The Reuters Daily Briefing Friday, November 18, 2022 by Hani Richter Hello Here’s what you need to know. After Elon Musk’s ultimatum, Twitter employees start exiting, Russia is hopeful of U.S. prisoner swap including Bout and how FTX bought its way to become the ‘most regulated’ crypto exchange. Make sense of how companies and governments […]

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Austerity is pushed back until after the next election amid evidence of higher energy bills and a protracted recession Jeremy Hunt announces tax increases in autumn statement – video Larry Elliott and Pippa Crerar GUARDIAN Britain faces the biggest hit to living standards on record as Chancellor  Jeremy Hunt set out £30bn of delayed spending […]

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The session of Congress before newly elected members take office is likely one of the last opportunities the Biden administration has to receive additional COVID-19 funding, as Democrats still control both chambers.   While Democrats will retain control of the Senate next year, it appears likely that Republicans will control the House.  The White House […]

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Nov 17 (Reuters) – Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner can be extradited from his homeland of Trinidad to the United States to face corruption charges, a London court said on Thursday. Warner’s lawyers argued that his extradition was unlawful but London’s Privy Council, the highest court of appeal for many Commonwealth countries, unanimously dismissed his […]

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PARIS, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Peru has reported its first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza as the disease swept through some wild pelicans, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday. The type A H5 virus killed 200 pelicans that were found on a beach in the northern province of Paita, […]

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Image source, Getty Images Jovenel Moise was assassinated in July 2021 but Canadian police say the charges are unrelated A man from the Canadian province of Quebec has been charged with terrorism for an alleged plot to topple the Haitian government of Jovenel Moise. Gerald Nicolas, 51, was charged by the RCMP, Canada’s federal police […]

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By Ivelisse Rivera and Ted Hesson SAN JUAN/WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal agent was killed and two were wounded in a gun battle with suspected drug smugglers on Thursday during an inspection of a vessel believed to be carrying drugs off the coast of Puerto Rico, U.S. officials said. “These are brave […]

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Image source, Reuters there are now more than 700 confirmed cases of cholera in Haiti By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Haiti’s cholera outbreak is worsening, with confirmed cases jumping to more than 700 and cholera-related deaths to 161, the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) says. Health officials are investigating a further 7,000 suspected cases. PAHO head […]

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By Megan Rowling Summary U.N. chief says action needed on ‘loss and damage’ finance Floods, storms, droughts take heavy toll on the poorest U.S. opposes new fund proposed by developing nations SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ministers from poor nations on the frontlines of fiercer floods, droughts and storms said the […]

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