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The European Union says it’s investigating Facebook and Instagram over a range of suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign disinformation ahead of EU-wide elections. The European...
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Portland JSX Limited, a fund that invests in privately held companies in Jamaica and Latin America, has slipped deeper into losses that were nine times worse than a year ago. The fund’s annual results for year ending February 2024 were exacerbated...
Smarting from a loss of business occasioned by a dip in construction project starts and lower demand for food-grade inputs, chemicals and lubes supplier Paramount Trading is looking to lubricants and growth in manufacturing to get to its stated...
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across...
Alejandro Fonseca stood in line for several hours outside a bank in Havana hoping to withdraw Cuban pesos from an ATM, but when it was almost his turn, the cash ran out. He angrily hopped on his electric tricycle and travelled several kilometres...
The world’s nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings. Coming into Ottawa, many feared the effort would stall to craft the first legally...
On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck’s sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second...
In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the United States, a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every...
This year’s Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and the follow-up United Nations Forum on Financing for Development, have put international tax cooperation high on the global agenda once again. Brazil has declared...
Kristalina Georgieva’s reappointment as managing director of the International Monetary Fund is a welcome development, but it also highlights a major flaw in the IMF’s governance structure. In a world reeling from debt crises, violent conflict,...
Government supporters of offshore wind-energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading blows with opponents in some shore towns who say many vacationers and local residents don’t want to see turbines filling the ocean horizon. Eight Jersey...
Tropical Battery Company Limited will turn to the stock market to raise more equity later this year amid plans to continue growing the company. Tropical Battery, which went public in 2020 and is listed on the junior market of the Jamaica Stock...
When Anna Branch, 37, had her hours at work reduced at the start of the pandemic in 2020, she suddenly noticed ads for an app called EarnIn. “You know how they get you — the algorithms — like they’re reading your mind,” Branch said. “The ad said I...
London-based model Alexsandrah has a twin, but not in the way you would expect: Her counterpart is made of pixels instead of flesh and blood. The virtual twin was generated by artificial intelligence and has already appeared as a stand-in for the...
There are several types of life insurance policies to meet the wide-ranging needs of the population. Some give permanent coverage, and some give coverage for a specified period, but they all give some form of protection. Permanent life insurance...
Your team has pulled together an inspiring strategic plan. It has both short-term and long-term components and has the power to upend your industry. But in a matter of weeks, your aspirations suddenly fall apart. Why? Out comes a surprise...
