Brazil Congress approves bill to keep tax incentives for events industry
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Senate on Tuesday approved a bill maintaining tax incentives for the meetings and cultural events…
Ecuador president decrees state of emergency in five provinces
QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday decreed a state of emergency in five coastal provinces because of "internal…
Scammers stole more than RM16.2bil from older Americans last year, an FBI report says
Scammers stole more than US$3.4bil (RM16.2bil) from older Americans last year, according to an FBI report released Tuesday that shows a…
Finnish hacker imprisoned for accessing thousands of psychotherapy records and demanding ransoms
A Finnish court on April 30 sentenced a 26-year-old man to six years and three months in prison for hacking…
Qantas says tech upgrade caused loyalty app to malfunction
Qantas Airways Ltd said a technology upgrade caused the airline’s frequent flyer app to malfunction on Wednesday, allowing some members to…
Google and Apple now threatened by the US antitrust laws that helped build their technology empires
The US Justice Department's double-barreled antitrust attack on Google's dominant search and Apple's trendsetting iPhone is reviving memories of the…
For Turkish performer, drag is a political act
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ilker Yazici - stage name Miss Putka - was in secondary school when he discovered he was…
Amazon’s Twitch starts rival to TikTok in short-form video
Amazon.com Inc’s livestreaming site Twitch launched its own short-form video platform, a week after passage of a law that threatens…
Ukrainian forces near besieged Chasiv Yar say they badly need ammunition
NEAR CHASIV YAR, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces defending the strategic eastern stronghold of Chasiv Yar say they are still…