Author Archives: Syndicated Content
3M to argue Australia's $1.4 billion 'forever chemicals' lawsuit legally flawed, court hears
By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Oct 16 (Reuters) - US conglomerate 3M plans to argue a landmark case brought by Australia over contamination from the company's use of PFAS "forever chemicals" in its firefig...
Oct 15, 2026
Indonesia's president ready to accept foreign assistance to combat fires, foreign minister says
JAKARTA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has agreed to accept assistance from neighbouring countries to tackle its worst forest fires in more than a decade, the country's for...
Oct 15, 2026
G7 to launch exercises to guard against AI cyber attacks
By Leika Kihara BANGKOK, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Finance leaders of the G7 grouping agreed to hold tabletop exercises to guard against AI cyber attacks, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said, as ...
Oct 15, 2026
World Bank's Banga sets goal of quintupling critical minerals financing in five years
BANGKOK, Oct 16 (Reuters) - World Bank President Ajay Banga on Friday said the development lender has set a goal of quintupling its critical minerals business in five years, and has identified 20 coun...
Oct 15, 2026
Most Asian stocks rise as calm returns after CoreWeave shock; Indonesia faces market downgrade
TOKYO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Asian stocks rebounded on Friday following heavy selling in the previous session when investors dumped tech shares as questions about cloud company CoreWeave's debt pile fuel...
Oct 15, 2026
US appeals court invalidates federal $9 billion telecom subsidy fund
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court said on Thursday the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority in setting up a telecoms subsidy program i...
Oct 15, 2026
AI selloff hammers hedge funds this week, Asia managers lead losses
By Summer Zhen and Anirban Sen TOKYO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Global hedge funds suffered steep losses this week, according to a Goldman Sachs prime brokerage note, battered by the violent unwind of a swat...
Oct 15, 2026
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia says she did not pass bar exam
By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia said on Thursday she did not pass the bar exam after facing scrutiny about her legal car...
Oct 15, 2026
MSCI freezes certain Turkey index changes, warns of potential market downgrade
By Mrinmay Dey and Rodrigo Campos Oct 15 (Reuters) - MSCI on Thursday froze certain changes to its Turkey equity indexes, saying it needed more time to assess market reforms and warning of a potential...
Oct 15, 2026
Lula defends cutting Brazil's criminal responsibility age to 16 for heinous crimes
SAO PAULO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he supports lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Brazil to 16 from 18 years for heinous c...
Oct 15, 2026
