| | | 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 are grappling with climate change at COP27. Sign up to the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter. | | | Today's biggest stories A man stands on a glass bridge connecting both Twitter corporate headquarters buildings in San Francisco, California, U.S. October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to have decided to quit the beleaguered social media company following a Thursday deadline from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity," or leave.
Adolescents assigned female at birth account for a significant majority of minors receiving gender-affirming care, including top surgery, fueling debate about the influence of peer groups and social media. Read the Special Report here.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to step down from her leadership role after her fellow Democrats lost their majority in last week's midterm elections positions Hakeem Jeffries - a liberal congressman from New York - as a likely replacement.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump signed checks for Christmas bonuses for executives at his namesake company as if they were independent contractors, longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified. He said Trump did not conspire with him on the tax fraud scheme for which the Trump Organization is on trial.
The white man accused of killing 10 Black people in a racially motivated shooting spree at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in May intends to plead guilty to murder and other charges next week, a lawyer for families of some of the victims said. | | | | | | | Video of the day Amazon revives star-maker Aussie soap Neighbours Australian soap opera Neighbours will return to the screen in 2023 after a deal with Amazon revived the show that launched the career of stars such as Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue and all three Hemsworth brothers. | | | And finally… Fossils of car-sized dinosaur-era sea turtle unearthed in Spain Plying the subtropical seas that washed the coasts of the archipelago that made up Europe 83 million years ago was one of the largest turtles on record, a reptile the size of a small car - a Mini Cooper to be precise - that braved dangerous waters. | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |