September 7, 2021 By Sabrina Valle and Arpan Varghese HOUSTON (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida’s damage to U.S. offshore energy production makes it one of the most costly since back-to-back storms in 2005 cut output for months, according to the latest data and historical records. Ida’s 150 mile-per-hour (240 kph) winds cut most offshore oil and […]
Chinese activist Ai Weiwei says Credit Suisse closing his foundation’s bank account
September 7, 2021 By Rachel Armstrong and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi (Reuters) -Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has said Credit Suisse told him it was closing his foundation’s bank account in Switzerland earlier this year citing his “criminal record” in China, despite the activist never being convicted of a crime. One of China’s most high-profile […]
Mexico urges U.S. to invest in region to stem migration
September 7, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s government on Tuesday pressed the United States to commit funds to the economic development of Central America and southern Mexico to help contain a sharp increase in immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border this year. Speaking ahead of economic talks between U.S. and Mexican officials on Thursday that will […]
Mali’s progress toward elections insufficient, says W. African bloc
September 7, 2021 By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) – West Africa’s main regional bloc said on Tuesday it was concerned Mali’s transitional government has not made sufficient progress toward organising elections in February, as agreed after a military coup last year. Mali’s transition back to democracy following the August 2020 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar […]
Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub
There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. The country’s startup-friendly regulatory environment, a beautiful medieval town center, over 20 business hubs and accelerators and strong rankings in intellectual property production are most obvious at a high level. But what are the locals excited about on the […]
Tennis – U.S. Open order of play on Wednesday
September 7, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Order of play on the main show court on the 10th day of the U.S. Open on Wednesday (play starts at 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, prefix number denotes seeding): ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM Emma Raducanu (Britain) v 11-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 4-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v Lloyd Harris (South Africa) 4-Karolina […]
White House: U.S. states to decide whether to extend lapsed jobless benefits
September 7, 2021 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Local officials who want to extend enhanced unemployment benefits can do so, the White House said on Tuesday, a day after the administration and U.S. Congress allowed a program to lapse which had boosted payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Programs providing up to […]
Afghan protests persist, posing a problem for new Taliban government
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – A group of Afghan women crouched on the side of a Kabul street and took cover after armed members of the Taliban fired shots into the air to disperse hundreds of protesters. One of them spoke rapidly at the camera filming them. “These people (the Taliban) are very unjust, and […]
As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation
September 7, 2021 By Charlotte Bruneau and Ahmed Rasheed HALABJA, Iraq (Reuters) – “Where we are standing right now, there should be a river,” says Nabil Musa, gesturing at a dried-up riverbed in northern Iraq. For the environmental activist, the reason the once swirling Sirwan river has dwindled to a trickle lies across the border […]
Soccer – Spain need to apply pressure on Sweden by beating Kosovo, says Luis Enrique
September 7, 2021 PRISTINA, Kosovo (Reuters) – Spain coach Luis Enrique urged his side to pile on the pressure on Group B rivals Sweden by defeating Kosovo on Wednesday as the race to secure an automatic spot in the 2022 World Cup hots up. Spain top the standings with 10 points from five games, one […]
Soccer – Portugal make light work of Azerbaijan despite Ronaldo absence
September 7, 2021 BAKU (Reuters) – Portugal cruised to a 3-0 victory away to Azerbaijan in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday to move top of Group A. Portugal were without Cristiano Ronaldo, who was suspended after picking up a yellow card while celebrating his second goal in their last-gasp 2-1 victory over Ireland last week, […]
BoE scraps requirement for staff to be in the office weekly from September
September 7, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England on Tuesday said it would no longer require staff to come back to the office at least once a week from September, citing health concerns among of some of its employees. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reopened England’s economy, but decisions by employers over […]
Major cryptocurrency exchanges face delays with some transactions
September 7, 2021 (Corrects to fix typographical error in paragraph 1) (Reuters) – Major cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase Global Inc and Kraken said on Tuesday they were facing delays in some transactions on their platforms. Gemini said it was temporarily entering a full-maintenance period to address an exchange-related issue that was causing performance trouble. (Reporting by […]
Italy, UniCredit to extend talks over Monte dei Paschi sale -sources
September 7, 2021 By Valentina Za and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) – UniCredit and Italy’s Treasury are set to extend discussions over the sale of state-owned bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena beyond an exclusivity deadline on Wednesday, two people close to the matter said. Italy’s second-largest bank agreed at the end of July to […]
Airbus maintains lead over Boeing in deliveries, lags on orders
September 7, 2021 By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus delivered 40 jets in August to bring supplies of its new jets to 384 since the start of the year, remaining broadly on course to meet an annual goal of 600 deliveries that would preserve its crown as no.1 aircraft manufacturer. The European planemaker also […]
Microsoft launches a personalized news service, Microsoft Start
Microsoft today is introducing its own personalized news reading experience called Microsoft Start, available as both a website and mobile app, in addition to being integrated with other Microsoft products, including Windows 10 and 11 and its Microsoft Edge web browser. The feed will combine content from news publishers, but in a way that’s tailored […]
Wright tests its 2-megawatt electric engines for passenger planes
Just like the automotive industry, aerospace has its sights set on going electric — but flying with battery-powered engines is a tougher proposition than rolling. Wright is among the startups looking to change the math and make electrified flight possible at scales beyond small aircraft — and its 2-megawatt engine could power the first generation […]
The next Theranos should be shortable
Matthew Wansley Contributor Matthew Wansley is Assistant Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law in New York A jury will soon decide whether former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is guilty of a federal crime. But the deeper public policy questions that Theranos raised remain unanswered. How did a startup built on a technology that […]
Speech recognition works for kids, and it’s about time
Margery Mayer Contributor Margery Mayer served for 25 years as president of education at Scholastic. Speech recognition technology is finally working for kids. That wasn’t the case back in 1999, when my colleagues at Scholastic Education and I launched a reading intervention program called READ 180. We’d hoped to incorporate voice-enabled capabilities: Children would read […]
U.N. blocked from monitoring rights abuses in Belarus, envoy says
September 7, 2021 VILNIUS (Reuters) – The Belarus government’s crackdown on human rights organizations obstructed the ability of the United Nations to document abuses, the U.N. envoy said on Tuesday. Belarus was levied with several rounds of international sanctions after a crackdown over mass protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, whose opponents say he fraudulently won […]
