Feb 14, 2023
Mystery aerial objects may have benign purpose-White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. intelligence community is considering the possibility that three mysterious unidentified objects shot down by U.S. fighter jets were tied to a commercial or otherwise benign purpose, the White House said on Tuesday. John Kirby, the White…

Jan 24, 2023
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley wants to ban TikTok nationwide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican and China hawk, said on Tuesday that he would introduce a bill to ban the short video app TikTok in the United States. TikTok, whose parent is the Chinese company ByteDance, already…

Jan 19, 2023
Bayer sued for barring non-U.S. citizen from Roundup settlement

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A new U.S. lawsuit on Thursday accused Germany's Bayer AG of illegally excluding a Virginia farmworker from a settlement over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, because she is not a U.S. citizen. The complaint said…

Jan 16, 2023
Household wealth optimism collapses, global survey shows

By Mark John (Reuters) - Barely two in five people believe their families will be better off in the future, according to a regular global survey that also identified growing levels of distrust in institutions among low-income households. The Edelman…

Dec 13, 2022
Poor management, inexperienced leaders led to FTX collapse, new CEO says

By Hannah Lang and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Poor management practices and inexperienced leaders led to FTX's implosion, the crypto exchange's new chief executive told lawmakers on Tuesday, shortly after U.S. regulators charged founder Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors. "The…