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Instagram confirmed it’s developing a new feature called “Favorites,” which would allow users to select certain accounts whose posts they would like to see higher in their feed. A similar feature already exists on Facebook where it gives users a bit more control over the News Feed algorithm. On Facebook, users can select up to […]

September 13, 2021 By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will talk about the Senate rules blocking large parts of his agenda “when or if” he has something to say about the legislative filibuster, a spokesperson said on Monday. Liberal lawmakers have been pressing for the […]

September 13, 2021 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Seventy-five children who were kidnapped from their school in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara State have been released after their abductors came under pressure from a military crackdown, a state official said on Monday. Gunmen took the students from the village of Kaya on Sept. 1, the latest in a […]

September 13, 2021 (Reuters) – Will Zalatoris was named the PGA Tour rookie of the year on Monday in a vote by his peers following a season in which he counted a Masters runner-up showing among his eight top-10 finishes. Zalatoris was selected for the Arnold Palmer Award over Garrick Higgo, making the 25-year-old American […]

September 13, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Olympic champion Simone Biles will be one of several renowned gymnasts who will testify before a U.S. Senate panel this week, as it explores how the FBI botched its investigation into disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Monday. Along […]

September 13, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – France’s economy is recovering more quickly than expected this year as the COVID-19 crisis wanes, the central bank said on Monday, raising its growth outlook for this year. The euro zone’s second-biggest economy is on course to grow 6.3% this year, the Bank of France said in its quarterly […]

September 13, 2021 (Reuters) – Three media companies have agreed to pay more than $539 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges over illegal offerings of stock and digital assets, the regulator said on Monday. The SEC charged New York-based GTV Media Group Inc. and Saraca Media Group Inc and Phoenix-based Voice […]

September 13, 2021 By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Monday posted a $171 billion budget deficit for August, 15% lower than the $200 billion gap a year ago, as recovery-driven tax receipts grew faster than outlays for COVID-19 pandemic relief programs, the Treasury Department said. The August deficit was $2 billion […]

September 13, 2021 (Reuters) – Purdue Pharma, the bankrupt maker of the OxyContin painkiller, on Monday obtained court approval to pay up to $7.1 million in incentive payments for five top executives if they meet certain goals, despite opposition from government lawyers. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain in White Plains, New York signed off on […]

Ford Motor has hired Mike Amend as its chief digital and information officer as the automaker seeks to expand into software, subscriptions and in-vehicle connectivity. Amend, who was president of Lowe’s Online for three years, will focus on Ford’s “use of data, software and technology” — all areas central to Ford’s new Ford+ strategy, the […]

September 13, 2021 OTTAWA (Reuters) – Here are brief profiles of the Canadian political party leaders contesting the Sept 20 election. Justin Trudeau (Liberals) – Trudeau, 49, has been prime minister since November 2015 after he became the first leader to take a party from third place to an election win. He then lost his […]

September 13, 2021 By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. rights chief said the “triple planetary crises” of climate change, pollution and nature loss represented the biggest threat to human rights globally at the opening on Monday of a month-long session set to prioritise environmental issues. “As these environmental threats intensify, they will constitute the […]

September 13, 2021 By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will host a first in-person summit of leaders of the “Quad” countries – Australia, India, Japan and the United States – next week, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Monday. The summit will be held at the White House on Sept. […]

Yousuf Khan Contributor Share on Twitter Yousuf Khan is a partner at Ridge Ventures. Prior to joining Ridge, he was the first CIO of Automation Anywhere, CIO and Vice President of Customer Success at cloud-based AI platform Moveworks, as well as CIO of Pure Storage, Qualys and Hult International Business School. More posts by this […]

September 13, 2021 ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Monday the United States remains prepared to engage with North Korea, after Pyongyang reportedly carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend. “Our position has not changed when it comes to […]

September 13, 2021 By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Peronists are caught between a rock and a hard place after a crushing defeat in midterm congressional primaries on Sunday: shift to the center to win back crossover voters or double down on populist policies to fire up the base. The Sunday vote https://ift.tt/390iRVI, […]

Grab a red Sharpie, circle September 20 on your calendar (ooh, how old school), and get ready to jump start your TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 networking experience. Sure, Disrupt’s “official” run is September 21-23, but why wait to meet other movers and shakers in your specific tech category? We’re hosting a series of speed networking sessions […]

September 13, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – The title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen is likely to stay full-on to the end of the season despite the pair crashing into each other at Monza, Formula One boss Ross Brawn said on Monday. Italian Grand Prix Stewards deemed Red Bull’s championship leader Verstappen was at […]

September 13, 2021 By Robert Muller BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Pope Francis, at a memorial to the more than 100,000 Slovak Jews killed in the Holocaust, said on Monday that it was shameful how people who said they believed in God perpetrated or permitted “unspeakable acts of inhumanity”. At a somber ceremony at a spot where […]

September 13, 2021 By Philip Pullella and Robert Muller BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Pope Francis warned against too much focus on individual rights and culture wars at the expense of the common good on Monday during a visit to Slovakia amid increased nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment across eastern Europe. The 84-year-old Francis, looking fit, is making his […]