September 5, 2021 By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) – Four oil refineries in Louisiana have initiated the restart process since Saturday after Hurricane Ida knocked out most of the state’s oil processing, while five have yet to resume operations. In the last 24 hours, all three oil refineries in the Baton Rouge area and one […]
Soccer-Premier League players to be encouraged to take COVID-19 vaccine through government videos
September 5, 2021 (Reuters) – The Premier League has teamed up with the British government to make videos that will encourage players to take the COVID-19 vaccine, British media reported on Sunday. Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy chief medical officer, has agreed to address concerns around the vaccine in videos that will be shared with Premier […]
The time Animoto almost brought AWS to its knees
Today, Amazon Web Services is a mainstay in the cloud infrastructure services market, a $60 billion juggernaut of a business. But in 2008, it was still new, working to keep its head above water and handle growing demand for its cloud servers. In fact, 15 years ago last week, the company launched Amazon EC2 in […]
Filibuster imperils Pelosi’s abortion bill in U.S. Senate – Klobuchar
September 5, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule likely imperils a bill intended to protect abortion rights that Democrats are readying following the Supreme Court’s decision not to block a strict new Texas ban, a leading Democratic senator said on Sunday. Senator Amy Klobuchar told CNN’s “State of the Union” that some […]
Afghan opposition leader Massoud says he is ready for talks with Taliban
September 5, 2021 (Reuters) – The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting. Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), made the announcement on the […]
Tanzania suspends second newspaper in less than a month
September 5, 2021 NAIROBI (Reuters) – Tanzania suspended on Sunday another newspaper accused of false stories even though President Samia Suluhu Hassan had pledged to uphold media freedoms quashed by her predecessor. Raia Mwema, a leading Swahili-language weekly, was suspended for 30 days from Monday, for “repeatedly publishing false information and deliberate incitement,” Gerson Msigwa, […]
Maduro says Venezuela to receive first COVAX vaccines this week
September 5, 2021 CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela this week will receive the first coronavirus vaccines obtained via COVAX, President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday, following months of stalled attempts to obtain inoculations through the global vaccine program. The South American nation has been inoculating its population with doses acquired directly from China and Russia, following […]
China roundup: Beijing wants tech giants to shoulder more social responsibilities
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. This week, the gaming industry again became a target of Beijing, which imposed arguably the world’s strictest limits on underage players. On the other hand, China’s […]
Motor racing-Verstappen triggers Dutch party with dominant home win
September 5, 2021 By Bart H. Meijer ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (Reuters) – Max Verstappen won his home Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday and took the Formula One championship lead in front of a roaring, dancing army of fans hailing their hero with orange flags and flares. The 23-year-old dominated from pole position to […]
Republicans don’t deserve House majority if they push lies -Kinzinger
September 5, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives Republican said his party does not deserve to win majorities in congressional elections next year if it pushes lies and conspiracy theories, saying that it “desperately needs to tell the truth.” “If we’re going to be in charge and pushing conspiracy, pushing division, and […]
Germany wants to talk with Taliban about further evacuations from Afghanistan – Merkel
September 5, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany wants to talk to the Taliban about how to evacuate its remaining local contract workers from Afghanistan, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday, adding it was a good sign that the airport in Kabul could be used for flights again. The European Union’s foreign policy chief has said […]
Mexican officials cut off new migrant caravan, breaking up main group
September 5, 2021 By Jose Torres HUIXTLA, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican security and migration officials early on Sunday blocked the passage of a new migrant caravan, detaining several people, as the government moved to break up the group just a day after it set off from southern Mexico for the United States. At around 5 […]
Hong Kong media group Next Digital says it aims to wind down, board quits
September 5, 2021 HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong media group Next Digital Ltd announced on Sunday that it aimed to go into liquidation and its board of directors had resigned to facilitate the process. Next Digital is owned by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai and was the publisher of Apple Daily, a popular pro-democracy newspaper […]
Soldiers say Guinea constitution, gov’t dissolved in apparent coup
September 5, 2021 CONAKRY (Reuters) – Soldiers who staged an uprising in Guinea’s capital on Sunday said in a short broadcast on the West African nation’s state television that they have dissolved the constitution and the government in an apparent coup. An unidentified soldier, draped in Guinea’s national flag and surrounded by eight other armed […]
Israel to reopen for small foreign tour groups
September 5, 2021 By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will allow small foreign tour groups from selective countries to visit from Sept. 19 under a pilot programme to kick-start tourism, the government said on Sunday. Tour groups of between 5 and 30 people from countries on Israel’s green, yellow and orange lists will be […]
South Africa’s former President Zuma placed on medical parole
September 5, 2021 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s jailed former president Jacob Zuma has been placed on medical parole because of his ill health, the government’s correctional services department said on Sunday. Last month prison authorities said Zuma underwent unspecified surgery and was in hospital with more operations planned. (Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by […]
Germany’s auto show tries for more climate friendly image
September 5, 2021 By Victoria Waldersee and Nick Carey MUNICH (Reuters) – Germany’s biggest motor show, taking place in Munich this week, is no longer just about cars. This year’s IAA show, the first major motor industry event worldwide since the COVID-19 pandemic, wants to be about mobility in general, from bikes to e-scooters to […]
Taliban say they have entered capital of holdout Afghan region
September 5, 2021 (Reuters) – The Taliban said on Sunday their forces had fought their way into the provincial capital of Panjshir, the valley where opposition forces have been holding out since the fall of Kabul three weeks ago. The police headquarters and district centre of Rukhah, adjacent to the provincial capital Bazarak, had fallen, […]
Two injured in heavy gunfire near Guinea’s presidential palace
September 5, 2021 By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) – Heavy gunfire broke out near the presidential palace in Guinea’s capital Conakry on Sunday morning, with several sources saying an elite national army unit led by a former French legionnaire, Mamady Doumbouya, was behind the unrest. A senior government official said 83-year-old President Alpha Conde was […]
Motor racing-Zandvoort turns orange in expectation of Verstappen win
September 5, 2021 By Bart H. Meijer ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (Reuters) – Stands filled early at the Zandvoort circuit on Sunday as 70,000 Dutch race fans seemed to expect nothing less than victory for local hero Max Verstappen in the first Dutch grand prix in 36 years. A sea of orange and red-blue-and-white coloured the stands […]
