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Reuters reveals SEC’s Texas office probes banks over disclosures on guns, fossil fuel

Reuters exclusively reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Texas office launched a preliminary probe into lenders’ disclosures about their policies on hot-button issues like climate change and gunmakers, according to two people familiar with the matter. The inquiry appears to relate to two Texas laws, enacted last year, banning state entities from working with […]
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Reuters reveals The leader who is standing up to China

Drawing on interviews with diplomats, advisers, activists and other long-time observers of Taiwan’s leader, as well as an autobiography, a Reuters special report revealed how Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is wielding a mixture of soft and hard power as she seeks to fend off a more assertive China under President Xi Jinping. The post Reuters reveals The […]
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Reuters first to report Novak Djokovic denied entry to Australia, seeking injunction to stop deportation

Reuters was first to report that Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 tennis star in the world, was denied entry into Australia on Thursday after initially being granted a medical exemption for the country’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements so that he could play in the Australian Open. The tennis star, left stranded at Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport overnight, was issued […]
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Reuters reveals Russian central bank to seek ban on investment in cryptocurrencies; market reacts

Reuters exclusively reported that the Russia’s central bank would like to ban investments in cryptocurrencies in Russia because it sees risks to financial stability in the rising number of crypto transactions. Leading cryptocurrency bitcoin fell after the Reuters report. Commenting on the Reuters report, Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the central bank, said the regulator could […]
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Global tech crackdown

Big Tech has enjoyed years of unfettered growth, but now the U.S., EU, China and India have launched unprecedented crackdowns on some of the biggest names in the business. Lawmakers and regulators are going after anti-competitive practices and looking at privacy and security at companies such as Facebook and Apple, Google and Amazon. Reuters is keeping […]
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Reuters exclusively reports U.S. lawmakers call for sanctions against Israel’s NSO, other spyware firms

Reuters reported exclusively that a group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three other foreign surveillance companies they say helped authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses. Their letter, seen by Reuters, also called for sanctions on top executives at NSO, the United Arab […]
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