September 18, 2021 (Reuters) -Singapore’s primary schools will shift to home-based learning for 10 days ahead of a key national examination, the education ministry said on Saturday, as the country reported 935 new COVID-19 cases the previous day, the highest since April last year. Primary 1 to 5 students will move to home-based learning from […]
Evergrande says six execs redeemed investment products in advance
September 18, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – Six executives of China’s heavily indebted Evergrande had redeemed some of the company’s investment products in advance earlier this year, the property group said on Saturday. Between May 1 and Sept. 7, the six executives made early redemptions of 12 investment products, Evergrande said in a statement on its […]
Argentina’s Fernandez reshuffles Cabinet after crisis week
September 18, 2021 By Eliana Raszewski, Walter Bianchi and Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine President Alberto Fernandez reshuffled his Cabinet late on Friday, looking to draw a line under a bruising week that saw infighting within the ruling Peronist party threaten to derail the government coalition. The reshuffle, after a tug-of-war between more moderate […]
NHL says 98 percent of players will be vaxxed by opening night
September 18, 2021 NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told multiple media outlets Friday that the league projects 98 percent of its players will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by opening night of the 2021-22 season next month. According to that math, fewer than 15 players would not be vaccinated by Oct. 12. “We want everybody […]
Naomi Campbell named global ambassador for Queen’s Commonwealth Trust
September 18, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – British model Naomi Campbell is joining international development charity the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT) as a global ambassador to support young leaders. The trust, founded in 2018, supports young people pushing for change in their communities across sectors including healthcare, environment and education. Marking what will be Queen Elizabeth’s […]
U.S. DOJ resumes talks on plea deal with Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou – Globe and Mail
September 18, 2021 (Reuters) – The United States has resumed talks with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and lawyers for Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou about a possible deffered prosecution agreement for the Chinese executive that could allow her to return to China, the Globe and Mail reported https://tgam.ca/3EvLrNe on Friday, citing Canadian sources. The United […]
Sotheby’s to auction rare first printing of U.S. Constitution
September 17, 2021 By Dan Fastenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – An extremely rare official first-edition printed copy of the U.S. Constitution will be put up for bid by Sotheby’s in mid-November, the auction house said on Friday. Announcing the upcoming sale of the document on the 234th anniversary of its signing by delegates to the […]
Algeria’s former President Bouteflika dies at 84
September 17, 2021 ALGIERS (Reuters) -Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died at 84, the presidency said on Friday, more than two years after he stepped down under pressure from mass protests and the army. Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria’s war for independence, had ruled the North African country for two decades before his resignation […]
Iran’s fuel shipments violate Lebanon’s sovereignty -PM
September 17, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Iranian fuel shipments imported by the Hezbollah movement constitute a breach of Lebanon’s sovereignty, according to comments published by his office. “The violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty makes me sad,” Mikati told CNN in an interview, his office said in a posting on Twitter. […]
Defiant junta rejects pressure to let Conde leave Guinea
September 17, 2021 By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea’s military junta said on Friday it would not bow to regional pressure and allow President Alpha Conde, detained since his overthrow on Sept. 5, to leave the country. On Friday Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara and Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo paid a one-day visit to Conakry […]
U.S. lawmakers push Biden to lift Canadian travel restrictions
September 17, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four U.S. senators on Friday asked President Joe Biden to lift restrictions that have barred travel by Canadians across the northern U.S. border since March 2020. Democratic Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Jon Tester of Montana and independent Angus King of Maine […]
Daily Crunch: Apple, Google bow to Russian pressure
Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, September 17th! What a week, ya’ll. It is now just days before Disrupt, which means the TechCrunch hive is buzzing. I’ll leave it by noting that Reid Hoffman is coming, which is going to be a treat. See you next week! — Alex The TechCrunch Top 3 […]
Former Mylan executive pleads guilty to insider trading
September 17, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel and Chris Prentice (Reuters) – A former information technology executive at Mylan pleaded guilty on Friday to insider trading for using tips from the drugmaker’s chief information officer to trade in its stock, generating $4.27 million of illegal profit, authorities said. Dayakar Mallu, 51, admitted to conspiring to commit […]
Biden administration to move public lands agency back to Washington from Colorado
September 17, 2021 (Reuters) – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will relocate its headquarters to Washington, D.C., from Colorado, reversing a Trump-era move that the Biden administration said drove hundreds of people out of the agency dedicated to managing federal lands. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the move during a meeting with BLM employees […]
Social Media Post on Use of Ivermectin for Refugees Lacks Context
SciCheck Digest The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the use of ivermectin as a treatment for arriving refugees to treat parasitic infections. But a social media post by Dr. Simone Gold, a proponent of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, references the CDC guidance without accurately explaining the reason why refugees are given […]
Longtime VC, and happy Miami resident, David Blumberg has raised a new $225 million fund
Blumberg Capital, founded in 1991 by investor David Blumberg, has just closed its fifth early-stage venture fund with $225 million, a vehicle that Blumberg says was oversubscribed — he planned to raise $200 million — and that has already been used to invest in 16 startups around the world (the firm has small offices in […]
U.S. probes possible insider trading at Binance – Bloomberg News
September 17, 2021 (Reuters) – U.S. officials are examining possible insider trading and market manipulation at global cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Authorities are looking into whether Binance or its staff profited by taking advantage of its customers, Bloomberg reported https://ift.tt/2XAJ0s2, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The review involves Commodity […]
Biden to convene virtual virus summit on fringe of UN
September 17, 2021 By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will convene a virtual COVID-19 summit on Wednesday on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly aimed at boosting vaccinations worldwide with the goal of ending the pandemic by the end of 2022. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States will […]
France recalls envoys in U.S. and Australia over submarine deal
September 17, 2021 By John Irish, Colin Packham and David Brunnstrom PARIS/CANBERRA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -France said on Friday it was recalling its ambassadors in the United States and Australia for consultations, the first time it has made such a move as a row over a security deal which sunk a $40 billion French-designed submarine contract escalated. […]
Analysis-Investors brace for a great fall in China
September 17, 2021 By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – International investors that have been piling into China in recent years are now bracing for one of its great falls as the troubles of over-indebted property giant China Evergrande come to a head. The developer’s woes have been snowballing since May. Dwindling resources set against 2 […]
