Fonte: Reuters

WORLD

– South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are yet to establish whether it is more contagious or able to overcome the immunity provided by vaccines or prior infection.

– Thai lawmakers began a censure debate against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, as opponents threatened to intensify street protests fueled by frustration at his government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis.

– Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal is set to rule on whether the country’s constitution or European Union treaties take precedence, a judgment that could further strain Warsaw’s already troubled relationship with the bloc.

– Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plunged back into campaigning after unusually vocal protesters disrupted his election rallies and forced him to cancel an event.

– BBC journalist Sarah Rainsford has left Russia after Moscow abruptly refused to extend her permission to work in a tit-for-tat row with Britain over the treatment of foreign media.

BUSINESS

– The Biden administration plans to make federal lands cheaper to access for solar and wind power developers after the clean power industry argued in a lobbying push this year that lease rates and fees are too high to draw investment and could torpedo the president’s climate change agenda.

– Young Chinese gamers took to social media to express their outrage at new rules that limit their gaming time to just three hours per week, while investors fretted about the long-term impact on the industry. President Xi Jinping wants to reshape Chinese family time at the private sector’s expense, says Breakingviews columnist Robyn Mak.

– Euro zone inflation surged to a 10-year-high this month with further rises still likely to come, challenging the European Central Bank’s benign view on price growth and its commitment to look past what it deems a transient increase.

– Shares of Robinhood Markets, a popular gateway for trading meme stocks, tumbled nearly 7% on news that PayPal may start an online brokerage and a report saying regulators were looking at a possible ban on a practice that accounts for the bulk of the company’s revenue.

– Zoom Video Communications posted its first billion-dollar revenue quarter but signaled a faster-than-expected easing in demand for its video-conferencing service after a pandemic-driven boom, sending its shares tumbling 11%.