China’s Shein files for US IPO in major test for investor appetite- sources

China’s Shein files for US IPO in major test for investor appetite- sources

Shein yet to determine IPO size, valued at over $60 bln in May IPO comes amid challenging markets and U.S. scrutiny Fast-fashion retailers still behind Amazon on sales Nov 27 (Reuters) – Fashion company Shein has confidentially filed to go public in the United States, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday, in … Read more

Crypto firm Tether says it has frozen $225 mln linked to human trafficking

Crypto firm Tether says it has frozen $225 mln linked to human trafficking

[1/2]Tether logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Crypto firm Tether said on Monday that it had frozen $225 million worth of its cryptocurrency which it said had been linked to a human trafficking group in Southeast Asia. The U.S. Secret … Read more

Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons

Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons

Pope Francis gestures as he leaves after the weekly general audience, in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli Acquire Licensing Rights VATICAN CITY, Nov 15 (Reuters) – The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed with hostility … Read more

Three Indian cities among world’s 10 most polluted after Diwali

Three Indian cities among world’s 10 most polluted after Diwali

[1/6]A dog crosses a road on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Acquire Licensing Rights NEW DELHI, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Two Indian cities joined New Delhi to be among the world’s worst 10 for pollution on Monday morning, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers … Read more

European Commission to step up scrutiny of influencers’ business practices

European Commission to step up scrutiny of influencers’ business practices

European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman//File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights BRUSSELS, Oct 17 (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Tuesday it would step up its scrutiny of the business practices of social media influencers, a market estimated to be worth some 20 billion euros … Read more

Meta’s new AI assistant trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts

Meta’s new AI assistant trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts

[1/4]Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a speech, as the letters AI for artificial intelligence appear on screen, at the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights MENLO PARK, California, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) used public Facebook and Instagram … Read more

Meta unveils AI assistant, Facebook-streaming glasses

Meta unveils AI assistant, Facebook-streaming glasses

[1/9]A guest attends a presentation of the updated virtual reality headset during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Acquire Licensing Rights MENLO PARK, California, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday rolled out new AI products for … Read more

Rolling Stones launch new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’

Rolling Stones launch new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones announced “Hackney Diamonds”, their first album of original music for 18 years and first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts, who played on two of the tracks, at the Hackney Empire on Wednesday. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood – the surviving core of the … Read more

Big Tech’s core businesses face overhaul under EU tech rules

Big Tech’s core businesses face overhaul under EU tech rules

European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 6 (Reuters) – The European Union has picked out 22 so-called “gatekeeper” services, run by six of the biggest tech companies in the world, to face new rules as part of its latest … Read more

Burning Man festival road reopens, allowing thousands to escape muddy trap

Burning Man festival road reopens, allowing thousands to escape muddy trap

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Burning Man organizers reopened the road leading out of the remote Nevada desert festival on Monday, allowing tens of thousands of attendees to escape after they had been trapped for days by mud. But many of the 64,000 people who remained on site as of Monday may … Read more