Demonstrations are focused on brewing free trade agreements, rising prices and bureaucratic burdens. France’s two major farmers unions announced Thursday their decision to suspend protests and lift road blockades across the country, in a dramatic development shortly after the French prime minister unveiled a new set of measures they see as “tangible progress.” Farmers have…
The chief executives of five major social media companies appeared before senators Wednesday for a highly anticipated hearing on the harms children and teens face online. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X CEO Linda Yaccarino, TikTok CEO Shou Chew, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Discord CEO Jason Citron testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a…
Chinese lithium giants Ganfeng and Tianqi warned investors on Tuesday that their profits are plunging by up to 80 percent as the demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries weakened, producing a glut of lithium that drove prices down. Ganfeng posted a note to the Hong Kong stock market that said net profits declined by up…
Nutrinsect defies Italian food purists with cricket flour that can be incorporated into range of foods A company that produces flour made from crickets has become the first in Italy to be given the green light to sell food made from insects for human consumption, defying Italian food purists and even a government attempt to…
THE HAGUE, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Judges at the top U.N. court on Wednesday found that Russia violated elements of a U.N. anti-terrorism treaty, but declined to rule on allegations brought by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. In the same ruling,…
MADRID, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Spanish farmers’ associations said on Tuesday they were planning to take to the streets in February in protest against strict European regulations and lack of government support as unrest continues to spread across Europe. The largest farmers’ groups – Asaja, COAG and UPA – share the same grievances as their peers…
Details are scarce, but Neuralink cofounder Elon Musk says initial results are “promising.” ELON MUSK SAID on the social media platform X on Monday that the first human patient has received a brain implant developed by his company Neuralink. The product also now has a name: Telepathy. After years of delays, Neuralink started recruiting patients for a clinical trial in…
The breakthrough came after the U.K. government last week gave Northern Ireland politicians until Feb. 8 to restore the collapsed government in Belfast or face new elections. Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party has agreed to end a boycott that left the region’s people without a power-sharing administration for two years, it said Tuesday — a breakthrough that could…
Indian naval forces have rescued two hijacked vessels off Somalia’s coast as fears grow over a possible resurgence in piracy in the area. The rescues by the warship INS Sumitra came within 36 hours of each other. Just days earlier, Seychelles defence forces reported freeing a group of fishermen from pirates. The waters off the…
China Evergrande — the world’s most indebted property developer — received a liquidation order from a Hong Kong court on Monday, but there may be little left to recover, said experts. The order came more than two years after Evergrande sent the country’s property sector into a tailspin. Liquidators will now take control of the…