Thursday, 1 November 2018

Thursday Morning Briefing: Fears of voter suppression ahead of U.S. elections

ocean shock

Roughly 20 percent of the world’s wild-caught fish never go near a plate. Instead, they’re ground up to make fishmeal. Special Reports goes inside the $160 billion aquaculture industry, the latest installment in the ‘Ocean Shock’ series that explores how climate change is disrupting the world’s marine life.

midterms

Democrats and advocacy groups are scrambling in courtrooms and on the ground to resist efforts they say will stack the deck against minority voters likely to back Democrats in next Tuesday’s elections

If Democrats win control, nearly every aspect of Republican Donald Trump’s presidency could face swift examination – from his long-elusive tax returns to possible business ties with Russia.

Oprah Winfrey is lending her star power to Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, who is vying to become the first female black governor in the United States. The media mogul has long championed Democratic Party causes, and some fans earlier this year tried to encourage her to run against Trump in 2020.

World

Cocaine production is beginning to creep into Central America, a development that could bring the supply of the drug closer to the United States and create a new security risk for an already troubled region.

The economic impact of the intensifying trade war between Washington and Beijing appeared to deepen last month with factory activity and export orders weakening across Asia, but analysts warned the worst was yet to come.

Commentary: There are at least five reasons why the next round of U.S. sanctions against Iran - due to start going into effect in November - will fail, writes Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former spokesman for Iran’s nuclear negotiators.

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Two @Reuters journalists have been imprisoned in Myanmar since Dec. 12, 2017. See full coverage: https://reut.rs/2Qc7QFT

6:09 AM - Nov 1 2018
Sarah Dadouch  @SarahDadouch

Alawatanews.com is part of a network of at least 53 websites which, posing as authentic Arabic news outlets, have spread false information about the #Saudi gov & Khashoggi’s murder, a Reuters analysis shows https://reut.rs/2QaxCKw

8:14 AM - Nov 1, 2018

tech

Father of Web says tech giants may have to be split up

Silicon Valley technology giants such as Facebook and Google have grown so dominant they may need to be broken up, unless challengers or changes in taste reduce their clout, the inventor of the World Wide Web told Reuters.

4 min read

Volvo Cars taps Baidu tech to develop robotaxi for China

Volvo Cars has teamed up with Chinese search engine operator Baidu to develop a self-driving taxi for China, opening another frontier to secure its place in the robotaxi market while its Uber supply deal remains in limbo.

4 Min Read

Testy talks, tangled taxes: Amazon's slow push into Brazil's retail jungle

Amazon.com is struggling to ramp up its operations in Brazil, a promising market that so far has proven difficult for the world’s largest online retailer to crack.

8 min read

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PROGRAMMING ALERT: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer joins ‘Mornings with Maria’

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer joins "Mornings with Maria" at 7:30 a.m. ET to discuss the midterm elections, Microsoft's contract with the Pentagon for technology, and artificial intelligence in sports.

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