An Indigenous demonstrator is held by a staff member at the venue hosting the UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil. REUTERS/Anderson Coelho |
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An assembly line at the GM Romulus Powertrain plant in Romulus, Michigan. Rebecca Coo/File Photo |
- General Motors has directed several thousand of its suppliers to scrub their supply chains of parts from China, people familiar with the matter said, reflecting automakers' growing frustration over geopolitical disruptions to their operations. Read our exclusive.
- Online platforms will ping Australian teenagers through over a million accounts in coming days offering a choice: download data, freeze profiles or lose the lot when a world-first ban on kids using social media starts on December 10. Byron Kaye tells the Reuters World News podcast why social media companies are now cooperating.
- China is grappling with a glut of soybeans after months of record imports, curbing prospects for US exports despite a recent trade truce that Washington said includes a pledge by Beijing to resume heavy purchases.
- China's Singles' Day sales festival is coming to a close after more than a month of promotions on the country's largest e-commerce platforms, which failed to spark widespread consumer excitement during the world's largest shopping event.
- India's markets regulator is planning more reforms to woo foreign investors, including speeding up registration, reducing the cost of trading in the cash equities market and making it easier to short-sell.
- A tale of two markets is emerging, as SoftBank's Nvidia stake sale sparked a rush out of AI stocks and stirred fresh bubble fears. In energy, the IEA tempered its outlook on an imminent peak in oil demand. Watch our daily market rundown for these stories and more.
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Fearful of Trump's raids, some Hispanic shoppers turn to safety of online buying |
S. Shan works the cash register of his family's store, the Tien Rong Gift Shop, in the heavily Latino Ironbound section of Newark, N.J. REUTERS/Nicholas P. Brown |
The Trump administration has conducted high-profile raids nationwide at Home Depot stores where day laborers often congregate, Walmart parking lots, strawberry and peach farms, and a Hyundai Motor battery plant. The expanded approach to immigration enforcement has changed the routine for some Hispanic consumers, and businesses are seeing it, according to interviews and statements from two dozen people, including business owners, community leaders, analysts and CEOs of publicly traded companies. |
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Children attend a swim training session at Hangzhou Chen Jinglun Sport school Natatorium, in Zhejiang province, China. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo |
Chinese authorities have announced measures to improve the mental health of primary and secondary school students by reducing academic pressure, cutting screen time and mandating two hours of physical exercise daily. The initiatives announced last month by the Ministry of Education include a classroom ban on mobile phones and a period of "screen-free" time to reduce excessive reliance on the internet. |
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