The 10 most important things in the world right now
Reuters
Good morning! Here's what you need to know on Tuesday.
1. Thousands took to the streets of Reykjavik to call for Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson to step down after leaked documents linked him to an offshore company. The connection was revealed in the Panama Papers, a leak of 11.5 million documents from a Panamanian law firm.
2. Nest, a smart-home company owned by Google's holding company Alphabet, is dropping support for a line of products - and will make customers' existing devices completely useless. The move that has infuriated some customers.
5. The entire Turkish citizenship database has allegedly been hacked and uploaded to the internet. A website purportedly shows the personal details of 49,611,709 Turkish citizens.
6. ISIS militants attacked Syrian army troops with mustard gas in an offensive against a Syrian military airport in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor that borders Iraq, state media said on late Monday.
7. Spanish tax authorities said they are investigating allegations of tax irregularities involving Barcelona and Argentina footballer Lionel Messi following the release of the Panama Papers. Messi and his family deny any wrongdoing.
8. Activity levels across the global manufacturing sector expanded at the slowest pace in nearly three years in the first quarter of 2016. The latest JP Morgan-Markit global manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) rose 0.5 points to 50.5 last month.
9. Donald Trump's string of luxury hotel properties, The Trump Hotel Collection, appears to be dealing with the second breach of its credit card systems in a year, KrebsonSecurity reported on Monday.
10. Flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Pakistan have killed at least 55 people. Rescuers were trying on Monday to help thousands of survivors including some cut off by a landslide in a mountain valley.
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- I spent $2,000 for 7 nights in a 179-square-foot room on one of the world's largest cruise ships. Take a look inside my cabin.
- An Ambani disruption in OTT: At just ₹1 per day, you can now enjoy ad-free content on JioCinema
- In second consecutive week of decline, forex kitty drops $2.28 bn to $640.33 bn
- SBI Life Q4 profit rises 4% to ₹811 crore
- IMD predicts severe heatwave conditions over East, South Peninsular India for next five days
- COVID lockdown-related school disruptions will continue to worsen students’ exam results into the 2030s: study
- India legend Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 ambassador
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
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- Broadcom lays off
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- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market