as the evening light illuminates the Andes mountains REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado Acquire Licensing Rights SANTIAGO, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The Pan American Games … Read more

Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of multi-billion dollar FTX fraud

Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of multi-billion dollar FTX fraud

NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) – FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on Thursday of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange in one of the biggest financial frauds on record, a verdict that cemented the 31-year-old former billionaire’s fall from grace. A 12-member jury in Manhattan federal court convicted Bankman-Fried on all … Read more

Analysis: Time for central bank digital currencies to prove their worth

Analysis: Time for central bank digital currencies to prove their worth

LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – A milestone move by the European Central Bank toward launching a digital euro within a few years means the time has come for the newest incarnation of money to prove its worth. A few countries have introduced central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), China is trialling a prototype yuan with 200 … Read more

SPAC shell games will keep hiding the ball

SPAC shell games will keep hiding the ball

NEW YORK, Oct 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) – As blank-check deals go, it hardly could have been much worse than Better. The online mortgage lender led by Vishal Garg unveiled plans in May 2021 to go public at a nearly $8 billion valuation by way of a special-purpose acquisition company, exuberantly telling investors it expected to … Read more

ByteDance’s valuation slumps by a quarter in stock buyback – source

ByteDance’s valuation slumps by a quarter in stock buyback – source

The ByteDance logo is seen at the company’s office building in Shanghai, China July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 2 (Reuters) – China’s ByteDance is buying back shares from U.S. employees in a deal that values the TikTok parent company at $223.5 billion, about 26% lower than a valuation a year … Read more

US Homeland Security Department reveals new AI guardrails as it deploys technology across agency

US Homeland Security Department reveals new AI guardrails as it deploys technology across agency

The seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seen after a news conference near the International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S., as U.S. authorities accelerate removal of migrants at border with Mexico, in Del Rio, Texas, U.S., September 19, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – The … Read more

Category 3 Hurricane Idalia slams ashore at Florida’s Big Bend

Category 3 Hurricane Idalia slams ashore at Florida’s Big Bend

STEINHATCHEE, Florida, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 storm on Wednesday after millions of residents evacuated or hunkered down in homes and shelters in anticipation of a life-threatening storm surge. Drawing strength from the Gulf of Mexico’s warm waters, Idalia unleashed destructive winds and torrential … Read more

Franklin very powerful Category 4 hurricane -U.S. NHC

Franklin very powerful Category 4 hurricane -U.S. NHC

Aug 28 (Reuters) – Franklin is a very powerful category 4 hurricane that is causing life-threatening surf and rip currents along the coast of the southeast United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Monday. Franklin was located about 440 miles (710 km) west-southwest of Bermuda with maximum sustained … Read more