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Zawya
23-04-2025
- Business
- Zawya
White House mulls slashing China tariffs to between 50-65%, WSJ reports
The U.S. government is considering cutting its tariffs on Chinese imports in a bid to de-escalate tensions with Beijing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The China tariffs are likely to come down to between 50% and 65%, the report added citing a White House official. (Reporting by Pretish M J in Bengaluru)
Reuters
01-04-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 strikes Iceland, GFZ says
April 1 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck Iceland on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. Make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments with the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter. Sign up here. Reporting by Pretish M J in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese
Zawya
21-03-2025
- Zawya
Meta's Instagram outage in US nearly resolved as reports drop, Downdetector shows
Reports of an Instagram outage in the U.S. on Thursday evening dropped significantly, according to outage tracking website indicating that the issue has largely been resolved for many users. As of 8:34 p.m. ET, there were only 429 incidents reported, down from 19,431 earlier, according to the website that tracks outages by aggregating status reports from multiple sources. Instagram owner Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment. Downdetector's numbers are based on user-submitted reports, so the actual number of affected users may differ. (Reporting by Pretish M J in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
Zawya
07-03-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Lloyds shifts skilled IT jobs from UK to India, FT reports
Lloyds Banking Group is hiring hundreds of IT engineers in India, while planning to cut hundreds of similar jobs in the UK, the Financial Times reported on Friday citing a person familiar with the plans. The British lender plans to include 4,000 permanent employees working in technology and data in India by the end of the year, the report said, citing a presentation. (Reporting by Pretish M J in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H K)
