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Vietnamese communist party reaches consensus on nomination of top state leaders; state budget collection rising
The 13th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) wrapped up its second plenary session here on Tuesday, reaching high consensus on the nominations of state leadership for the next tenure, Vietnam News Agency reported.
Ten years after Fukushima, Japan remembers 'man-made' nuclear disaster
TOKYO (Reuters) - When a huge earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011, devastating towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima, a stunned world watched the chaotic struggle to contain the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Lebanon's deadlock fuels seventh day of street protests
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Demonstrators burnt tyres to block main roads all over Lebanon for the seventh straight day on Monday in anger at more than a year of economic crisis and seven months of political paralysis.
Rush to bitcoin. Not so fast, say keepers of corporate coffers
While the moves have prompted more boardroom discussions though, headaches from bitcoin's volatility to accounting for it and storing it are likely to preclude a big wave of companies holding large amounts on balance sheets in the short term.
Explainer: Bitcoin on your balance sheet? Here's what you need to know
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Large companies from carmaker Tesla Inc to business intelligence firm MicroStrategy Inc have swapped billions of dollars in cash for bitcoin in recent months.
Singapore warms to electric cars two years after Tesla’s rebuke
After years of not doing much to foster the uptake of electric cars, Singapore has started to embrace them.
Musk’s historic wealth gains unravel with RM109.99bil loss
Elon Musk set records last year for one of the fastest streaks of wealth accumulation in history. The reversal is underway, and it’s steep.
Lebanon's caretaker PM pleads for a new government as protests continue
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab threatened on Saturday to stop performing his duties to pressure politicians to form a new government, citing an incident in which shoppers fought over milk to illustrate the parlous state of the economy.
EV rollout will require huge investments in strained U.S. power grids
(Reuters) - During several days of brutal cold in Texas, the city of Austin saw its fleet of 12 new electric buses rendered inoperative by a statewide power outage. That problem will be magnified next year, when officials plan to start purchasing electric-powered vehicles exclusively.
The young Afghan media worker who risked all for women's rights
KABUL (Reuters) - Last December, Afghan media worker Shahnaz Mohmand rushed to comfort her female colleagues as they reeled in shock after fellow employee Malala Maiwand was shot dead in the eastern city of Jalalabad.
