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Portugal targets 2025 TAP sale as more than 12 potential buyers show interest
Date: November 9, 2024
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s government plans to resume the sale of flag carrier TAP in 2025, the country’s infrastructure minister said, after receiving interest from more than a dozen potential buyers. A previous Socialist administration approved the privatisation of at least 51% of TAP in September 2023, but the sale did not...
COP29 climate agenda clouded by trade tensions ahead of summit
Date: November 9, 2024
By Kate Abnett and Tim Cocks BRUSSELS/JOHANNSEBURG (Reuters) -China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue could disrupt the start of global climate talks. The draft agenda for this year’s climate summit, published on Friday, includes a Chinese proposal, previously...
Italy’s Pompeii to cap daily visitor numbers to 20,000
Date: November 9, 2024
ROME (Reuters) – The ancient Roman archaeological park of Pompeii in southern Italy said on Friday it would cap daily visitor numbers at 20,000 as a response to its surging popularity. The change, effective from Nov. 15, comes after a peak of more than 36,000 daily entrances on a free-admission Sunday, the park said in...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT back up after brief outage
Date: November 9, 2024
(Reuters) -Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s popular chatbot ChatGPT was back up after an outage affected thousands of users, the company said on Friday. “Issues with ChatGPT have now been resolved,” OpenAI said in a statement on its website. Access was restored to most users by 4:34 p.m. PT (0034 GMT on Saturday), OpenAI said, adding that a...
Meta’s Zuckerberg not liable in lawsuits over social media harm to children
Date: November 8, 2024
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal judge said Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social media. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California rejected accusations on Thursday that Zuckerberg directed Meta’s efforts to conceal from children the serious mental...
Beyonce leads Grammy nominations with ‘Cowboy Carter’
Date: November 8, 2024
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Superstar singer Beyonce topped the list of Grammy Award contenders unveiled on Friday, earning 11 nods including an album of the year nomination for her venture into country music, “Cowboy Carter.” Behind Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone tied with seven nominations each. Pop phenomenon...