October 7, 2021 By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -Bahrain, Russia and other members of the U.N. Human Rights Council pushed through a vote on Thursday to shut down the body’s war crimes investigations in Yemen, in a stinging defeat for Western states who sought to keep the mission going. Members narrowly voted to reject a […]
Elon Musk announces Tesla to move headquarters to Austin
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company would be moving its headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas, a city that has recently seen a flood of tech companies and remote workers. Musk announced the news at the 2021 Tesla, Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which took place at the Tesla Austin gigafactory, rather […]
Former envoy denounces U.S. deportations to Haiti
October 7, 2021 By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. special envoy to Haiti who blasted the Biden administration as he resigned last month over the deportations of hundreds of migrants told U.S. lawmakers on Thursday that Washington must rethink its approach to the Caribbean nation. “Deportation in the short term is not […]
Families get remains of El Salvador ‘House of Horrors’ victims
October 7, 2021 By Nelson Renteria and Jose Cabezas SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The skeletons of 12 people in El Salvador, found inside a clandestine grave site at the home of a former police officer, were returned to relatives on Thursday, the latest development in a gruesome case that has shocked the Central American country. […]
U.S. charges former Taliban commander with killing U.S. troops in 2008
October 7, 2021 (Reuters) – A former Taliban commander already in U.S. custody has been charged with murder and terrorism-related offenses in the deaths of three U.S. troops and an Afghan interpreter and the downing of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan in 2008, federal prosecutors in New York said on Thursday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office […]
Turkey seeks 40 F-16 jets to upgrade Air Force -sources
October 7, 2021 By Humeyra Pamuk and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkey has made a request to buy 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets as well as 80 modernization kits for its existing warplanes, as the NATO ally looks to modernize its Air Force after the purchase of F-35 jets fell through, sources familiar […]
Czech billionaire PM Babis seeks new term in vote too close to call
October 7, 2021 By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czechs vote on Friday and Saturday in a tight election between populist leader Andrej Babis and a group of opposition parties who blame him for running up debt, mismanaging the coronavirus pandemic and mixing his business interests with those of the country. Babis’s centrist ANO party […]
U.S., Mexico prepare new security deal to replace Merida Initiative
October 7, 2021 By Dave Graham and Drazen Jorgic MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States and Mexico are hashing out a security arrangement to replace the Merida Initiative that will focus on exchanging information and the root causes of violence, in a bid to soothe bilateral friction, Mexican government sources and U.S. officials said. […]
Doping-North Korea, Thailand, Indonesia ruled non-compliant by WADA
October 7, 2021 (Reuters) – North Korea, Thailand and Indonesia were declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Thursday, making them ineligible to be awarded the right to host regional, continental or world championships during the suspension. Representatives of the three countries will also be ineligible to sit as members of the boards […]
Tennis-U.S. Open champion Medvedev adjusting to the limelight
October 7, 2021 (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev said he has enjoyed his moment in the sun following his breakthrough win at Flushing Meadows last month, where he earned his maiden Grand Slam title with a straight-sets win over Novak Djokovic. Receiving texts from players he grew up worshiping and being front page […]
Britain looks to Gulf countries for new trade deal
October 7, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will on Friday take its first step towards trade negotiations with the six-country Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), asking British businesses what they want an agreement to cover. Trade minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan is targeting a deal with the GCC – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait […]
Ecuador eyes trade deals with China, Russia in bid for investment
October 7, 2021 QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador is aiming to negotiate trade deals with China, Russia and South Korea in the next four years, the Andean nation’s Production and International Trade Minister said on Thursday, adding that closing a deal with the United States is a priority. The push for free trade deals is part […]
Automakers funding new tech aimed at making greener lithium for EVs
October 7, 2021 By Ernest Scheyder CALIPATRIA, Calif. (Reuters) – Automakers, investors and even oilfield giant Schlumberger NV are beginning to embrace environmentally friendly technologies to produce lithium that could help meet 25% or more of global demand for the electric vehicle battery metal by the end of the decade. Stellantis, Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy […]
Ford to suspend production for two days at Mexico plant on material shortage -union
October 7, 2021 By Sharay Angulo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -U.S. automaker Ford will temporarily suspend production from Oct. 11-12 at its Hermosillo plant in Mexico because of a shortage of material, the plant’s labor union said on Thursday. Workers will be paid 75% of salaries on those days, the union added in a statement. Ford […]
Australia’s Woolworths settles class action over underpaying staff
October 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Australia’s biggest grocery chain Woolworths Group Ltd said on Friday it has settled a class action lawsuit filed against it by a Canberra law firm in 2019 for underpaying supermarket workers. The grocery firm said it would make an ex-gratia payment of A$2,500 plus retirement benefits to its about 20,000 […]
Daily Crunch: India’s Rebel Foods scores $1.4B valuation after raising $175M Series F
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Google and YouTube say they won’t allow ads or monetized content pushing climate denial
Google announced Thursday that it would no longer allow ads or monetization for content that promotes climate change denialism. The policy change will apply to publishers, advertisers and YouTube creators, who will no longer be able to make money from content that “contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change.” Google […]
Nasdaq wagers on sports betting trend, sees retail brokers joining
October 7, 2021 By John McCrank (Reuters) – Sports betting will likely occur through exchanges and retail brokerages like Robinhood Markets Inc in the future, the head of North American markets at Nasdaq Inc said on Thursday. Nasdaq in June took a stake in Sporttrade, a start-up that plans to launch a sports betting app […]
U.S. House panel probing Jan. 6 Capitol riot issues more subpoenas
October 7, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol said on Thursday it had issued more subpoenas seeking testimony and records related to a rally that took place the day mobs of former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the seat of the […]
Exclusive-Cash airlifts planned to bypass Taliban and help Afghans -sources
October 7, 2021 By Robin Emmott, John O’Donnell and Jonathan Landay BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As desperate Afghans resort to selling their belongings to buy food, international officials are preparing to fly in cash for the needy while avoiding financing the Taliban government, according to people familiar with the confidential plans. Planning for the cash airlifts […]
