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September 15, 2021 By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday handily beat back a Republican campaign to oust him from office, sending a decisive message that voters in the deeply Democratic state supported his policies for tackling COVID-19, immigration and crime. Newsom, who won his first term in 2018 […]

September 15, 2021 STRASBOURG (Reuters) – A top European Commission official followed the thread of her boss’ annual “state of the union” address on Wednesday by knitting. Margrethe Vestager, who is in charge of ensuring fair business competition in the EU, sat calmly knitting in the European Parliament in Strasbourg while Commission chief Ursula von […]

September 15, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Facebook’s messaging service WhatsApp on Wednesday launched a new feature to make it possible to search for businesses within its app for the first time, the company told Reuters. The test in São Paulo, Brazil, which allows WhatsApp users to find shops and services through a directory […]

September 15, 2021 By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – The latest in a recent line of space-obsessed billionaires was set for liftoff on Wednesday with three less wealthy private citizens along for the ride aboard a SpaceX rocket ship, seeking to become the first all-civilian crew launched into Earth orbit. […]

September 15, 2021 By Farah Master and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) – Shares of Macau casino operators on Wednesday shed as much as a third of their value, losing about $18 billion, as the government kicked off a regulatory overhaul that could see its officials supervising companies in the world’s largest gambling hub. With […]

September 15, 2021 (Reuters) – Self-driving startup Argo AI, automaker Ford Motor Co and Walmart Inc will together launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Miami, Austin, and Washington, D.C, the companies said on Wednesday. Initial integration testing is expected to begin later this year, the companies added. The move comes as consumer expectations shift […]

September 15, 2021 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will meet on Wednesday with U.S. CEOs and other top business leaders as he pushes companies to require workers to be inoculated amid a surge in COVID-19 infections among the unvaccinated. Participants in the meeting include the chief executives of […]

September 15, 2021 By Maria Tsvetkova LENIN FARM, Moscow Region (Reuters) – A wealthy Communist strawberry tycoon who came second to Vladimir Putin in the last presidential election has accused the authorities of using his family against him to stop him from running for parliament this week. Pavel Grudinin, 60, a former Putin supporter, attracted […]

September 15, 2021 By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan urged the world to engage with Taliban-led Afghanistan and said the United States should listen to its message as it reassess its relationship with the South Asian nation, a top Pakistani security official said on Wednesday. Moeed Yusuf, Pakistan’s National Security Adviser, told reporters in […]

September 15, 2021 By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration will withhold $130 million worth of military aid to Egypt until Cairo takes specific steps related to human rights, a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s move is a break with his predecessors’ policy of overriding a congressional check […]

September 15, 2021 TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The Libyan National Army (LNA) of eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar clashed with Chadian rebel forces in the south of Libya on Tuesday and Wednesday, both sides said. The fighting underscores the risk of further instability in the Sahel region, where an array of groups operate across borders and where […]

September 15, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee STRASBOURG (Reuters) -The European Commission announced plans on Wednesday for a new chipmaking “ecosystem”, to keep the EU competitive and self-sufficient after a global semiconductor shortage showed the hazards of relying on Asian and U.S. suppliers. The United States last year announced its CHIPS for America Act aimed […]

September 15, 2021 By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – A flagship Wall Street conference returned this week, attracting so many fund managers and investors who were hungry for in-person interactions that organizers ran out of a steak and lobster entree and seats at its first lunch on Monday.     The three-day SALT event, […]

September 15, 2021 By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – California Bay Area regulators are investigating whether Phillips 66 failed to obtain necessary permits to produce renewable fuels at its oil refinery in Rodeo, according to an email reviewed by Reuters. The refiner is undergoing a multi-step conversion of the plant to turn it into the world’s […]

September 15, 2021 By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) -Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd inked a $27.2 billion cash-and-stock deal to buy Kansas City Southern on Wednesday after Canadian National Railway Co conceded it could not save its own $29.6-billion deal for the U.S. railway. The combination will create the first direct railway linking Canada, the United States […]

September 15, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – DoorDash Inc sued New York City on Wednesday over a new law requiring food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants, saying it violates customer privacy and lets restaurants compete unfairly. The lawsuit is the latest battle in a series of legal clashes between […]

September 15, 2021 By Mindy Burrows LONDON (Reuters) – Stars and cast members walked the pink carpet in London on Monday for the premiere of the film adaptation of the musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.”     The musical is based on the true story of Jamie Campbell, a 16-year-old boy from the small British […]

Customer communication platform Front is holding an event today to introduce three new features. These new features focus on showing you more information about your customers right from Front’s user interface. If you’re not familiar with Front, the company started as a shared email inbox product so that you can interact with incoming emails as […]

September 15, 2021 By Jason Lange and Chris Kahn WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A one-year expansion of the U.S. child tax credit, a policy championed by President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats over Republican opposition, has disproportionately benefited states that voted for former President Donald Trump in 2020, a Reuters review of Treasury Department data […]

September 15, 2021 (Reuters) – A month after seizing Kabul, the Taliban face daunting problems as they seek to convert their lightning military victory into a durable peacetime government. After four decades of war and the deaths of tens of thousands of people, security has largely improved, but Afghanistan’s economy is in ruins despite hundreds […]