September 11, 2021 By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Two goals from returning hero Cristiano Ronaldo sent Manchester United joint top of the Premier League after early season pace-setters Tottenham Hotspur fell to a surprise 3-0 loss at Crystal Palace. Champions Manchester City made it three wins out of four with a 1-0 win […]
Soccer-‘I was super nervous’, says Ronaldo after memorable second debut at Man Utd
September 11, 2021 MANCHESTER (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo has scored nearly 800 goals for club and country and won numerous trophies in a 19-year carer but the Portuguese forward admitted having butterflies in his stomach ahead of his second debut at Manchester United on Saturday. Ronaldo, who scored 118 goals for United during his first […]
IAEA will have no access to surveillance camera footage in Iran – state-run TV
September 11, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will have no access to footage captured by surveillance cameras at Iranian nuclear sites, Iran’s state-run Press TV channel said on Twitter on Saturday. The channel added that an “informed source rejects reports suggesting that Iran may reconsider (its) decision on IAEA access […]
Hundreds protest against rise in homophobic attacks in Madrid
September 11, 2021 MADRID (Reuters) – Hundreds of people gathered in central Madrid on Saturday to call for better protection for LGBT rights after a series of homophobic attacks that have shocked Spain in recent months. People waved rainbow flags and carried banners reading: “justice”, “touch one of us, touch us all”, “we are being […]
Soccer-Lukaku, Kovacic break Stamford Bridge ducks as Chelsea beat Villa 3-0
September 11, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Chelsea beat Aston Villa 3-0 on Saturday for their 600th Premier League victory to move joint top of the standings alongside Manchester United after Romelu Lukaku and Mateo Kovacic scored for the first time at Stamford Bridge. Lukaku, who previously played for United, Everton and West Bromwich Albion, had […]
French film on illegal abortion wins top prize at Venice festival
September 11, 2021 VENICE (Reuters) – “Happening” (L’événement), a hard-hitting French drama about illegal abortion in the 1960s, won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice festival on Saturday. The runner-up Grand Jury prize went to Italian director Paolo Sorrentino for “The Hand of God”, his deeply personal film about losing his […]
Thousands protest new Turkish vaccine and test rules
September 11, 2021 By Dilara Senkaya ISTANBUL (Reuters) – More than 2,000 Turks demonstrated in Istanbul on Saturday against official coronavirus-related mandates including vaccinations, tests and masks, responding to new government measures and an inoculation push. In Turkey’s largest such protest, mostly maskless people shouted slogans, held placards and Turkish flags, and sang songs in […]
Anti COVID vaccine protesters clash with police in Greece
September 11, 2021 ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police fired tear gas and water canon on Saturday to break up a demonstration of thousands of people protesting against mandatory coronavirus vaccinations. Authorities said protesters hurled flares at police in Greece’s second-biggest city of Thessaloniki, who blocked them from trying to reach the area where Prime Minister […]
Thousands of Catalans rally for independence in Barcelona
September 11, 2021 BARCELONA (Reuters) – Thousands of Catalans chanted, sang and waved flags as they marched through Barcelona on Saturday, calling for the region’s independence from Spain. The march, organised by the grassroots Assemblea Nacional Catalana [ANC], was the first since Spain’s government pardoned nine Catalan separatist leaders who had been jailed for their […]
The next big startup may just help venture back more startups
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Oper8r, built by Winter Mead and Welly Sculley, wants to help new entrants in the VC world scale. The accelerator launched last year as a “Y Combinator for emerging fund managers,” built […]
Two leading Generali investors could seek new CEO -sources
September 11, 2021 By Gianluca Semeraro and Claudia Cristoferi MILAN (Reuters) -Two leading Generali investors are ready to push to replace current CEO Philippe Donnet if the top Italian insurer’s board fails to reach an accord to keep him in the job, three sources close to the matter said. The Trieste-based insurer is due to […]
Epic trial forces App Store changes, Android 12 launch nears, Twitter tries communities
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. […]
Golf-Laporta in the lead as Aphibarnrat loses ground at Wentworth
September 11, 2021 (Reuters) – Italy’s Francesco Laporta shot three birdies and an eagle en route to a solid three-under 69 that gave him a one-shot lead after the third round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Saturday. Laporta began in third place at 11-under and quickly seized the lead, hitting a brilliant […]
Soccer-Ancelotti hits back at UEFA president following Real criticism
September 11, 2021 MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti defended his club on Saturday following criticism from UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin this week. Ceferin told German publication Der Spiegel that he would not mind if Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus – the three remaining clubs in the breakaway Super League project – were […]
BNPL everywhere
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by what the weekday Exchange column digs into, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Hello everyone – Anna here, covering for Alex who’s enjoying some well-deserved but soon-ending vacation time. […]
Tech can help solve US cities’ affordability crisis
Maria Rioumine Contributor Share on Twitter Maria Rioumine is the CEO and co-founder of Agora. U.S. cities are in the midst of an affordability crisis. Just between May 2020 and May 2021, home prices saw their biggest annual increase in more than two decades and construction material prices increased by 24%. The cost of renting […]
Canada’s Trudeau denies wanting his ex-justice minister to lie as election looms
September 11, 2021 By Steve Scherer MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday denied he wanted his former justice minister to lie to the public amid a dispute they had over a 2019 corporate legal case, an accusation included in a book being released just days before the election. Ex-minister Jody […]
Tennis-‘Experienced’ Medvedev the last hurdle in Djokovic’s pursuit of history
September 11, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – The paths of Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev will converge once again on Sunday with both men chasing history of their own in the U.S. Open final — the Serb seeking a calendar slam and the Russian looking for his maiden major. The men’s draw at Grand Slams […]
Motor racing-Bottas wins sprint but Verstappen on pole at Monza
September 11, 2021 By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) -Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for the Italian Grand Prix and surged five points clear of Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One championship after a sprint qualifying race on Saturday. Hamilton’s Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas won the sprint but engine penalties sent the Finn to […]
For Affleck and Damon, working together is a lot of fun
September 11, 2021 VENICE (Reuters) – Childhood friends and Hollywood stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon said teaming up again to write “The Last Duel”, Ridley Scott’s film about rape and justice in medieval France, was above all a lot of fun. The movie, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, tells the true story […]
