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September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – West Bromwich Albion have handed a life ban to a 50-year-old man convicted of racially abusing midfielder Romaine Sawyers online earlier this year, the Premier League club said on Thursday. Sawyers was targeted after West Brom’s 5-0 league defeat by Manchester City on Jan. 26. His abuser was found guilty […]

September 9, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Technological glitches will cause the U.S. Justice Department to be late in paying out around $3 billion in grants that fund programs such as victims services and criminal justice research, according to internal documents seen by Reuters. The problems with the grant management system known […]

September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers said on Thursday that a biennial World Cup could increase player fatigue, which in turn would affect the quality of matches and increase injury risks. Soccer’s world governing body FIFA is pushing proposals to hold the event every two years, a plan that has been […]

September 9, 2021 By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) – George Imafidon has gone from a boyhood passion for fixing bicycles in his mum’s back garden to working with Lewis Hamilton and Sebastien Loeb, two of motorsport’s greatest world champions. His journey has taken him from Peckham, one of South London’s most racially diverse areas, to […]

September 9, 2021 By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Few know her name or have seen her on TV, but Elizabeth MacDonough is one of the most important people in Washington. As the Senate’s parliamentarian, MacDonough advises lawmakers about what is acceptable under the chamber’s rules and precedents. Her advice on arcane points of Senate […]

I’m all for encouraging more young people to enter STEM, to explore engineering and perhaps ultimately pursue a career in robotics. It’s a field whose importance will only grow with time, as more of the world looks toward automated solutions. And it probably goes without saying that one of the most effective ways to bolster […]

September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it has decided against giving a full reopening date for its U.S. offices due to the fast-spreading Delta variant. (https://bit.ly/2X34nlh) (Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur) Source Link Microsoft decides against office reopening date in United States David Barret

September 9, 2021 By Anna Irrera (Reuters) – A third of U.S. consumers who used “buy now, pay later” services have fallen behind on one or more payments, and 72% of those said their credit score declined, a new study published by personal finance company Credit Karma showed. The study, conducted by software firm Qualtrics, […]

September 9, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee and Nivedita Balu BRUSSELS/BANGALURU (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google is being investigated by EU antitrust regulators over whether it may be forcing device makers to use Google Assistant as the default voice assistant on Android devices, news agency MLex reported on Thursday. The European Commission in June said its […]

September 9, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Finance ministers from the Group of Seven rich nations said on Thursday they had to make more headway on the small print of a reform of global corporate tax rules in time for a summit of world leaders in October. Britain’s Rishi Sunak said he urged his G7 peers […]

September 9, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman’s bid to unseat U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, who was the highest-profile Republican to seek Trump’s removal from office on a charge he incited the U.S. Capitol riot. “Unlike RINO Liz Cheney, Harriet is all in for America First. Harriet […]

September 9, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – The Paris appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that found an uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad guilty of acquiring millions of euros’ worth of French property using funds diverted from the Syrian state, the AFP news agency reported on Thursday. The court also confirmed a four-year jail […]

September 9, 2021 By David Chkhikvishvili TBILISI (Reuters) – A top human rights lawyer who defended jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s team and announced this week he had fled Russia accused authorities on Thursday of a mounting campaign to purge the political landscape of people they see as undesirable. Defence lawyer Ivan Pavlov, 50, gained […]

September 9, 2021 By Henry Esquivel NECOCLI, Colombia (Reuters) – Some 14,000 migrants – many of them Haitian – remain bottle-necked in the Colombian beach town of Necocli, awaiting their chance to enter Panama and continue their journey to the United States, as border crossing quotas are out-paced by new arrivals, migrants and the town’s […]

The wider world of employment has seen a huge shift in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Looking for a job, finding someone to fill a role, or simply developing professionally are just not the same as they used to be for many of us. So it’s no surprise to see companies that have built […]

Buy now, pay later is growing globally — with various companies expanding to, and in, different parts of the world, such as Africa, Latin America and Asia. Here in the U.S., Affirm and Klarna are big players, and Square recently announced plans to acquire Afterpay, which also is eyeing growth here. Traditional buy now, pay […]

The photo-sharing app that emulates disposable cameras, Dispo started rolling out a test yesterday that will record user interest in selling photos as NFTs. Some users will now see a sell button on their photos, and when they tap it, they can sign up to be notified when the ability to sell Dispo photos launches. […]

September 9, 2021 By Simon Evans (Reuters) – FIFA’s plan to double the number of World Cups by holding the tournament every two years has received a “very positive response”, Arsene Wenger, the man fronting the proposals, said on Thursday. The former Arsenal manager is FIFA’s head of Global Football Development and has been pushing […]

September 9, 2021 By Gaurav Dogra and Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) – Global investors sold China-focused equity funds for the second straight month in August on concerns over a regulatory crackdown on local firms and the economic impact of the Delta coronavirus variant. China-focused equity funds saw net sales worth $392 million, following outflows of $596 […]

September 9, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s state reserves administration said on Thursday it would release crude oil reserves to the market via public auction to ease the pressure of high feedstock costs on domestic refiners. The release, described as a first, will be made in phases and is mainly for integrated refining and chemical plants, […]