September 3, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has sanctioned four Iranian intelligence operatives behind a failed plot to kidnap a U.S. journalist and human rights activist, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday. The sanctions come after U.S. prosecutors in July charged the four with plotting to kidnap the New York-based journalist who […]
Russia’s Renaissance Insurance eyes $1 billion IPO in Moscow -source
September 3, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Renaissance Insurance Group is planning to hold an initial public offering on the Moscow Exchange potentially as early as this autumn, a source familiar with the preparation for the listing told Reuters on Friday. The source, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue, […]
U.S. Commerce Dept will scrap security unit
September 3, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it will disband a security unit following an internal review that raised questions about its counterintelligence activities. Republican Senator Roger Wicker in July raised alarms about the Commerce Department’s Investigations and Threat Management Service (ITMS), saying it often lacked […]
Looming Moroccan election reveals parliament’s dimming sway
September 3, 2021 By Ahmed Eljechtimi and Angus McDowall RABAT (Reuters) – When Moroccans elect a new parliament next week, it is likely to be a body with even less influence than its recent predecessors thanks to a new voting law and gradual moves by the king to reassert his dominant role. A decade after […]
Mexico takes firm line on auto dispute ahead of economic talks
September 3, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico expects the United States to comply with automotive rules in a new North American trade pact, a senior official said, taking a firm line ahead of high-level talks next week clouded by a dispute over the future of the car industry in the region. Mexico and Canada […]
Wells Fargo’s commercial banking unit CEO Perry Pelos to retire
September 3, 2021 (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co said on Friday that Perry Pelos, the chief executive officer of its commercial banking unit, will retire from the company in April. Kyle Hranicky, the head of Wells Fargo’s middle marketing banking unit, which is housed within the commercial banking unit, will succeed Pelos, effective immediately. […]
Exclusive-Chevron looks to sell Texas’ Eagle Ford Basin assets worth $3.8 billion – document
September 3, 2021 By Arathy S Nair and Shariq Khan (Reuters) – Chevron is looking to sell its oil and gas assets in Eagle Ford Basin in south Texas for as much as $3.8 billion, according to a marketing document seen by Reuters. (Reporting by Arathy S Nair and Shariq Khan in Bengaluru; Editing by […]
‘Hadestown’ marks return of Broadway musicals after 18-month shutdown
September 3, 2021 By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) – Broadway’s long-awaited reopening kicked off on Thursday with the return of Tony-winning show “Hadestown” – the first musical to come back after an unprecedented 18-month shutdown. “Hadestown,” which won eight Tonys in 2019 for its modern rock twist on the ancient Greek tale of lovers […]
Cricket-England all out for 290 against India in Oval test
September 3, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – England were all out for 290, a lead of 99 runs, in reply to India’s first innings total of 191 in the fourth test at the Oval on Friday. Ollie Pope top-scored for the hosts with a patient 81, while Chris Woakes contributed 50 down the order. Umesh Yadav […]
European stocks mark worst fall in 2 weeks on U.S. job jitters
September 3, 2021 By Ambar Warrick and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) – European stocks slipped on Friday as U.S. employment data pointed towards slowing growth in the world’s largest economy, with retail and travel stocks exposed to American markets suffering the most. The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.6%, marking its worst fall in two weeks […]
Analysis-Weak August U.S. jobs report throws doubt on Fed taper
September 3, 2021 By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The weak U.S. jobs report for August complicates what had seemed a clear path for the Federal Reserve to begin trimming its bond purchases, undershooting the expectations of the central bank’s most hawkish members and signaling the coronavirus Delta variant has begun to […]
Match Group asks Dutch regulators to reveal possible Apple antitrust decision
September 3, 2021 (Reuters) – Match Group Inc on Friday filed a letter with Dutch competition authorities saying it believes the regulator has reached a decision in a complaint against Apple Inc and asked for the decision to be made public, according to documents seen by Reuters. Match Group, which owns the popular dating service […]
R. Kelly accuser says she reached $200,000 settlement after herpes diagnosis
September 3, 2021 By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) – A woman testified at R. Kelly’s sex abuse trial on Friday that she reached a $200,000 settlement with the R&B singer after she contracted herpes. Prosecutors have been trying to show jurors in Brooklyn federal court that Kelly was careless toward alleged victims of his […]
Amazon fires surge anew in Brazil as cleared forest burns
September 3, 2021 By Bruno Kelly LABREA, Brazil (Reuters) – Thick smoke billowed above Brazil’s Amazon jungle as fire tore through butchered rainforest and discarded trees littered the scorched earth like dead matchsticks, burnt and black. A Reuters witness saw vast burned and clear cut areas on Wednesday and Thursday, as the arc of deforestation […]
UK’s Johnson slams ‘disgraceful’ racist abuse of England players in Hungary
September 3, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on world soccer’s governing body FIFA on Friday to take action over what he described as “disgraceful” racist abuse aimed at England players by Hungary fans during a World Cup qualifier. “It is completely unacceptable that England players were racially abused in Hungary last […]
The day the music died: Afghanistan’s all-female orchestra falls silent
September 3, 2021 By Parniyan Zemaryalai and John Geddie (Reuters) -Negin Khpalwak was sitting at her home in Kabul when she got word that the Taliban had reached the outskirts of the capital. The 24-year old conductor, once the face of Afghanistan’s renowned all-female orchestra, immediately began to panic. The last time the Islamist militants […]
NATO seeks more Afghan evacuations, vows to hold Taliban to promises
September 3, 2021 By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that the alliance would seek to evacuate more vulnerable Afghans and maintain contact with the Taliban, but that Afghanistan’s new rulers would have to show themselves worthy of aid and recognition. NATO member Turkey, which had run Kabul airport […]
Japan’s struggling PM Suga steps down, sets stage for new leader
September 3, 2021 By Antoni Slodkowski and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a surprise move on Friday he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure https://ift.tt/3DTYYhp marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response and sinking public support. Suga, who took over after Shinzo […]
Tennis-U.S. Open day five
September 3, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Highlights of the fifth day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Friday (times in GMT): 1505 PLAY UNDERWAY Play got underway at Flushing Meadows where 12th seed Simona Halep is up against Kazakhstan’s big-serving Elena Rybakina. Defending champion […]
Cycling-Roglic in command as Cort Nielsen wins Vuelta’s 19th stage
September 3, 2021 MONFORTE DE LEMOS, Spain (Reuters) -Denmark’s Magnus Cort Nielsen won a hilly stage 19 of the Vuelta de Espana on Friday with Primoz Roglic sitting comfortably in the overall leader’s red jersey with the two days remaining. The EF Education-Nippo rider was part of a seven-man group that worked superbly together in […]
