September 4, 2021 (Removes reference to eight states joining deal) By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Three large U.S. drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson will move forward with a proposed $26 billion settlement resolving claims that they fueled the opioid epidemic after “enough” states joined the deal, according to letters on Saturday reviewed […]
New Zealand tried to deport extremist Samsudeen for years
September 4, 2021 WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand has tried for years to deport the knife-wielding militant who wounded seven people at a mall in Auckland last week, the government said after it released more details on the attacker following the lifting of a court suppression order. Court documents made public on Sunday named the […]
Tennis-Djokovic dispatches old rival Nishikori to reach fourth round
September 4, 2021 By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – After tackling two U.S. Open debutants Novak Djokovic faced an old foe on Saturday, reaching the fourth round with a 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 6-2 win over Kei Nishikori to stay on course for a record 21st major title that would complete the calendar Grand Slam. […]
Tennis-Relentless Raducanu races into U.S. Open last 16
September 4, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – British teenager Emma Raducanu extended her dream run at Flushing Meadows with a stunning 6-0 6-1 win over Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo to race into the U.S. Open last 16 on Saturday. The 18-year-old Raducanu, who burst onto the scene earlier this year by reaching the fourth round […]
New Boeing 787 Dreamliners may not be delivered till late Oct -WSJ
September 4, 2021 (Reuters) – Boeing Co’s delivery of 787 Dreamliners will likely remain halted until at least late October as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has rejected the company’s recent proposal to inspect them, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The FAA confirmed on July 12 that some undelivered Boeing 787s have a […]
Algerian court detains Tunisian ex-presidential candidate Karoui
September 4, 2021 ALGIERS (Reuters) – An Algerian court on Saturday ordered former Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to be placed in custody on a charge of illegally crossing a border, a judicial source said. The court in the eastern city of Constantine also ordered the detention of four Algerians on people-smuggling charges, the source […]
Canada opposition chief, leading in election race, under fire over gun control
September 4, 2021 By David Ljunggren VANCOUVER (Reuters) – The head of Canada’s opposition Conservative Party, who has a chance of beating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an election, on Saturday pushed back against charges he plans to weaken gun controls, an issue that could prove costly. Conservative leader Erin O’Toole has been pressed repeatedly […]
Tennis-Bencic serves up masterclass to reach U.S. Open fourth round
September 4, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Olympic champion Belinda Bencic put on a serving masterclass to beat Jessica Pegula 6-2 6-4 and reach the last 16 of the U.S. Open on Saturday. The 11th-seeded Swiss won 85% of her first serve points and smacked four aces to improve to a 3-0 record against Pegula, […]
Tennis-Stephens suffers abuse on social media after U.S. Open loss
September 4, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Sloane Stephens received a torrent of angry messages on social media, including racist and sexist abuse, following her third round loss to Angelique Kerber at the U.S. Open, the tournament’s 2017 champion said on Saturday. Stephens, who is Black, said she got over 2,000 messages of abuse […]
Tennis-U.S. Open order of play on Sunday
September 4, 2021 (Reuters) – Order of play on the main show courts on the seventh day of the U.S. Open on Sunday (play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding): ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1600 GMT/12 PM ET) 5-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) v 12-Simona Halep (Romania) 24-Dan Evans (Britain) v 2-Daniil […]
Tennis-Berrettini survives five-set test to reach U.S. Open fourth round
September 4, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Italian sixth seed Matteo Berrettini survived a third-round test from Ilya Ivashka to win 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-3, firing off 27 aces in front of an adoring Grandstand crowd on Saturday. A handful of unforced errors cost the first-set tiebreak for the Wimbledon runner-up, who got the […]
Ex-UK PM Brown accuses West of ‘moral outrage’ over COVID vaccine stockpiling
September 4, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Gordon Brown accused rich countries of committing a “moral outrage” by stockpiling COVID-19 doses while poor countries are struggling to get supplies. Brown, who is a United Nations special envoy, called on U.S. President Joe Biden and other Group of Seven leaders to urgently ship […]
Kabul airport reopens to receive aid, domestic flights restart
September 4, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed some flights in Afghanistan between Kabul and three major provincial cities on Saturday, the carrier said, after a technical team from Qatar reopened the capital’s airport for aid and domestic services. Flights between Kabul and the western city of Herat, Mazar-i Sharif in northern Afghanistan […]
Raisi says Iran ready for nuclear talks, but not under Western ‘pressure’ – TV
September 4, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday Iran was ready to hold talks with world powers to revive its 2015 nuclear accord but not under Western “pressure”, adding Tehran was seeking negotiations leading to a lifting of U.S. sanctions. “The Westerners and the Americans are after talks together with […]
Tennis-Sakkari powers through Kvitova to reach U.S. Open fourth round
September 4, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Greek Maria Sakkari broke down twice Grand Slam champion Petra Kvitova’s defences 6-4 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Saturday. The 17th seed relied on her powerful serve once again, winning all but one of her first-serve points in the first set and […]
U.S. offshore oil recovery begins with ports, refineries restarting
September 4, 2021 By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. Gulf Coast energy companies on Saturday got a boost by a reopening of ports and restart of oil refineries shut by Hurricane Ida, but damage to key facilities continued to crimp oil production. The ninth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season has cut […]
Argentine satire on film-making lightens up Venice festival
September 4, 2021 By Silvia Aloisi VENICE (Reuters) – The Venice Film Festival got a break from its anguish-filled line-up with Saturday’s premiere of “Official Competition”, a behind-the-curtains Argentine satire about film-making that had the audience laughing out loud. In it, an 80-year old billionaire businessman in search of social prestige decides to make a […]
Protesters block roads to stop enthronement of Montenegro’s top cleric
September 4, 2021 PODGORICA (Reuters) – Several thousand protesters used tyres, rocks and vehicles to block roads leading to the city of Cetinje in southwest Montenegro on Saturday in a bid to stop the Serbian Orthodox Church holding an enthronement ceremony for its new top cleric. The protests reflect tensions in the Balkan country, which […]
Apple’s dangerous path
Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review. Last week, we dove into the truly bizarre machinations of the NFT market. This week, we’re talking about something that’s a little bit more impactful on the current state of the web — Apple’s NeuralHash kerfuffle. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you can […]
What 377 Y Combinator pitches will teach you about startups
Along with a cadre of other TechCrunch folks, I spent this week extremely focused on one event: Y Combinator. The elite accelerator announced a staggering 377 startups as its Summer 2021 cohort. We covered every single on-the-record startup that presented and plucked out some favorites: Here are all the companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 […]
