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Click here to see the summaryNEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A former Meta (META.O) employee testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, alleging that the Facebook and Instagram parent company was aware of harassment and other harms facing teens on its platforms but failed to address them. Bejarās testimony comes amid a bipartisan push in Congress to pass legislation that would require social media platforms to provide parents with tools to protect children online. The goal of his work at Meta was to influence the design of Facebook and Instagram in ways that would nudge users toward more positive behaviors and provide tools for young people to manage unpleasant experiences, Bejar said at the hearing. Meta said in a statement that it is committed to protecting young people online, pointing to its backing of the same user surveys Bejar cited in his testimony and its creation of tools like anonymous notifications of potentially hurtful content. In one 2021 email, Bejar flagged to Zuckerberg and other top executives internal data revealing that 51% of Instagram users had reported having a bad or harmful experience on the platform in the past seven days. Bejar met last week with two senators sponsoring the Kids Online Safety Act who said he shared evidence that Meta executives ignored harm to young people on the companyās platforms. ā Saved 58% of original text.
LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The British arm of defence firm MBDA has signed a 4 billion pound ($4.92 billion) deal to supply Poland with ground-based air defence systems, the British government said on Tuesday.
Britainās Ministry of Defence said the partnership would boost Polandās Narew air defence programme and help bolster European security amid the conflict in Ukraine.
MBDAās UK division has signed the sub-contract with Polish defence firm PGZ in a deal that Britain said was the largest commercial agreement ever secured between Britain and Poland.
Polandās Narew programme involves the development and delivery of components for 23 short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, according to PGZ.
āThe agreement also covers extensive technology transfer ensuring the production of rockets and launchers in Poland,ā Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on X.
MBDA, a joint venture between Franceās Airbus (AIR.PA), Britainās BAE Systems (BAES.L) and Italyās Leonardo (LDOF.MI), said the deal would be ātransformativeā for Polandās complex weapons capabilities.
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BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Baidu (9888.HK) ordered artificial intelligence chips from Huawei (HWT.UL) this year, two people familiar with the matter said, adding to signs that U.S. pressure is prompting Chinese acceptance of the firmās products as an alternative to Nvidiaās.
Although Huaweiās Ascend chips are still seen as far inferior to Nvidiaās in terms of performance, the first source said they were the most sophisticated domestic option available in China.
In August, the two companies said they would deepen compatibility between Baiduās Ernie AI model and Huaweiās Ascend chips.
Analysts predicted last month that the U.S. curbs would create an opening for Huawei to expand in its $7 billion home market.
The order adds to signs of technological advances for Huawei, as Beijing pours investment into its domestic semiconductor industry to help it catch up with overseas peers and urges state-owned firms to replace foreign technology with domestic alternatives.
In September, Reuters reported that Huaweiās in-house chip design unit, HiSilicon, had commenced shipments of newly developed Chinese-made processors for surveillance cameras to clients in 2023 in another comeback sign.
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The storm snapped branches and knocked down hundreds of trees that fell on overhead power lines in many streets of the city, initially cutting off 2.1 million customers in Metropolitan Sao Paulo, energy distribution company ENEL said.
I had no electricity, no cellphone and no fuel on Friday," said carpenter Denilson Laurindo, who faulted the city for not pruning trees in the streets.
Thiago Gonzalez, an electrical engineer, had to rent a room in a nearby neighborhood so he and his wife could get a hot shower and sleep with air conditioning.
The company, which is the second largest energy distributor in Brazil and owned by Italyās energy group ENEL (ENEI.MI), said the gale-force winds that hit Sao Paulo on Friday were the strongest in recent years and caused severe damage to the power grid due to falling trees and branches.
The Sao Pauloās state prosecutors office said it will investigate why so many customers in the city where left for so long without electricity and whether ENEL has enough staff to cope with emergencies in the 24 districts it serves.
Alexandre Vieira Monteiro, a condominium administrator, said six of the seven buildings he manages have had power supplies restored, but one was still without electricity in Morumbi.
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NEW DELHI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Indiaās Delhi city will restrict use of vehicles for a week between Nov. 13 and 20 to curb air pollution, the local governmentās environment minister said on Monday, as air quality remained in the āsevereā category despite mitigation efforts.
The rule would allow vehicles with odd number plates to ply on odd dates and similarly vehicles with even registration numbers will be allowed on road on alternate days.
New Delhi often ranks among the worldās top polluted cities every year ahead of the onset of winters in November, when calm winds, low temperatures trap pollutants emitted from many sources.
Air quality was āsevereā for a third consecutive day in the city on Monday, according to the federal pollution control body, forcing the city government to extend the closure of primary schools until Nov. 10.
āThere is a possibility that air pollution will rise after the Diwali,ā Gopal Rai, Delhiās environment minister, said, referring to the Hindu festival on Nov. 12 during which firecrackers, which are banned, are often set on fire, worsening air pollution.
A cricket World Cup match involving Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, however, went ahead in the city on Monday with organisers installing air purifiers in the playersā dressing rooms and using water sprinklers to reduce pollutants in the air.
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Following the Saudi statement, Moscow also announced it would continue its additional voluntary supply cut of 300,000 bpd from its crude oil and petroleum product exports until the end of December.
On Sunday, Israel rebuffed growing international pressure for a ceasefire as the top U.S. diplomat scrambled to contain a crisis that threatened to further escalation in neighbouring Lebanon.
āThe risk premium associated with the geopolitical backdrop has completely vanished after two weeks of volatile prices,ā ANZ analysts said in a note.
Sydney-based IG analyst Tony Sycamore expects oil prices to be driven by headlines from the Middle East and technical charts this week.
He added that WTI needs to hold above support at $80 a barrel in the early part of this week, otherwise prices could drop to the $77.59 low seen in August.
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to bolster sanctions on Iranian oil that would impose measures on foreign ports and refineries that process petroleum exported from Iran if it is signed into law.
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JAKARTA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The chief justice of Indonesiaās Constitutional Court is set to be found guilty of ethical violations for his role in a decision that paved the way for the presidentās son to contest the 2024 elections, the head of a judicial ethics panel said on Friday.
The decision sparked widespread outcry in the worldās third-largest democracy as it created a path for President Joko Widodoās 36-year-old son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, to run in Februaryās election.
The ruling prompted the formation of an ethics panel tasked to investigate the conduct of the courtās nine judges, including chief justice Anwar Usman, who is the presidentās brother-in-law and Gibranās uncle.
The head of the panel, former constitutional court judge Jimly Asshiddiqie, said that Anwar had been deemed the āmost problematicā.
Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto named Gibran, the mayor of Surakarta, as his vice presidential running mate days after the decision.
Once hailed as a beacon of democratic progress, Jokowi is now facing criticism he is working to shore up his political dynasty to maintain influence when he leaves office.
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They unfortunately have very little ability to enforce much of anything.
They have also done plenty, from keeping peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon, running hospitals and schools in Gaza, keeping said hospitals and schools open despite verbal threats by the IDF and bombings, distributing food and water, to providing a platform for the US to prove its hypocrisy on a global stage as it consistently votes against a ceasefire.
UN officials have repeatedly raised alarms throughout this conflict about the attrocities they are witnessing in Gaza. The problem lies with America and Israel ignoring all of them.
āThe occupation targeted the convoy in more than one location outside the door of al-Shifa Hospital,ā Ashraf al-Qidra the ministry spokesperson said.
He said the convoy was targeted both at the hospital gate and at Ansar Square a kilometer away.
Hamas-run Al-Aqsa television cited the Health Ministry as saying scores of people were killed and injured.
Earlier on Friday, Qidra said ambulances would send critically injured Palestinians who urgently needed care in Egypt from besieged Gaza City to the south of the enclave.
Israel, which has accused Hamas of concealing command centres and tunnel entrances in al-Shifa hospital, ordered all civilians to leave the north of Gaza last month and its military encircled the area on Thursday.
Hamas and al-Shifa hospital authorities have denied the facility is used as a base by militant fighters.
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BRASILIA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday temporarily militarized security at some of the countryās most important ports and airports, as he seeks to tame rising crime after several deadly incidents in Rio de Janeiro state.
Those ports and airports are key logistical hubs for booming cocaine exports to Europe, while also receiving contraband like high-caliber weapons that contribute to street violence.
The situation has got particularly bad in Rio de Janeiro, where powerful drug lords, violent vigilante mafias known as āmilitiasā and deadly cops have contributed to a highly complex security dynamic that is feeding a perception Lula is soft on crime.
Last month, three doctors who were having a late-night beer in an affluent stretch of beach in Rio were brutally murdered, allegedly after being confused for rival gangsters from a militia.
Brazil has become a key launchpad for moving cocaine to Europe, strengthening local criminal gangs and contributing to a deteriorating security situation which is being felt across South America, such as in gang-scarred Ecuador.
Lulaās decision to deploy the military reflects an about-turn by the leftist, who in an interview on Friday said he would not sign such a decree, saying he didnāt want soldiers āin the favelas, exchanging gunfire with gangsters.ā
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Click here to see the summarySEOUL, Nov 3 (Reuters) - North Korea will increase its military deterrent to ensure its security against a U.S. nuclear arsenal aimed at it, its state media reported on Friday, as it criticised the United States for a recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test. āThe DPRK will as ever continue its military action to bolster up the deterrence and ensure the strategic security in the Korean peninsula and the region,ā the unidentified commentator said in a report carried by the KCNA state news agency, referring to the country by the initials of its official name, the Democratic Peopleās Republic of Korea. āIt is clear that the current heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula resulted from North Koreaās futile nuclear development and reckless military provocations,ā deputy ministry spokesperson Kim In-ae told a briefing. South Korea held a joint exercise with the U.S. and Japan near the Korean peninsula last month, involving a U.S. B-52 strategic bomber as well as fighter jets of the three nations. The U.S. and South Korea also held air exercises involving 130 warplanes from both countries to simulate 24-hour wartime operations last month. North Korea denounces the exercises as preparations by the United States and its South Korean ally to invade it. ā Saved 46% of original text.
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