September 6, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest player in the Open era to reach the quarter-finals of the men’s tournament at Flushing Meadows after the 18-year-old Spaniard beat Germany’s Peter Gojowczyk 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 6-0 on Sunday. Alcaraz, who is 18 years and four months old, is eight days […]
Soccer-Mexico beat Costa Rica 1-0 in World Cup qualifier
September 6, 2021 (Reuters) – Orbelin Pineda’s penalty just before halftime gave Mexico a 1-0 win over Costa Rica in San Jose on Sunday in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers. Hosts Costa Rica had their chances to equalise in the second half, particularly in stoppage time, but Mexico’s resolute defence stood firm. […]
Oil extends losses after deep cuts to Saudi crude prices for Asia
September 6, 2021 By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices extended losses on Monday after the world’s top exporter Saudi Arabia slashed crude prices for Asia over the weekend, signalling that global markets are well supplied. Brent crude futures for November fell 57 cents, or 0.8%, to $72.04 a barrel by 0101 GMT while […]
Dollar near one-month low on bets for later Fed taper
September 6, 2021 By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar languished near a one-month low versus major peers on Monday, as investors pushed back expectations for when the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its massive stimulus. The dollar index, which measures the currency against six rivals, edged 0.05% higher to 92.155, after dipping to […]
Public support strong for Japan’s COVID vaccine minister as next PM – media
September 6, 2021 TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese voters strongly support Taro Kono, minister in charge of fighting COVID-19, becoming the next prime minister, a second opinion poll said on Monday, as potential candidates prepare announcements that they will contest the leadership of the ruling party. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s shock Friday announcement that he was […]
Tennis-Sabalenka defeats Mertens in straight sets in U.S. Open fourth round
September 6, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – World number two Aryna Sabalenka overcame early mistakes to advance past Belgian Elise Mertens 6-4 6-1 on Sunday, reaching the U.S. Open quarter-final round for the first time. Up an early break, the Belarusian appeared to lose one of her most reliable weapons – her power serve – […]
Asia shares mixed, mull implications of U.S. jobs shock
September 6, 2021 By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares got off to a mixed start on Monday as a disappointing U.S. payrolls report promised to keep policy there super-loose for longer, but also clouded the outlook for global growth and inflation. A holiday in the United States made for thin conditions and kept […]
Volkswagen and Argo AI reveal first ID Buzz test vehicle for autonomous driving
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, a standalone VW brand responsible for the development and sales of light commercial vehicles, and Argo AI, an autonomous driving technology company, unveiled the first version of the ID Buzz AD (Autonomous Driving) on Sunday. The two companies shared plans to test and commercially scale the jointly developed, fully-electric self-driving van over […]
Some 1,000 people awaiting Taliban flight clearance from Mazar-i-Sharif -New York Times
September 5, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 1,000 people, including dozens of Americans and Afghans holding visas for the United States or other countries, remained stuck in Afghanistan for a fifth day on Sunday while awaiting Taliban clearance for flights out of the country, the New York Times reported. The newspaper reported that the situation […]
Relax immigration rules to fix jobs squeeze, companies urge UK
September 5, 2021 By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain must relax its new immigration rules to allow in more foreign workers and ease labour shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit, a leading employers group, the Confederation of British Industry, said on Monday. Since COVID restrictions began to ease earlier this year, allowing […]
Scores of asset managers fall short on tougher UK best practice code
September 5, 2021 By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – BlackRock, Fidelity, Legal & General, M&G and abrdn are among 125 firms endorsed under Britain’s tougher best practice code to stop “greenwashing” by asset managers, though 64 peers failed to make the grade, the Financial Reporting Council said on Monday. Asset managers are under greater scrutiny […]
Soccer-Portland’s Providence Park to host NWSL championship
September 5, 2021 (Reuters) – Providence Park in downtown Portland will host the 2021 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) championship for a third time on Nov. 20, the league announced on Sunday. The venue, which is home to the Portland Thorns, hosted the title game in 2015 as well as the 2018 final, which drew […]
Tennis-Fearless Fernandez knocks out another champion to reach quarter-finals
September 5, 2021 By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leylah Fernandez brushed aside yet another former champion as the fearless Canadian teenager stormed into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Sunday with a 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 win over 16th seed Angelique Kerber. It was a precocious and poised performance from Fernandez, who celebrates […]
Tennis-U.S. Open order of play on Monday
September 5, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Order of play on the main show courts on the eighth day of the U.S. Open on Monday (play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding): ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1600 GMT/12 PM ET) 4-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v 13-Jannik Sinner (Italy) Shelby Rogers (U.S.) […]
Exclusive-Amazon considers more proactive approach to determining what belongs on its cloud service
September 5, 2021 By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies, such as rules against promoting violence, and enforce its removal, according to two sources, a move likely to renew debate about how much power tech companies should […]
Food sharing app OLIO raises $43M Series B, as the world switches on to the food waste crisis
It was curious enough that OLIO, a UK startup with an app that lets users post a photo of unwanted food and share it with the local neighborhood, picked up $6 million in Series A funding back in 2018. Many outside observers wondered what was going on with this simple app, which looked on first […]
Quantum Machines plans to expand quantum orchestration platform with $50M investment
Quantum Machines, an Israeli startup that is building the classical hardware and software infrastructure to help run quantum machines, announced a $50 million Series B investment today. Today’s round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners with help from Exor, Claridge Israel, Samsung NEXT, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, LP, as well as TLV Partners, […]
Reilly Opelka blasts $10K fine for unapproved bag as a ‘joke’
September 5, 2021 Reilly Opelka was none too pleased to be fined $10,000 for bringing an unapproved tennis bag onto the court before his second-round match at the U.S. Open last Thursday, calling it a “joke.” Opelka carried in a pink bag with a custom logo with the name of an art gallery in Belgium. […]
Taliban say U.N. promises aid after meeting with officials in Kabul
September 5, 2021 (Reuters) – Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to maintain assistance for the Afghan people, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the Taliban’s political office and other officials met Martin Griffiths as Afghanistan faces a potentially […]
UK PM Johnson to address lawmakers about Afghanistan on Monday
September 5, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address lawmakers on Monday about Britain’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, amid criticism of the handling of the evacuation and failure to predict how quickly the Taliban would sweep through the country. The United States and Britain withdrew from Afghanistan last month, and Johnson’s foreign minister […]
