(SRN NEWS)-They say they are getting unsolicited text messages from a transgender organization offering a “back to school toolkit” designed to form gay-gay-straight alliance clubs, get teachers to “honor your name and pronouns” and file LGBT complaints against the schools. State lawmakers are calling for…
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Gains in tackling malnutrition in Gaza remain fragile and could be undermined by disruptions to supplies entering the Palestinian enclave, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday, urging that all crossings remain open. Israel said…
By Angus McDowall Oct 16 (Reuters) – The city of Taiz is rapidly emerging as the most important battlefront in Yemen’s reignited civil war, pitting the Iran-allied Houthis against the internationally recognised government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition. Houthi forces have encircled Taiz…
Oct 16 (Reuters) – Michael Saylor’s Strategy faces potential removal from MSCI’s global equity indexes under new rules adopted on Thursday, threatening billions of dollars in passive investment in the bitcoin buyer. Shares of Strategy, the world’s biggest corporate bitcoin holder and a constituent of…
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 16 (Reuters) – About 200 people were rescued from an unregistered rehabilitation centre in South Africa on Friday, police said, with local media reporting that some had been chained and denied food. • Police said in a statement they had arrested two people…
BERLIN, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Germany is set to announce a cooperation agreement with US chipmaker Nvidia next week to expand the use of artificial intelligence in German industry, government sources said on Friday, adding the plan will involve partners beyond Nvidia and be a…
Oct 16 (Reuters) – US stock index futures were mixed on Friday, as technology stocks came under fresh pressure on worries about cracks building in the AI trade, though a rise in Tesla shares and decline in oil prices offered support. The electric vehicle maker…
LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – A Norwegian teenager who planned to commit murder in Britain after being recruited by a Swedish organised crime group linked to the Iranian government was on Friday sentenced to 20 years’ detention. Johannes Natland, now 19, was arrested in a…
Oct 16 (Reuters) – Google’s Waymo said on Friday it plans to bring its autonomous ride-hailing service to Toronto in 2028, marking the self-driving company’s first planned deployment in Canada and its latest move to expand beyond the US. Here are some details: • Waymo,…
AMSTERDAM, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Shares in computer chip packaging equipment maker BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi) fell 3% on Friday after influential semiconductor research firm SemiAnalysis reported that one of the company’s main growth products will face competition from bigger rival ASML. The SemiAnalysis report analysed…
