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October 5, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has launched a fresh inquiry into the FBI’s botched handling of its sex abuse investigation into disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, after previously declining to prosecute the agents involved, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said on Tuesday. “The recently confirmed […]

October 5, 2021 By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told Arizona’s governor on Tuesday that his state could not use federal funds to pay for programs aimed at undermining face mask requirements in schools, and said Arizona could lose funding if it did not change course. In a letter to Governor […]

October 5, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Online video sharing platforms (VSPs), such as TikTok, Snapchat and OnlyFans, need to provide clear rules on content, allow users to flag harmful videos, and restrict access to pornographic material, Britain’s media regulator Ofcom said. Under laws that came into effect in Britain last year, VSPs must take appropriate […]

October 5, 2021 By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar hovered close to its highs for the year in choppy trade on Wednesday as investors’ focus turned to U.S. jobs data and to a likely rate hike in New Zealand. The euro is pinned near a 14-month low of $1.1563 it struck last week […]

October 5, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping about Taiwan and they agreed to abide by the Taiwan agreement. “I’ve spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree … we’ll abide by the Taiwan agreement,” he said. “We made it clear that […]

October 5, 2021 By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Around 200 indigenous Peruvians have taken over the facilities of a pipeline station of Petroperu, the state-owned company said on Tuesday, as part of a protest by Amazon native groups demanding better economic and social support in the area. Residents in the Manseriche district of northern […]

October 5, 2021 (Reuters) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a rise in the minimum wage within weeks, as he pledges to end the “broken” model of a low-wage, low growth economy, The Times newspaper reported. Johnson will accept recommendations of independent advisers that are likely to boost the pay of the lowest […]

October 5, 2021 (Reuters) – A2 Milk Co Ltd said on Wednesday Australian law firm Slater and Gordon has filed a class action lawsuit against the dairy company on behalf of investors who bought its shares over nine months during which it posted multiple earnings downgrades. The lawsuit, which was filed in the Supreme Court […]

October 5, 2021 SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s banking regulator on Wednesday tightened restrictions on home lending as rapid loan growth fed surging prices and posed a risk to financial stability. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) increased the minimum interest rate buffer it expects banks to use when assessing the serviceability of home loan applications. […]

October 5, 2021 By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is likely to turn in its best quarterly profit in three years and a record revenue, on rising memory chip prices and brisk sales of its new foldable smartphones, analysts’ estimates show. Operating profit for the world’s biggest memory chip and smartphone […]

October 5, 2021 By Tom Hals (Reuters) – Bayer AG won its first trial over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer after a California jury found that the herbicide was not a substantial cause of a child’s rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the company said on Tuesday. Destiny Clark alleged that her son Ezra developed […]

October 5, 2021 By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden expressed “confidence” in Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday after an influential senator in his party’s progressive wing stepped up her critique of the central bank chief and raised questions about his leadership. Powell “poses a danger to our economy and that’s […]

October 5, 2021 (Reuters) – Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, who lost in the final of the U.S. Open, said on Tuesday she has since received advice from five-times Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova and cannot wait to get back on court. A day after falling to British teenager Emma Raducanu in last month’s final, Fernandez attended […]

October 5, 2021 (Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 5.01% to $51,711.21 at 22:01 GMT on Tuesday, adding $2,469.07 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s best-known cryptocurrency, is up 86.4% from the year’s low of $27,734 on Jan. 4. Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, rose 4.54% to $3,537.56 on Tuesday, adding $153.68 […]

October 5, 2021 By Tim Hepher Boston (Reuters) -The head of Dubai airline Emirates piled pressure on planemaker Boeing on Tuesday over delays to its 777X jetliner, warning that the uncertainty would cause significant disruption for one of the world’s biggest carriers. Emirates President Tim Clark said he wanted “another grown-up conversation” with the U.S. […]

October 5, 2021 By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is asking business leaders to meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday about the need to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, according to a person familiar with the plans. The proposed meeting is part of a broader White House strategy to pressure Republicans […]

Israeli shared multimodal mobility operator GoTo Global Mobility has acquired German shared electric scooter company emmy. The strategic deal will help GoTo Global, which offers customers access to shared cars, vans, mopeds, scooters and bikes, reach its goal of expanding to every major European city by 2025. GoTo Global would not share the financial terms […]

October 5, 2021 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Talks resumed on Tuesday between Hollywood producers and behind-the-scenes workers on film and television sets, a day after an overwhelming union vote in favor of authorizing a strike The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE,) which represents some 60,000 off-screen workers, said in a statement that negotiations […]

October 5, 2021 (Reuters) – Americans Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka will renew their fierce rivalry in Las Vegas next month, facing off in The Match, a 12-hole, head-to-head event at the Wynn Golf Course. The major winners set aside their long-standing feud to help the United States triumph over Europe at the Ryder Cup […]

October 5, 2021 (Reuters) – A boxing sketch in felt pen by the late Muhammad Ali sold for more than $425,000 at an auction in New York on Tuesday of his little-known art works, some of which went for many times over estimates. The sketch, called “Sting Like a Bee,” and drawn on paper in […]