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Facebook says root cause of outage was faulty configuration change

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Monday cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the ro...

5th October, 2021

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Loud Mouth Media celebrates 10th anniversary

Agency founder and Managing Director Mark Haslam, speaks about his proudest accomplishments, the les...

4th October, 2021

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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage

By Subrat Patnaik and Eva Mathews (Reuters) -Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users...

4th October, 2021

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Japan’s new PM calls Oct. 31 election, vows to fight pandemic

By Elaine Lies and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, on...

4th October, 2021

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McDonald’s targets net zero emissions by 2050, from meat to energy

By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp on Monday set a new target to cut gl...

4th October, 2021

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New Zealand drops COVID-19 elimination strategy under pressure from Delta

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand on Monday abandoned its long-standing stra...

4th October, 2021

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Pope, other religious leaders issue pre-COP26 appeal on climate change

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis and other religious leaders made a joint app...

4th October, 2021

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Two Americans win Medicine Nobel for work on heat and touch

By Johan Ahlander and Ludwig Burger STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -American scientists David Julius and Ardem...

4th October, 2021

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Descendant of tsars becomes first royal to marry in Russia since revolution

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – A descendant of Russia’s former imperial family marrie...

1st October, 2021

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Explainer-Global energy shortage or a coincidence of regional crises?

(Reuters) -British gasoline stations running dry, surging power costs in the European Union ahead of...

1st October, 2021

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Potential risks for disputes in relation to ‘greenwashing’ and ESG reporting obligations by financial services firms

By Janine Alexander, Partner, Ryan Lynch, Senior Associate, Lucy Waddicor, Associate, and Isobel McN...

30th September, 2021

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La Palma residents grapple with devastation wrought by volcano

By Miguel Pereira and Borja Suarez LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) -Residents of Spain’s La Palma we...

30th September, 2021