September 7, 2021 By Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) -Police in Paris caught three suspected armed robbers after opening fire on their car as they made their getaway from a 10 million euro ($12 million) jewellery heist at a Bulgari store in the French capital on Tuesday. Three individuals, wearing sharp suits and armed with guns, […]
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Crypto platform Bitso working with El Salvador on Chivo digital wallet
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Fintech Bitso, a cryptocurrency platform, said on Tuesday it will be the core service provider for Chivo, the bitcoin digital wallet launched in El Salvador as it becomes the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin https://ift.tt/3n5sGKe as legal tender. Bitso said it will work with Silvergate Bank, a […]
Parties focus on key battlegrounds in tight Canadian election
September 7, 2021 By Rod Nickel, Allison Lampert and David Ljunggren WINNIPEG, Manitoba/MONTREAL (Reuters) – Canada’s federal election race is so close that even a few swing districts on the western Prairies, a region usually hostile to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, may be key to his hopes to stay in power, analysts say. Trudeau, […]
‘Uncontrolled’ Spanish wildfire was started deliberately, official says
September 7, 2021 MADRID (Reuters) – A wildfire in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia that has burned through 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of forest was started deliberately, local authorities said on Tuesday. The blaze near the small town of Ribas de Sil began on Monday afternoon and sent huge plumes of smoke high into […]
Soccer-Immobile can fire Italy to World Cup glory, says Mancini
September 7, 2021 ROME (Reuters) – Italy manager Roberto Mancini leapt to the defence of under-fire striker Ciro Immobile on Tuesday, saying the 31-year-old has what it takes to lead the Azzurri to glory at next year’s World Cup. Less than two months have passed since the Azzurri were crowned European champions, but back-to-back World […]
Soccer-FIFA opens investigation into abandoned Brazil-Argentina match
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – World soccer’s governing body FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings into Sunday’s Brazil v Argentina World Cup qualifier which was abandoned after five minutes amid farcical scenes. Brazilian health authorities invaded the pitch to stop the game after accusing four of Argentina’s English Premier League players of violating the country’s COVID-19 […]
Soccer-English clubs led the way in spending on players this year, says FIFA
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – English clubs spent the most money on players among FIFA’s member associations in the transfer window which ran from June to August, world soccer’s governing body said on Tuesday. FIFA’s International Transfer Snapshot https://ift.tt/3yLPT6t report said English clubs shelled out $1,146.6 million on players in the window, which was more […]
European stocks slip from recent highs, telecom deals in focus
September 7, 2021 By Sruthi Shankar and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) – European stocks ended lower on Tuesday as caution kicked in ahead of a European Central Bank meeting later this week, while focus turned to a flurry of telecom deals led by Deutsche Telekom. The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.5% after coming close to […]
Five challenges the Fed chief may face in the next four years
September 7, 2021 By Ann Saphir and Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s coming decision of whether to reappoint Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after his term expires in February or hand the reins to somebody else will arrive at a critical juncture for the central bank. Progressive Democrats want the Fed to take […]
Apple to hold event on Sept 14, new iPhones expected
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Apple Inc said on Tuesday it would hold a special event on Sept. 14, which most industry watchers believe will be used to unveil a new line of its flagship iPhones. Since 2013, Apple has delivered new iPhones around September like clockwork. The tech giant, which launched a redesigned iPhone […]
Russian search engine delists Navalny’s tactical voting site after ban
September 7, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian tech firm Yandex said on Tuesday it had removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s tactical voting website from its search engine to comply with a government ban ahead of a parliamentary election this month. Navalny and his allies want to use the website and a separate app to […]
Hulu is raising the price on its on-demand plans by $1 starting Oct. 8
Following last year’s price hike on its Live TV service, Hulu is now preparing to raise prices again. Starting on October 8, 2021, Hulu will raise the price for both its on-demand plans, Hulu and Hulu with No Ads. However, unlike the earlier price hike which had clocked in at $10 more per month for […]
Factbox: Who are the key figures in the new Taliban government?
September 7, 2021 By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) – The Taliban on Tuesday announced https://ift.tt/3nauZf9 key acting ministerial positions. Here are some facts about the main appointments: MOHAMMAD HASAN AKHUND, ACTING PRIME MINISTER Akhund is the longtime head of Taliban’s powerful decision-making body Rehbari Shura, or leadership council. He was first the foreign minister and then […]
Kremlin critic decries doppelgangers at St Petersburg election
September 7, 2021 ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Boris Vishnevsky, a veteran opposition politician, was gearing up to run in elections this month when he learned that two of his opponents would not only have the same name and surname as him, but even the same facial hair in their official portraits. The 65-year-old seeking […]
Factbox: Taliban announces makeup of new Afghan government
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – The Taliban announced Afghanistan’s new government on Tuesday, naming Mullah Hasan Akhund, a close associate of the movement’s late founder Mullah Omar, as acting prime minister. The Taliban’s main spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said all those named were holding their positions in an ‘acting’ capacity. Herewith the full list published by […]
Apple’s next event is September 14
Invites just went for Apple’s next big event, scheduled for 10AM PT/1PM ET on September 14. The invite doesn’t offer a lot in the way of what’s to come — it’s a neon logo set against a lovely sierras backdrop and an apparent The Mamas & the Papas reference in the form of “California Streaming.” Beats CaliforniPhoneication, I […]
Virtual meeting platform Vowel raises $13.5M, aims to cure meeting fatigue
Meetings are an inevitable part of the work day, but as workplaces became more distributed over the past 18 months, Vowel CEO Andy Berman says we are steadily moving toward “death by meeting.” His virtual meeting platform is the latest to receive venture capital funding — $13.5 million — with the goal of making meetings […]
Box Office: Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ Crushes Labor Day Weekend Records With $90 Million
September 7, 2021 By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES, Sep 7 (Variety.com) – Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” capped off Labor Day weekend at the box office with a bang. The superhero action adventure, starring Canadian actor Simu Liu, had an even bigger debut than expected, collecting $90 million in its first […]
Driven by live streams, consumer spending in social apps to hit $17.2B in 2025
The live streaming boom is driving a significant uptick in the creator economy, as a new forecast estimates consumers will spend $6.78 billion in social apps in 2021. That figure will grow to $17.2 billion annually by 2025, according to data from mobile data firm App Annie, which notes the upward trend represents a five-year […]
Howard University cancels classes after ransomware attack
Washington D.C’s Howard University has canceled classes after becoming the latest educational institution to be hit by a ransomware attack. The incident was discovered on September 3, just weeks after students returned to campus, when the University’s Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) detected “unusual activity” on the University’s network and intentionally shut it down in order […]