By Makini Brice and Clotaire Achi PARIS, Oct 8 (Reuters) – French teenagers blockaded some high schools and prepared to rally again on Thursday after the government promised to address their grievances about teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings but gave no specific details. The…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – US Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Thursday that additional rate hikes will likely be needed to lower inflation to the Fed’s 2% target, but added there was “flexibility” about the pace of increases and left…
Oct 8 (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Mindanao in the Philippines on Thursday, German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. The Philippines’ seismology agency, Phivolcs, said in an advisory that it was…
By Peter Hobson NADI, Fiji, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Restricting global warming is a matter of survival and too many countries are shirking their responsibility to cut emissions, the official presiding over the UN’s flagship upcoming climate conference said on the final day of the…
Oct 8 (Reuters) – Hedge fund WorldQuant said on Wednesday registrations for this year’s flagship global quant research contest have almost doubled from a year earlier, as increased adoption of AI has helped more university students build trading models. Here are more details: • The…
ZURICH, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Swiss federal pension fund Publica said on Thursday it was exposed to a data leak after an external software provider suffered a cyber attack at the end of September. • Publica, which manages pensions for Swiss federal employees and affiliated…
By Maya Gebeily, Emilie Madi and Mohamed Azakir WEST ZAWTAR, Lebanon Oct 8 (Reuters) – Dodging the broken glass carpeting her home in southern Lebanon, Mariam al-Yaghi exited onto her upper balcony and pointed. A few hundred metres away was a sight the 67-year-old had…
SINGAPORE, Oct 8 (Reuters) – The number one challenge to expansion for BYD is geopolitics, Stella Li, BYD’s executive vice president, said on Thursday, months after the Chinese company’s chairman said it aims to become the world’s largest automaker within five years. • “When we do…
Oct 8 (Reuters) – Tencent is considering raising up to $5 billion via an offshore bond sale, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, as the Chinese technology giant ramps up spending on AI and computing infrastructure in line with its peers. Here are the details: •…
BERLIN, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Senior members of Germany’s governing coalition have vowed to quickly implement reforms, according to a message to lawmakers seen by Reuters on Thursday, as the government faces record-low approval ratings and the surge of the far-right AfD. “The coalition agrees…
