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CNN —Apple is fighting France’s claims that the iPhone 12 surpasses European radiation exposure limits after French regulators on Tuesday ordered a pause on sales and a fix to phones already sold to customers. France’s National Frequency Agency said it “has demanded that Apple withdraw the iPhone 12 from the French market, effective 12 September 2023, as measures show the specific absorption rate exceeds the set limits.” The agency said the iPhone 12 is not compliant with European Union regulations. “Apple must immediately adopt all necessary measures to prevent the iPhone 12 in the supply chain from being made available on the market,” ANFR added. The company said it was contesting the AFNR’s review results and would continue to work with the agency to demonstrate the phone’s compliance. SAR is a measure of the rate of energy absorption by the body from the source being measured, according to the ANFR.

Persons: “, Apple, ANFR, ” ANFR, Noel Barrot, Barrot Organizations: CNN, Frequency Agency, Apple, World Health Organization, “, France’s, Digital Locations: France, California

☆ Dutch watchdog seeks Apple explanation on French iPhone12 radiation tests, media report
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

AMSTERDAM, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The Dutch digital watchdog is looking into a French report saying Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone 12 model breaches European Union radiation exposure limits and will ask the U.S. company for an explanation, according to an official quoted by the daily Algemeen Dagblad. "The Netherlands attaches as much importance as France to safe use of mobile phones. Mobile phones must comply with Europeans norms." Germany's network regulator BNetzA said it might launch similar proceedings and was in close contact with French authorities, while Spain's OCU consumers' group urged authorities there to halt the sales of the iPhone 12. Reporting by Toby Sterling and Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Angeline van Dijk, BNetzA, Apple, Toby Sterling, Benoit Van Overstraeten, David Gregorio Our Organizations: U.S ., France's Agence Nationale des, Apple, Nederlandse, Mobile, Thomson Locations: AMSTERDAM, U.S, Dagblad, France's, France, Netherlands

LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - France's radiation watchdog has banned sales of Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone 12 after tests that it said showed the smartphone breached European radiation exposure limits. Apple disputes the watchdog's conclusions, saying the iPhone 12 was certified by multiple international bodies as compliant with global radiation standards. The ANFR said it recently carried out random tests on 141 phones, including iPhone 12, bought from shops. Smartphone radiation tests have so far led to 42 imposed sale stops in the country, it said. The ANFR said the iPhone 12 had failed to meet European Union standards, raising questions over whether more sales bans could be coming elsewhere.

Persons: Jean, Noel Barrot, Le, ANFR, Rodney Croft, Apple, Martin Coulter, Jennifer Rigby, Elizabeth Pineau, Mark Potter, Josie Kao Organizations: Agence Nationale des, Apple, Digital Minister, Reuters, International Commission, EU, WHO, International Agency for Research, Cancer, APPLE, Union, Germany's Federal, for Radiation, Thomson Locations: France

☆ French watchdog halts iPhone 12 sales over too-high radiation - minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/ Regis Duvignau/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Apple must stop selling its iPhone 12 model in France due to above-threshold radiation levels, France's junior minister for the digital economy told newspaper Le Parisien in an interview published on Tuesday. France's radiation watchdog ANFR notified Apple of its decision to ban iPhone 12 sales after it had carried out tests which showed the smartphone's Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) was slightly higher than legally allowed, Jean-Noel Barrot told the paper. Barrot said a software update would be sufficient to fix the radiation issues linked to the phone which the U.S. company has been selling since 2020. The French watchdog will now pass on its findings to regulators in other EU member states. In 2020, France widened regulations requiring retailers to display the radiation value of products on packaging beyond cell phones, including tablets and other electronic devices.

Persons: Regis, Le, Jean, Noel Barrot, Barrot, Tassilo Hummel, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, Rights, Le Parisien, U.S ., European Union, Thomson Locations: Lusignac, France, U.S

☆ After Chandrayaan-3: India's upcoming and past space missions
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Here are highlights of Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) upcoming and past missions:ADITYA-L1Slated for launch on Sept. 2, the Aditya L1 (Aditya is a name for the sun in the Hindi language) is the first Indian space mission to study the sun. PAST MISSIONS:* Chandrayaan-3 - On August 23, India became the first country to safely land a craft in the moon's south pole region. * Chandrayaan-2 - In 2019, ISRO launched its second moon mission, its first attempt to study the lunar south pole. * Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) - In 2013, ISRO became the fourth space agency to put a spacecraft in the Mars orbit. * Chandrayaan-1 - India's first mission to the Moon was launched successfully in 2008.

Persons: GAGANYAAN, Vikram, Jitendra Singh, Nivedita, Gerry Doyle, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: ISRO, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Indian Space Research, Centre, NASA, Mars Orbiter, Thomson Locations: India, Bengaluru

☆ New Cambodian cabinet to feature children of the powerful
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, looks on at the final Cambodian People's Party (CPP) election campaign for the upcoming general election in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 21, 2023. REUTERS/Cindy Liu/File PhotoAug 11 (Reuters) - Outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has unveiled a list of people expected to feature in a new cabinet, including several sons and daughters of close allies and serving ministers. The rubber-stamp parliament is set to approve the new prime minister and cabinet on Aug. 22. While giving up the job of prime minister, Hun Sen looks set to remain engaged with government. This week, Hun Sen announced that Khuon Sodary had been designated as president of the National Assembly, the first woman to hold the position.

Persons: Hun Manet, Cambodia's, Hun Sen, Cindy Liu, Cham, Sar Sokha, Sar, Seiha, Tea, Hun Sen's, Khuon Sodary, Kanupriya Kapoor, Robert Birsel Organizations: Cambodian People's Party, REUTERS, Cambodian, World Bank, National Assembly, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

☆ Former Man Utd keeper Van der Sar no longer in intensive care
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 18 (Reuters) - Edwin van der Sar is out of intensive care but remains in hospital after a brain bleed earlier this month, the former Manchester United goalkeeper announced on Tuesday. The 52-year-old former Netherlands international was moved to a Dutch hospital but remained in intensive care, his wife Annemarie said last week. Van der Sar was initially admitted to a Split hospital while on holiday in Croatia. "First of all, we want to thank everyone for all the great and supportive messages," Van der Sar said in a post on Twitter. "I'm happy to share that I'm no longer in the intensive care unit.

Persons: Edwin van der, Annemarie, Van der Sar, I'm, der Sar, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Toby Davis Organizations: Manchester United, Netherlands, Twitter, Ajax, Champions League, Thomson Locations: Croatia, Old Trafford, Bengaluru

☆ Edwin van der Sar: Soccer great ‘not in life-threatening danger’ following brain bleed, says former club Ajax
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Edwin van der Sar, who won the Champions League with Ajax and Manchester United during a glittering 21-year soccer career, remains in intensive care but is “communicative” and “not in life-threatening danger,” his former club Ajax said. The Dutch club said on Friday that Van der Sar had been taken to hospital following a bleed around the brain. As well as his two Champions League titles, the former goalkeeper also won four Premier Leagues with Manchester United and four Eredivisie titles with Ajax during an illustrious career. After retiring in 2011, Van der Sar went on to join the board at Ajax before becoming chief executive in 2016. He resigned from the position in May after Ajax finished third in the Dutch first division, missing out on the Champions League for the first time in 14 years.

Persons: Edwin van der, “, der Sar, Van der Sar Organizations: CNN, Champions League, Ajax, Manchester United, Premier Leagues Locations: Netherlands, Van

☆ Edwin van der Sar: Goalkeeping legend in intensive care following bleed on the brain
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Edwin van der Sar, who won the Champions League with Ajax and Manchester United during a glittering 21-year soccer career, is in intensive care following bleeding around his brain, Ajax said in a statement. The Dutch club described Van der Sar’s condition as “stable but still concerning” on Saturday and said it was sharing the news on behalf of his wife, Annemarie. “The Van der Sar family, along with Ajax, is grateful and deeply touched by the many messages of support,” the statement read. After retiring in 2011, Van der Sar went on to join the board at Ajax before becoming chief executive in 2016. Ajax said Van der Sar “will remain in intensive care for the time being.”

Persons: Edwin van der, Ajax, Van, ”, Annemarie, “, der Sar, Edwin, Van der Sar, Sar Organizations: CNN, Champions League, Ajax, Manchester United, Premier League Locations: Netherlands, Van

☆ Ahead of election, Cambodia amends law to bar non-voters from contesting in future
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Hun Sen, who has held power in Cambodia for more than three decades, last week ordered the rubber-stamp parliament to revise the law so that anyone who does not vote in the general election on July 23 will be barred from contesting any future elections. At the last election in 2018, the Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won all of the parliamentary seats, having scored 4.8 million votes out of the 6.9 million cast. Hun Sen's administration has denied targeting opponents and says it is enforcing the law. The election commission said earlier this month that anyone urging people not to vote would be fined or imprisoned. The CPP will run virtually unopposed next month, after the election commission disqualified the sole opposition Candlelight Party from running, citing improper paperwork.

Persons: penalise, Hun Sen's, Hun Sen, Kheng, Phil Robertson, Kanupriya Kapoor, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Interior, Cambodian People's Party, Human Rights Watch, Party, Reuters, Thomson Locations: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia

CNN —Nearly 80 primary school students, mostly girls, are suspected to have been poisoned over the weekend and taken to hospital in Afghanistan’s Sangcharak district, Mohammad Rahmani, the head of Education Department in the northern Sar-e-Pul province, told CNN. “After reaching school in the morning, the students suddenly started feeling dizzy, headache, and nausea,” Rahmani said. A doctor at Sar-i-Pul hospital confirmed to CNN that some of the girls were admitted to hospital and he believes they were poisoned based on their symptoms. Following international pressure, the Taliban kept primary schools open for girls until around the age of 12, Reuters reported. In 2012, more than 170 women and girls were hospitalized after drinking apparently poisoned well water at a school.

Persons: Mohammad Rahmani, Rahmani, ” Rahmani, schoolgirls Organizations: CNN, Education Department, Reuters Locations: Afghanistan’s Sangcharak, Pul, Afghanistan

☆ Sixty Afghan girls hospitalised after school poisoning - police
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KABUL, June 5 (Reuters) - Around 60 Afghan girls were hospitalisd after being poisoned at their school in nothern Afghanistan, police said on Monday. The poisoning, which targeted a girls' school in the Afghan province of Sar-e Pol, comes after intense scrutiny of girls' education in the war-torn nation since the Taliban took over and barred most teenage female students and after a wave of poison attacks on girls' schools in neighbouring Iran. "Some unknown people entered a girls' ... school in Sancharak District .. and poisoned the classes, when the girls come to classes they got poisoned," said Den Mohammad Nazari, Sar-e-Pol's police spokesperson, without elaborating on which substance was used or who was thought to be behind the incident. In neighbouring Iran, poiosoning incidents at girls' schools sickened an estimated 13,000 mostly female students since November. During Afghanistan's previous foreign-backed government, several poisoning attacks, including suspected gas attacks, on girls' schools had taken place.

Persons: Den Mohammad Nazari, Nazari, Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Charlotte Greenfield, Stephen Coates Organizations: Thomson Locations: KABUL, nothern Afghanistan, Afghan, Sar, Iran, Sancharak District

☆ One of the world's most expensive cities just raised the minimum wage by 32 cents an hour — and it's getting absolutely slammed for it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Financial hub Hong Kong is one of the world's most expensive cities. On Monday, the city raised its minimum wage by 32 cents to about $5.1 per hour. A wage hike of 2.5 Hong Kong dollars, or roughly 32 cents, means that Hong Kong's minimum wage is now 40 Hong Kong dollars per hour — a 7% increase from 37.50 Hong Kong dollars previously, per the announcement. In 2022, Hong Kong was the most expensive city to live in, according to consulting firm Mercer's cost of living list of over 200 cities. The society added the minimum wage should be at least 53.40 Hong Kong dollars — 30% over the current level.

☆ Leaked Pentagon docs show the shot-down Chinese spy balloon may have had a feature known as 'synthetic aperture radar' that can see through certain materials, WaPo reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The shot-down Chinese spy balloon may have had synthetic aperture radar, the Washington Post reports. SAR is used around the world by organizations like NASA and the European Space Agency. "The amount of solar power generated by the panels on the Chinese stratospheric balloon that NSA named Killeen-23 is excessive for a weather balloon," the document reads. Synthetic aperture radar is the solution to the problem with real aperture radar, which cannot create high-resolution images without an impractically large antenna. These sensor readings then allow the radar to create a reconstruction of whatever objects are below the energy beam.

☆ Boat with 400 migrants adrift between Libya and Malta, support service says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MILAN, April 9 (Reuters) - A vessel with around 400 people on board is adrift between Malta and Libya and is taking on water, support service Alarm Phone said on Sunday, amid a sharp rise of migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. Alarm Phone said on Twitter they had received a call from the boat, which departed from Tobruk, in Libya, last night and that they had informed authorities. But no rescue operation has been launched so far, they added. Alarm Phone said the boat was now in the Maltese Search and Rescue area (SAR). Another NGO, Germany's Resqship, said on Sunday at least 23 migrants died the previous night in the Mediterranean in a separate shipwreck.

[1/4] A member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) looks at a migrant after he was rescued by the ship 'Geo Barents' during a search and rescue (SAR) operation in the Mediterranean Sea, January 25, 2023. La Spezia is the furthest and northernmost destination that Italy has assigned to an NGO ship. Forcing NGO ships to reach ever-more distant ports increases costs at a time when budgets are stretched by inflation and higher fuel costs following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Last month, the SOS Mediterranee NGO appealed for donations, saying fuel charges for its Ocean Viking rescue ship had increased by over 1 million euros during 2022. The new docking destinations policy adds to a December decree which forces NGO ships to request and head to a port "without delay" after each rescue, rather than continue looking for boats in distress.

☆ Earnings results are dismal, but the market is still rallying. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

S & P 500 earnings estimates 2022 Q4: down 3.0% 2023 Q1: flat 2023 Q2: down 1.3% 2023 Q3: up 4.3% 2023 Q4: up 10.5% Source: Refinitiv Not great news on the earnings front! Because market sentiment was so negative ending 2022, a lot of investors are still not back in and are positioned "light." That's why all the earnings growth is in the second half of the year. The bet is that the first half of the year is flat on earnings, and the second half improves. The sales growth in January in China reinforces the Group's expectation to aim for a record year in 2023."

January 22 marks the start of the Lunar New Year in 2023, an auspicious time for many people. We've rounded up an assortment of fun products to celebrate the year of the rabbit. Also known as Chinese New Year, it is a two-week event, ending with the Lantern Festival on February 5. In addition, Chinese New Year is a two-week event, ending with the Lantern Festival on February 5. Even if you don't celebrate, we've curated a list of fun gifts to mark the year of the rabbit.

☆ Markets rally on signs inflation is abating, as investors look to next week's consumer price data
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Later in the day, markets were also buoyed by the ISM's nonmanufacturing purchasing managers' index, which said the services industry contracted last month. The next big test will be December's consumer price index report, to be released Thursday. Meanwhile, the fourth-quarter earnings season kicks off next Friday, when the banks – including Club holding Wells Fargo (WFC) – are set to report. On Thursday, the December ADP employment report was released, showing an additional 235,000 jobs, well above the 153,000 expected by analysts. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Afghanistan's Taliban administration in oil extraction deal with Chinese company
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Mohammad Yunus Yawar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

KABUL, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's north, the acting mining minister said on Thursday. It will be the first major public commodities extraction deal the Taliban administration has signed with an foreign company since taking power in 2021. "The Amu Darya oil contract is an important project between China and Afghanistan," China's ambassador, Wang Yu, told the news conference. China has not formally recognised the Taliban administration but it has significant interests in a country at the centre of a region important for its Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. The Chinese company will invest $150 million a year in Afghanistan under the contract, the spokesperson for the Taliban-run administration, Zabihullah Mujahid, said on Twitter.

☆ Concession awards mark a reset for Macao casinos
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Contessa Brewer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

With mandatory quarantines lifted, ferry and airline service resuming, and licenses renewed, casinos hope 2023 marks a new beginning for the world's preeminent gambling destination, Macao. The Macao government awarded six companies new 10-year concessions to operate their integrated casino resorts. This month, Macao has seen an increase in tourism from mainland China from visitors trying to get an mRNA Covid vaccine. A rise in Covid infections around China caused November gaming revenue in Macao to fall 23% from October and plummet 99% from November 2019 pre-pandemic levels, according to government data. Fitch estimates Singapore will achieve 80% of its pre-pandemic gaming revenue in 2022, and 95% in 2023.

☆ Saudi Aramco's Luberef sets final IPO offer price at $26.3/shr
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Oil giant Saudi Aramco's (2222.SE) base oil subsidiary Luberef has set the final offer price for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) at 99 riyals ($26.33) a share, at the top end of the price range amid strong demand. The pricing implies a market capitalisation of SAR 16.7 billion riyals ($4.44 billion), the company said in a statement. Saudi investment bank Jadwa, is the selling shareholder, offering its 30% share in the company to investors. Luberef received $30 billion in orders from institutional investors during the book building process, the company statement said, signalling continued strong demand for Gulf IPOs this year. SNB Capital Company, HSBC Saudi Arabia, Citigroup Saudi Arabia and Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia are joint financial advisers on the IPO, with SNB Capital also acting as lead manager.

☆ Crop monitoring startup PlanetWatchers used this 11-slide pitch deck to raise a $11 million Series A from Seraphim Space and help farmers get paid after extreme weather events.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A crop monitoring startup just raised a $11 million Series A from Seraphim Space. We got an exclusive look at the 11-slide redacted pitch deck it used to raise the funds. A startup helping to insure the agriculture industry through crop monitoring has raised a $11 million Series A from Seraphim Space. London-based PlanetWatchers has developed an analytics platform for crops, which it can monitor at any time and regardless of weather. The means PlanetWatchers can give accurate data to insurance companies no matter the weather, he added.

☆ Ukrainian celebrity crowdfunds radar satellite for armed forces
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A well-known Ukrainian TV host has crowdfunded a gift to help Ukraine's armed forces beat back Russia's invasion: usage rights to a radar satellite that can see through clouds. TV star Serhiy Prytula and Finnish satellite company ICEYE OY confirmed the deal in separate statements on Thursday. "The contract signed with the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation will initially provide the Government of Ukraine with the full capabilities for one of ICEYE's satellites already in orbit," the company said. "In addition, ICEYE will provide access to its constellation of SAR satellites, allowing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to receive radar satellite imagery on critical locations with a high revisit frequency," it said on its website. ($1 = 36.2500 hryvnias)Reporting by Max Hunder; editing by Tom Balmforth and Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

We've rounded up an assortment of fun products to celebrate the year of the rabbit. Also known as Chinese New Year, it is a two-week event, ending with the Lantern Festival on February 5. In addition, Chinese New Year is a two-week event, ending with the Lantern Festival on February 5. Even if you don't celebrate, we've curated a list of fun gifts to mark the year of the rabbit. Here are the 14 best Lunar New Year gifts:

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