By Summer Zhen and Anirban Sen HONG KONG, New York Oct 23 (Reuters) – Global hedge funds were hit by a fresh tech reckoning this week, with major strategies posting their worst day since the COVID-era market rout. A renewed selloff in big tech stocks,…
(Repeats to fix formatting) DAKAR, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The Ebola patient in Nigeria, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja, did not travel to Democratic Republic of Congo, the Swiss government said in a statement to Reuters on Friday, contradicting accounts…
FRANKFURT, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Labour leaders on Friday threatened strikes at Volkswagen from January unless it reverses the recent cancellation of wage deals by the end of October, marking an escalation of labour disputes at Europe’s top automaker. “We are giving the company until…
By Makini Brice PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Businesses, cultural events and museums planned to close at the weekend despite curbs on demonstrations as French President Emmanuel Macron seeks to restore order a week after nationwide protests turned violent. France’s main student union, UNEF, has…
Oct 23 (Reuters) – Jaguar Land Rover will recall 93,997 vehicles in the United States as the rearview camera image may fail to appear on the display, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday. Here are some more details: • NHTSA said…
By Eltayeb Siddig , Nafisa Eltahir, Khaled Abdelaziz and Olivia Le Poidevin NORTH KORDOFAN, Sudan, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Across Sudan, farmers who have struggled to harvest their crops since a civil war flared in 2023 are now battling a new enemy that could plunge…
By Libby George, Nicolás Misculin and Uditha Jayasinghe LONDON/BUENOS AIRES/COLOMBO, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Gustavo Raul Perez furrows his brow over a notebook at the hardware shop he has run for six years on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Since Javier Milei became president of…
VATICAN CITY, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Pope Leo has undergone a chest examination which showed excellent progress following his recent lung cancer surgery, the Vatican said on Friday, citing the pontiff’s doctors. The Vatican added that despite the positive medical results, the pope is cancelling…
HONG KONG, Oct 23 (Reuters) – China’s Commerce Ministry urged the United States on Friday to “respect the facts” and immediately end what it called discriminatory measures against Chinese research institutions. The ministry also said in its statement that strengthening Chinese-US scientific research cooperation serves…
NAIROBI, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The Kenya Red Cross said it was sending humanitarian supplies to families who fled into Kenya after fighting erupted in the Ethiopian border town of Moyale this week and that its response would initially reach 1,000 households. Hundreds of Ethiopians,…
