September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – In one of the only known photographs of Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, he stares directly at the camera – an expressionless face between a white turban and a long, grey beard. As the Islamist movement unveiled its new government https://ift.tt/3nauZf9 on Tuesday after it swept to power as U.S.-led […]
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Mexican Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion in historic shift
September 7, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for advocates of women’s health and human rights, just as parts of the United States enact tougher laws against the practice. The court ruling in the majority Roman Catholic nation follows moves to decriminalize […]
Salvador street protest breaks out against bitcoin adoption
September 7, 2021 By Wilfredo Pineda SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – More than 1,000 people marched in El Salvador’s capital on Tuesday to protest the adoption of bitcoin as legal tender, amid a bumpy initial rollout of systems to support the digital currency. The protesters burned a tire and set off fireworks in front of the […]
Motor racing-Russell to join Hamilton at Mercedes in all-British lineup
September 7, 2021 By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) – George Russell will replace Valtteri Bottas and race for Mercedes next season in an all-British line-up with seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton, the Formula One team said on Tuesday. The news was entirely expected and effectively confirmed when Bottas, 32, announced on Monday his switch […]
Soccer – Liverpool’s Keita on his way back to Britain from Guinea – reports
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita has left his homeland of Guinea following a military coup in the West African country and is on his way back to England, British media reported on Tuesday. The 26-year-old was preparing to play in Guinea’s World Cup qualifier against Morocco in Conakry on Monday when […]
Tennis – Medvedev reaches third straight U.S. Open semi-final
September 7, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – World number two Daniil Medvedev dropped his first set at this year’s U.S. Open but eventually overcame Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3 6-0 4-6 7-5 to reach his third straight semi-final at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday. Van de Zandschulp outlasted the Russian in a 20-shot rally and […]
Former NFL running back Portis pleads guilty to healthcare fraud
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Clinton Portis was among three former National Football League players who have pleaded guilty for their roles in a nationwide scheme to defraud a healthcare program for retired NFL players, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. Portis, a former running back who was drafted by Denver in 2002 and […]
Microsoft rolls out personalized news feed
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp on Tuesday rolled out a personalized news feed called Microsoft Start, which will be available both as a website and a mobile app. This move will allow the software company to better compete with news feeds provided by Apple, Alphabet Inc’s Google or third party apps like Flipboard. […]
Cryptocurrencies selloff widens: Bitcoin down nearly 4%, ether 6%
September 7, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – A selloff in cryptocurrencies widened on Tuesday, with bitcoin weakening nearly 4% while smaller rival ether fell more than 6%. The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency weakened 4% to $50,516, having risen to a mid-May high above $52,000 earlier, in Asian trading. Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum […]
Ford poaches Apple’s car project chief Doug Field
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) -Ford Motor Co on Tuesday named Apple Inc car project head Doug Field as its chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer. Field most recently served as vice president of special projects at Apple and was senior vice president, engineering at Tesla before that. He will report to Ford Chief Executive […]
Ford hires Apple executive who led its secret car project
Ford Motor has hired Doug Field, the engineering executive who was leading Apple’s special projects team, as the automaker seeks to gain an edge in software and other advanced technology. Field, who previously was senior vice president of engineering at Tesla, was named Tuesday as Ford’s chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer. Field was […]
Solid Power expands production capacity to deliver test batteries to BMW, Ford in 2022
Solid Power, a battery developer backed by Ford and BMW, is expanding its Colorado-based factory footprint as it prepares pilot production of its solid state batteries early next year. The new production facility will be dedicated to manufacturing one of the company’s flagship products, a sulfide-based solid electrolyte material, by up to 25 times its […]
Golf – Cantlay, Rahm among nominees for PGA Tour’s Player of the Year
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Patrick Cantlay, whose Tour Championship victory earned him his first FedExCup title, was nominated for the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year award along with Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Collin Morikawa and Harris English, the tour said on Tuesday. Cantlay’s one-shot victory over world number one Rahm at the Tour […]
Oil losses from Hurricane Ida rank among worst in 16 years
September 7, 2021 By Sabrina Valle and Arpan Varghese HOUSTON (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida’s damage to U.S. offshore energy production makes it one of the most costly since back-to-back storms in 2005 cut output for months, according to the latest data and historical records. Ida’s 150 mile-per-hour (240 kph) winds cut most offshore oil and […]
Chinese activist Ai Weiwei says Credit Suisse closing his foundation’s bank account
September 7, 2021 By Rachel Armstrong and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi (Reuters) -Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has said Credit Suisse told him it was closing his foundation’s bank account in Switzerland earlier this year citing his “criminal record” in China, despite the activist never being convicted of a crime. One of China’s most high-profile […]
Mexico urges U.S. to invest in region to stem migration
September 7, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s government on Tuesday pressed the United States to commit funds to the economic development of Central America and southern Mexico to help contain a sharp increase in immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border this year. Speaking ahead of economic talks between U.S. and Mexican officials on Thursday that will […]
Mali’s progress toward elections insufficient, says W. African bloc
September 7, 2021 By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) – West Africa’s main regional bloc said on Tuesday it was concerned Mali’s transitional government has not made sufficient progress toward organising elections in February, as agreed after a military coup last year. Mali’s transition back to democracy following the August 2020 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar […]
Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub
There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. The country’s startup-friendly regulatory environment, a beautiful medieval town center, over 20 business hubs and accelerators and strong rankings in intellectual property production are most obvious at a high level. But what are the locals excited about on the […]
Tennis – U.S. Open order of play on Wednesday
September 7, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Order of play on the main show court on the 10th day of the U.S. Open on Wednesday (play starts at 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, prefix number denotes seeding): ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM Emma Raducanu (Britain) v 11-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 4-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v Lloyd Harris (South Africa) 4-Karolina […]
White House: U.S. states to decide whether to extend lapsed jobless benefits
September 7, 2021 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Local officials who want to extend enhanced unemployment benefits can do so, the White House said on Tuesday, a day after the administration and U.S. Congress allowed a program to lapse which had boosted payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Programs providing up to […]