September 10, 2021 By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Food-delivery companies DoorDash Inc, Grubhub Inc and Uber Eats <UBER.N> have sued New York City over a legislation to license food-delivery apps and to permanently cap commissions they can charge restaurants. The three food-delivery companies filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York late on Thursday. […]
Former Giuliani associate Igor Fruman pleads guilty in campaign finance case
September 10, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former associate of Rudy Giuliani who helped him collect damaging information in Ukraine about U.S. President Joe Biden before the 2020 election pleaded guilty on Friday to one criminal count in a campaign finance case. Igor Fruman, 56, admitted to soliciting money from a foreign […]
Deadly unrest reported in Myanmar after opposition urges ‘defensive war’
September 10, 2021 (Reuters) – At least 20 people have been killed in fighting between militias and Myanmar’s ruling military, a witness and local media said on Friday, in the worst violence since opponents of the junta called this week for a “people’s defensive war”. The National Unity Government (NUG) formed to resist the army’s […]
Olaf, now a tropical storm, brings heavy rains to Mexico’s Baja California Sur
September 10, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Olaf was downgraded to a tropical storm and was packing maximum sustained winds of near 70 mph (110 km/h) on Friday, as it lashed Mexico’s Baja California Sur with heavy rains, the U.S.-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The storm’s winds have died down from a maximum of 100 […]
Soccer-Man City defender Mendy remanded in custody until trial in January
September 10, 2021 (Reuters) – Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will stand trial on rape and sexual assault charges on Jan. 24 after the Chester Crown Court set a trial date on Friday, British media reported. The 27-year-old, who was denied bail last week after he was charged with four counts of rape and one […]
Soccer-Wolves boss Lage thanks Mexico for Jimenez compromise
September 10, 2021 (Reuters) – Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Bruno Lage thanked the Mexican Football Federation on Friday for arriving at a compromise that allowed striker Raul Jimenez to be available for Saturday’s Premier League match against Watford. Wolves said the Mexican FA enquired about Jimenez being banned from playing under FIFA regulations after the 30-year-old […]
Soccer-‘All about money’: Klopp slams proposal for biennial World Cup
September 10, 2021 (Reuters) – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has slammed the idea of a World Cup every two years, saying the proposal was nothing more than an opportunity to generate more revenue at the expense of the well-being of players subjected to a “relentless calendar”. FIFA’s Congress in May voted by a large majority […]
U.S. judge in ‘Fortnite’ case strikes down Apple’s in-app payment restrictions
September 10, 2021 By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday issued a ruling in “Fortnite” creator Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc’s App Store, striking down some of Apple’s restrictions on how developers can collect payments in apps. The ruling is similar to a move that Apple made to settle an antitrust […]
Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate angers Republicans, libertarians
September 10, 2021 By Nandita Bose and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans and libertarians are vowing to fight U.S. President Joe Biden’s new vaccine mandate covering big companies, healthcare workers and federal employees, announced as the Delta strain of the coronavirus rapidly spreads through the country. The mandate https://reut.rs/3niM2M3, which the White House says […]
Palestinians protest in support of escaped prisoners
September 10, 2021 RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – A few hundred Palestinians held protests in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday in support of six militants who broke out of a maximum security Israeli jail this week in an escape that has boosted Palestinian spirits and alarmed Israelis. Israeli forces have mounted a search in […]
Strong winds, high temperatures fuel wildfire near Spanish resort
September 10, 2021 ESTEPONA, Spain (Reuters) – Unusually strong winds and high late-summer temperatures hindered efforts on Friday to tame a wildfire near a popular resort in southern Spain that has forced over 1,000 people out of their homes and killed an emergency worker. Since erupting on Wednesday evening, the blaze has burned through around […]
Kremlin internet crackdown causing major outages as election looms
September 10, 2021 By Anton Zverev and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin’s crackdown on websites linked to jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny and on technology used to evade online bans are causing major internet outages for the Russian public, say web monitors, online gaming firms and government critics. The disruption shows how new […]
European stocks end ECB week lower after stimulus slows as expected
September 10, 2021 By Sruthi Shankar and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) -European stocks closed lower on Friday, down more than 1% this week as investors weighed risks from tighter monetary policies after the European Central Bank signalled a slowdown of pandemic-era bond purchases. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.3% and declined for four of five […]
ViacomCBS’ head of Nickelodeon to take over Paramount movie studio -source
September 10, 2021 By Kenneth Li (Reuters) – Brian Robbins, head of ViacomCBS Inc’s children’s network Nickelodeon, will take over as the chairman and chief executive of the media company’s Paramount movie studio, according to a source familiar with the matter. Robbins will succeed Jim Gianopulos, Paramount Pictures’ current CEO. The move, first reported by […]
Russia summons U.S. Ambassador over alleged interference in election – agencies
September 10, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia summoned U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan on Friday over alleged interference by the United States in an election, Russian agencies TASS and RIA reported, quoting a diplomatic source. Russian news agencies reported earlier that Sullivan had been summoned over an issue with accreditations for Russian journalists working in the […]
Explainer: How bad is the crisis in Lebanon?
September 10, 2021 BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s financial meltdown has swiftly worsened in the last month, with much of the country crippled by fuel shortages that have ignited country-wide security incidents. Exacerbated by political deadlock, Lebanon’s rapid deterioration has prompted Western concern https://ift.tt/3llL7YL. Some senior Lebanese officials have sounded the alarm https://ift.tt/3zAfhgI about a country […]
Mugabe’s remains should be reburied at Harare monument, Zimbabwe magistrate rules
September 10, 2021 HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean magistrate on Friday ruled that Robert Mugabe’s remains should be exhumed and reburied at the national heroes’ shrine in the capital city, rekindling a row over the late former leader’s resting place. In May, a traditional chief from Mugabe’s rural Zvimba area ordered that his remains be […]
DataRobot CEO Dan Wright coming to TC Sessions: SaaS to discuss role of data in machine learning
Just about every company is sitting on vast amounts of data, which they can use to their advantage if they can just learn how to harness it. Data is actually the fuel for machine learning models, and with the proper tools, businesses can learn to process this data and build models to help them compete […]
Apple prohibited from blocking outside payment in Epic ruling
A judge this morning issued a ruling in California’s Epic v. Apple case, siding with the Fortnite maker on the topic of third-party payments. Effectively, the judge has ruled that Apple cannot prohibit developers from adding links for alternative payments beyond Apple’s App Store-based monetization. The mobile giant’s control over fees on iOS has long […]
Fed’s Mester says she would still like to begin taper this year
September 10, 2021 (Reuters) – Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester said on Friday that she would still like the central bank to begin tapering asset purchases this year, joining the chorus of policymakers making it clear that their plans to begin scaling back support were not derailed by weaker jobs growth in August. […]
