Meta names Guy Rosen chief information security officer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc has named a company vice president as chief information security officer (CISO), the first person to fill that role at the social media company. Guy Rosen, who has been at Facebook since 2013 an…

U.S. wins authority to seize Russian oligarch’s planes

By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. court on Monday issued warrants for the seizure of two luxury planes owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich under U.S. measures imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, court records …

Dominican environment minister shot dead in his office

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) -The Dominican Republic’s environment minister, Orlando Jorge Mera, was shot dead in his office on Monday, authorities said. A spokesman for the president’s office, Homero Figueroa, said in a video posted to Twitter on Monday af…

Lawsuits target illegal plastic bag sales in California

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An environmental group said Monday it had sued two major Californian retailers to stop them selling thicker plastic bags that are supposed to be recyclable but cannot be recycled in the state. The plaintiff, …