September 6, 2021 (Reuters) – President Nayib Bukele on Monday said that El Salvador has bought its first 200 bitcoins, as the country approaches the planned formalization of the cryptocurrency as legal tender. El Salvador is set to legalize bitcoin on Sept. 7, a plan announced by Bukele in June. “Our brokers will be buying […]
A.ID closes Pre-Seed funding for ID verification platform aimed at high-risk clients
A.ID, an identity and compliance platform with a focus on high-risk clients, has closed a pre-seed investment round of $500,000 from angel investors including former employees of RobinHood, Square and Snap. The startup says it is addressing a market that traditional Fintech companies and banking instutions can’t seem to deal with: namely the rise of […]
Tennis-Economical Zverev rolls into U.S. Open quarters
September 6, 2021 By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alexander Zverev eased past Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-4 7-6(7) and into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Monday as the fourth-seeded German extended his winning run to 15 matches. Enjoying a summer to remember, Zverev might have difficulty recalling the last time he lost […]
TV aggregator Roku to launch its players in Germany
September 6, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – Television aggregator Roku Inc said on Monday it would launch its streaming players in Germany later this year, its second big European rollout, seeking to capitalize on a pandemic-driven shift towards watching more video on demand. Roku will offer content from local partners Seven.One Entertainment Group, RTL Deutschland and […]
Financial automation startup Aurelia raises $3M Seed round led by Blossom Capital
Financial automation platform, Aurelia has raised $3 million in seed funding, led by Blossom Capital. Billing itself as a sort of “IFTTT for finance” aimed at small businesses that want to integrate their bank accounts with financial tools, Aurelia says this then gives them greater control over cash flow, taxes etc to automate normally manual […]
U.S. Justice Dept. says will protect Texas abortion clinics that come under attack
September 6, 2021 By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it would not tolerate attacks against people seeking or providing abortions in Texas, as the agency explores ways of challenging the state’s recently enacted law (https://ift.tt/3kV4JCN) that imposed a near-total ban on abortion. The law, known as SB8, leaves […]
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro signs decree changing social media regulations
September 6, 2021 BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree on Monday changing internet regulations to combat “arbitrary removal” of accounts, profiles and content, the presidential press office said. The decree aims to “give clarity” to policies of social media companies to cancel or suspend accounts and would give people the right […]
G7 nations urge return to constitutional order in Tunisia
September 6, 2021 TUNIS (Reuters) – The ambassadors of the G7 group of advanced economies urged Tunisia’s president on Monday to appoint a new head of government as a matter of urgency and return to a constitutional order in which an elected parliament plays a significant role. The statement, put out by the British Embassy […]
Tennis-Bencic survives Swiatek test to reach U.S. Open quarter-finals
September 6, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Swiss Olympic champion Belinda Bencic survived a punishing first-set tiebreak to defeat seventh seed Iga Swiatek of Poland 7-6(12) 6-3 in the fourth round of the U.S Open on Monday. The pair battled through the 23-minute tiebreak under hot and sunny conditions inside Louis Armstrong Stadium as Swiatek […]
Porsche AG sees ‘huge’ demand for all-electric Taycan – CEO
September 6, 2021 MUNICH (Reuters) – Luxury sports car maker Porsche AG is attracting huge demand for its Taycan model, causing wait times for the all-electric coupe to stretch to six months, CEO Oliver Blume said on Monday. “Our original production capacity for the Taycan was 20,000 units this year – we’ve sold that many […]
Rights group files complaint against German retailers over Chinese textiles
September 6, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – A human rights group filed a complaint to German prosecutors on Monday alleging that several fashion retailers profited from forced labour in China’s Xinjiang region. The Berlin-based European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) accuses Lidl, Hugo Boss and other retailers of abetting and profiting directly or indirectly […]
Poland sees no let-up in Belarus border tensions, says PM
September 6, 2021 WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s prime minister said on Monday he saw no prospect of a let-up in tensions on the border with Belarus amid a surge in migration and upcoming Russian-led military exercises that led to Warsaw introducing a state of emergency. Poland declared an emergency in two regions bordering Belarus on […]
Chilean health regulator approves CoronaVac use among children over age 6
September 6, 2021 By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The Chilean health regulator on Monday approved the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd for use in children over 6 years of age, allowing more people to be included in the country’s rapid inoculation campaign. The South American country has already approved the use […]
Canada’s Trudeau, trailing in polls, goes on attack two weeks before vote
September 6, 2021 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, trailing in opinion polls, attacked his main rival on Monday for waffling on gun control and vaccine mandates as the campaign enters its final stretch ahead of the Sept. 20 election. Conservative leader Erin O’Toole on Sunday scrapped (https://ift.tt/3DQUKH6) a […]
Tennis-U.S. Open day eight
September 6, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Highlights of the eighth day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Monday (times in GMT): 1720 BENCIC SURVIVES SWIATEK TEST Swiss 11th seed Belinda Bencic overcame a tough first-set tiebreak to beat seventh seed Iga Swiatek 7-6(12) 6-3 […]
Global crypto exchange CrossTower enters India despite policy uncertainty
September 6, 2021 By Nupur Anand MUMBAI (Reuters) – U.S.-headquartered digital currency exchange CrossTower has set up a local unit in India and launched a trading platform to capture the growing domestic crypto market even though the fate of cryptocurrency in India is still unclear. CrossTower India has already hired 35 people and plans to […]
Phone blackout imposed on Nigerian state amid crackdown on kidnappers
September 6, 2021 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Mobile telephone networks were shut down in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, residents said on Monday, after authorities ordered a telecoms blackout to help armed forces tackle armed gangs of kidnappers terrorising the area. Two residents of Zamfara, reached by phone after they travelled to neighbouring Sokoto […]
Hundreds of health centres at risk of closure in Afghanistan – WHO
September 6, 2021 By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the Western donors who finance them are barred from dealing with the new Taliban government, a World Health Organization official said on Monday. Around 90% of 2,300 health facilities across the country might […]
A curtain divides male, female students as Afghan universities reopen
September 6, 2021 (Reuters) – Students across Afghanistan have started returning to university for the first time since the Taliban stormed to power, and in some cases females have been separated from their male peers by curtains or boards down the middle of the classroom. What happens in universities and schools across the country is […]
Brazil braces for pro-Bolsonaro rallies on Tuesday
September 6, 2021 By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil prepared on Monday for Independence Day demonstrations by supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who has called for a show of support for his attacks on the country’s Supreme Court that are rattling Latin America’s largest democracy. Security was reinforced in the capital Brasilia and […]
