By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc became a household name ahead of its stellar IPO last year, when retail investors used its trading app to drive shares of GameStop and other “meme stocks” into the stratosphere, but name recognition has …
What Olympics? Advertisers lie low ahead of Beijing Winter Games
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Just a week before the opening ceremony of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, U.S. television viewers can be forgiven for forgetting the date, or even that it is taking place in Beijing, China. Unlike any Games in recent memory, t…
Israel sees Holocaust tropes in COVID protests fuelling anti-Semitism
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Protesters against COVID-19 measures who liken themselves to Jews under Nazi persecution are stoking global anti-Semitism, the Israeli government said in a report marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Su…
For Beijing’s chief hockey ice maker, it’s all about the layers
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – Most fans at an ice hockey game devote their attention to the whizzing puck and crunching body checks. Rick Ragan fixates on the frozen white surface on which the action takes place. “I’m watching how the ice is …
Prince Andrew seeks jury trial, denies Virginia Giuffre’s sex abuse claims
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew on Wednesday asked for a U.S. jury trial as he again denied Virginia Giuffre’s accusations that he sexually abused her more than two decades ago when she was 17. Giuffre, 38, sued the Duke of Yo…
Senator wants U.S. government, automakers to address ‘alarming’ jump in carjackings
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. senator on Wednesday called on major automakers and the Transportation Department to take action to address an “alarming” rise in carjackings in some major cities. Senate Judiciary chair Dick Dur…
Spotify removing Neil Young’s music after his Joe Rogan ultimatum
(Reuters) – Neil Young’s music is being removed from Spotify’s streaming service after the singer-songwriter objected to his songs playing on the same platform that offers Joe Rogan’s podcast, the company and the musician said on Wednesday. Earlier thi…
Most U.S. local governments opt to join $26 billion opioid settlement
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -U.S. cities and counties have embraced a proposed settlement worth up to $26 billion resolving lawsuits alleging three large drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic, lawyers behind th…
U.S. Justice Breyer fortified abortion rights, doubted death penalty
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has authored pivotal rulings bolstering abortion rights and safeguarding a landmark healthcare law while questioning the death penalty during 27 years as a liberal on a …
Omicron subvariant appears more contagious, but not more severe, Denmark says
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which is dominant in Denmark, appears more contagious than the more common BA.1 sub-lineage, Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said on Wednesday in a national address. “…