OPEC+ presses for compliance with oil cuts - Reuters

DUBAI/LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - OPEC and its allies pressed oil nations pumping above output targets to cut more in August-September amid fears oil demand recovery was slow while saying it could reach pre-pandemic levels by the year-end.

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed stock graph and Opec logo in this illustration picture, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

The group, known as OPEC+, met on Wednesday to


Marriott faces London lawsuit over vast data breach - Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Marriott International, a leading hotel operator, is facing a London class action brought by millions of former guests demanding compensation after their personal records were hacked in one of the largest data breaches in history.

FILE PHOTO: A Marriott flag hangs at the entrance of the New York Marriott Downtown hotel in Manhattan, New York November 16, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Martin Bryant, founder of technology and media consultancy Big Revolution, is leading the claim for English and Welsh-domiciled


Exclusive: GM bets on electric Cadillacs and micro-vans to reverse China slide - Reuters

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - General Motors ( GM.N ) is overhauling its Chinese line-up with a greater emphasis on electric cars and smart-driving technology to stem a slide in sales after more than two decades of growth in a country that contributes nearly a fifth of its profit.

FILE PHOTO: A new Cadillac XT6 SUV of GM is presented during the media day for Shanghai auto show in Shanghai, China, April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song

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Taiwan says China behind cyberattacks on government agencies, emails - Reuters

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Wednesday hacking groups linked to the Chinese government had attacked at least 10 government agencies and some 6,000 email accounts of government officials in an “infiltration” to steal important data.

Liu Chia-zung, deputy director of the Taiwan Investigation Bureau's Cyber Security Office, speaks during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yimou Lee

Democratic Taiwan has been urging its people to be alert for what officials call


Changing TikTok Japan ownership could address security concerns, ruling party lawmaker says - Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - A change in control of the Japanese unit of TikTok, the popular video-sharing app owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, could be one way to address user data security concerns in Japan, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party said.

FILE PHOTO: TikTok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Norihiro Nakayama, a senior member of a group of lawmakers


Venture investor Kevin Hartz targets tech founders with blank-check firm - Reuters

(Reuters) - Blank-check acquisition company one AONE_u.N, backed by ticketing site Eventbrite Inc ( EB.N ) founder Kevin Hartz, has started its search for a tech firm to merge with, as it made its stock market debut on Tuesday after raising $200 million.

FILE PHOTO: Kevin Hartz, co-founder and chairman of Eventbrite, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 10,

Ecuador says some Chinese vessels near Galapagos have cut communications systems - Reuters

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (Reuters) - Ecuador’s armed forces said on Tuesday that dozens of vessels from a predominantly Chinese fishing fleet that is operating near the Galapagos Islands have turned off tracking systems to prevent monitoring of their activities.

Ecuador's Defence Minister General Oswaldo Jarrin (C), General Commander of the Ecuadorean Navy Rear Admiral Darwin Jarrin (L) and Ecuadorean Commander of Naval Operations Rear Admiral Daniel Ginez hold a news conference about a Chinese fishing fleet currently operating in the waters near the Galapagos Islands, in Guayaquil

Americans protest cuts to US Postal Service - Reuters

Americans protest cuts to US Postal Service Reuters

Pompeo likely to visit U.N. on Thursday in pursuit of sanctions on Iran: diplomats - Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a joint news conference with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg in Vienna, Austria, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/Pool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely travel to New York on Thursday to seek a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran and meet with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, diplomats and a U.N. official


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