PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) – France’s basketball star Victor Wembanyama voiced his support on Thursday for French teenagers protesting over conditions in the country’s schools. The Interior Ministry said 71,500 people took part in Thursday’s demonstrations, including 24,500 in the main Paris march centred on…
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s government said it had no option but to defend itself against what it called an “all-out invasion” by Eritrean forces, in a letter to the UN Security Council shared with Reuters on Friday. In the government’s first official…
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Russian technology and AI company Yandex said on Friday that several modules at its data centre in Russia’s Kaluga region had been completely disabled by a drone attack, the second in two days. Some of the company’s services may be disrupted,…
By Saurabh Sharma, Sarita Chaganti Singh and Rajesh Kr Singh NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (Reuters) – The leader of India’s “Cockroach” youth movement said a major planned protest would go ahead in New Delhi on Saturday, despite the detentions of followers he estimated to run…
Oct 9 (Reuters) – British smart sensing tech firm Oxford Metrics warned about an annual loss on Friday, hit by spending cuts and studio consolidation across the film and TV industry and tighter research budgets, sending its shares 15% lower. Here are some more details: •…
By Arpan Chaturvedi and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (Reuters) – India’s verification exercise of its nearly one billion voters has sparked protests across the country, with opposition parties alleging the removal of 130 million names from electoral rolls has unfairly benefited Prime…
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 9 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs said on Friday it had withdrawn a directive allowing the intake of asylum applications, a day after anti-migrant protests turned violent in Johannesburg and Durban. The directive had sought to implement a July 7 Constitutional…
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said on Friday that three Saudi nationals were killed and several people were injured in two attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday. (Reporting by Eman AbouhassiraEditing by Tomasz Janowski) Brought…
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Major European companies are expected to report substantially higher third-quarter earnings, the latest LSEG I/B/E/S data showed on Thursday, although the year-on-year growth should slightly temper from the previous quarter. Companies on Europe’s benchmark STOXX 600 index are expected to report…
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action film set in the universe of CD Projekt RED’s video game “Cyberpunk 2077” alongside producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, entertainment outlet Deadline reported on Thursday, which sent the Polish game developer’s shares 3% higher in early…
