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September 9, 2021 By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Packable, a U.S. e-commerce firm backed by Carlyle Group Inc, said on Thursday it has agreed to merge with Highland Transcend Partners I Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a deal that values the combined company at $1.55 billion. The deal includes $180 […]

Neuroglee Therapeutics, a startup developing digital therapeutics for people with neurodegenerative diseases, has raised a $10 million Series A led by Openspace Ventures and EDBI. The funding will be used to launch virtual neurology clinics and to support Neuroglee’s move to Boston. Other participants included Ramen Singh, the former chief executive officer of Mundipharma; Biofourmis […]

September 9, 2021 MELBOURNE (Reuters) – An executive with mining company Rio Tinto has played down damage to Indigenous Australian heritage, an Aboriginal group said on Thursday, in a submission to an inquiry into widespread destruction of sites of cultural significance. A spokesman for Rio Tinto said the company declined to comment. News emerged this […]

September 9, 2021 By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. government agencies have a Thursday deadline to produce documents demanded by a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including communications involving some of former President Donald Trump’s closest advisers and family. The Republican Trump wants executive privilege to be used […]

September 9, 2021 By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania will kick off an “election integrity” investigation with a public hearing on Thursday, joining partisan efforts in other battleground states to cast doubts on former President Donald Trump’s November election loss. The hearing at the State Capitol in Harrisburg is expected to lay […]

September 9, 2021 By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – The daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday she would not run for higher office in next year’s general election, a remark that did little to dampen speculation that she has her eye on the presidency. Sara Duterte-Carpio, 43, mayor […]

September 9, 2021 By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -Northern Ireland’s largest pro-British party threatened on Thursday to withdraw from the region’s power-sharing government unless big changes were made within weeks to the terms of Britain’s divorce deal with the European Union. Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson demanded the removal of most of the new […]

September 9, 2021 By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – The leader of Canada’s main opposition Conservative Party squares off against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a televised debate on Thursday that could go a long way in deciding who wins a Sept. 20 election. Erin O’Toole took over his right-leaning party last year during the […]

September 9, 2021 (Fixes story identifier code; headline and text unchanged) By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) – A delegation from West Africa’s main political and economic bloc was due in Conakry on Thursday, a day after it suspended Guinea’s membership in response to a coup and as life in the country’s capital gradually returned to […]

September 9, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Thursday that he had clearly told his British counterpart Priti Patel that the United Kingdom must stick to its commitments on migrants trying to cross the Channel to reach Britain. Darmanin was responding after Britain approved plans to turn away boats illegally […]

September 9, 2021 MADRID (Reuters) – Forward Antoine Griezmann is set for his second debut with Atletico Madrid when they travel to Espanyol this weekend, after rejoining the champions from cash-strapped Barcelona on the final day of the transfer window. Griezmann, who had joined Barca from Atletico in a 120 million euros ($141.94 million) transfer […]

September 9, 2021 By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s top court on Thursday ordered authorities to withhold any final decision on Future Group’s sale of $3.4 billion of retail assets for four weeks, prolonging its dispute with Amazon.com Inc which has challenged the deal. Amazon has for months argued Future […]

September 9, 2021 By Tanya Wood and Oliver Barth BERLIN (Reuters) – Weeks before an era-defining national election, Germans are missing Chancellor Angela Merkel already, praising her calm and stabilising influence as they prepare with a mix of hope and trepidation for life under a new leader for the first time in 16 years. Four-time […]

September 9, 2021 By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) -Fourth seed Alexander Zverev extended his winning streak to 16 matches by easing past South African Lloyd Harris 7-6(6) 6-3 6-4 and into the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday where the German looms large as a potential roadblock to Novak Djokovic’s bid for a […]

September 9, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Open semi-finalists Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez must be protected from the hype and pressure that the teenagers are likely to encounter in the coming months after their New York heroics, Olympic champion Belinda Bencic said on Wednesday. British 18-year-old Raducanu brushed aside Bencic 6-3 6-4 to […]

September 9, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – Social media influencers who receive money from companies to promote products must clearly label such posts as advertisements, a top German court ruled on Thursday. If the influencers are not paid, they can show products without the advertising label, the Federal Court of Justice ruled in the cases of […]

September 9, 2021 (Corrects 6th paragraph to say Telstra Corp, not Telsa Inc) By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) -Self-driving software startup Oxbotica said on Wednesday it has teamed up AppliedEV to develop a fully autonomous multi-purpose vehicle that could be suitable for a variety of commercial uses. The first deployments of the self-driving electric vehicles […]

September 9, 2021 By Davide Barbuscia and Ebru Tuncay DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai-listed courier Aramex, partly owned by Abu Dhabi state investor ADQ, is in advanced talks to buy Turkish delivery company MNG Kargo, three sources said. The potential deal, which one of the sources familiar with the matter said could be worth as much […]

September 9, 2021 By Aditya Kalra and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co. will stop making cars in India and shut down both of its plants in the country, two sources told Reuters, becoming the latest automaker to exit the market. Ford made the decision as it was not profitable for them […]

September 9, 2021 SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese gaming and “metaverse”-related shares skidded on Thursday, dragged down by an ongoing regulatory squeeze that has engulfed industries ranging from online platforms and entertainment to for-profit tutoring and real estate. In the latest blow to China’s online gaming sector, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday afternoon that […]