US expects to upgrade Vietnam ties, risks China anger (www.reuters.com)
The United States expects to elevate its diplomatic relations with former foe Vietnam to the top level as President Joe Biden travels to Hanoi in a week, in a move that may irk China and with unclear business implications....
Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints (www.reuters.com)
Turkey's Erdogan calls on Israel to stop attacks on Gaza 'amounting to genocide' (www.reuters.com)
ANKARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, which he said amounted to genocide, and urged the international community to work for a humanitarian ceasefire in the region....
Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle New York wage theft claims (www.reuters.com)
Under the settlements, drivers outside New York City (OP note: in New York state, I assume) will receive a minimum $26 per hour during rides and for sick leave, adjusted annually for inflation.
Thousands join pro-Palestinian protest in London to demand Gaza ceasefire (www.reuters.com)
Palestinians fleeing to the south find no escape from danger (www.reuters.com)
If paywalled, read here instead: bdnews24.com/world/middle-east/v77h2g1dym...
TikTok fined 345 million euros over handling of children's data in Europe. (www.reuters.com)
TikTok fined 345 million euros over handling of children’s data in Europe.::TikTok has been fined 345 million euros ($370 million) for breaching privacy laws regarding the processing of children’s personal data in the European Union, its lead regulator in the bloc said on Friday.
Israeli air strike kills 50 at Gaza refugee camp, hospital chief tells Al Jazeera (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces engaged with Hamas gunmen in Gaza’s tunnel network; over 50 Palestinians killed in an air strike on a refugee camp....
Georgia charges Trump, former advisers in 2020 election case (www.reuters.com)
Justice comes calling for the fourth time this summer.
Prosecutors to recharge Alec Baldwin for 'Rust' shooting (www.reuters.com)
Morrissey said if new testing of the gun showed it was working, she would recharge Baldwin.
UAW, automakers to resume talks as strike starts to create parts shortage (www.reuters.com)
Meta Platforms must face medical privacy class action (www.reuters.com)
Meta Platforms must face medical privacy class action::A U.S. federal judge said Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit claiming that it violated the medical privacy of patients who were treated by hospitals and other healthcare providers that used its Meta Pixel tracking tool.
Apple faces $1 bln UK lawsuit by apps developers over app store fees (www.reuters.com)
That’s still only 0.034% of its market cap, it would simply be a slap on the wrist even if they lose.
No bar exam required to practice law in Oregon starting next year (www.reuters.com)
Fight over Texas anti-abortion transport bans reaches biggest battlegrounds yet (www.reuters.com)
Two Texas jurisdictions will consider measures this week to outlaw the act of transporting another person along their roads for an abortion, part of a strategy by conservative activists to further restrict abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade....
China's fertility rate drops to record low 1.09 in 2022 (www.reuters.com)
Britain says it intercepted two Russian bomber aircraft north of Scotland (www.reuters.com)
Music Industry sues Internet Archive (www.reuters.com)
Another lawsuit against Internet archive sigh
Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints (www.reuters.com)
From the article: “About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters. The automaker last year became so inundated with driving-range complaints that it created a special team to cancel...
Coal industry faces 1 million job losses from global energy transition - research (www.reuters.com)
I wonder how/if the states of these workers will reemploy them
UN chief 'deeply distressed' by planned Israeli siege of Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Burger King says tomatoes on 'vacation' as India battles food inflation (www.reuters.com)
Apple's 'Tetris' movie ripped off tech writer's book, lawsuit says (www.reuters.com)
Protests erupt in Italy over cuts to poverty relief scheme (www.reuters.com)
ROME, July 31 (Reuters) - Discontent mounted on Monday in Italy over cuts to a poverty relief scheme by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightist government that will affect hundreds of thousands of people....