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September 7, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc has fallen to an all-time low of 19%, a Forsa poll showed on Tuesday, less than three weeks before a German election, while the Social Democrats (SPD) extended their lead to 6 points. The Forsa poll for RTL/n-tv put the conservative bloc […]

September 7, 2021 TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States, South Korea and Japan are preparing for a possible meeting of officials handling North Korea next week in Tokyo, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday. Arrangements were being made for talks between the U.S. envoy for North Korea, Sung Kim, and his Japanese and South Korean […]

September 7, 2021 By Maurice Tamman JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (Reuters) – Today, on a leafy cul-de-sac in North Carolina, his hair is streaked with gray, and he wears his beard long. But on that day 13 years ago, as he sat tucked behind a mud wall in Afghanistan, his head was close-cropped, bare and vulnerable. Retired […]

September 7, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic continued his quest for a calendar year Grand Slam after weathering an early storm against Jenson Brooksby to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals, while Greece’s Maria Sakkari ousted 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu. Djokovic dug deep under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium, overcoming […]

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 […]

September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating whether payments by U.S. weapons maker Raytheon Technologies Corp to a consultant for the Qatar Armed Forces may have been bribes intended for a member of the country’s ruling royal family, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday https://on.wsj.com/3l3SZh6, citing people familiar with the matter. A […]

September 7, 2021 By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) – European stocks slipped from recent highs on Tuesday as a flurry of deals in the telecom sector led by Deutsche Telekom was offset by caution ahead of a European Central Bank meeting later this week. The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.3% after coming close to a […]

September 7, 2021 By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – As Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud trial gets underway this week, lawyers for the former Silicon Valley entrepreneur may try to show she was a true believer in the blood-testing technology at her startup Theranos Inc, and never intended to defraud investors and patients, legal experts said. On Wednesday, […]

September 7, 2021 By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats and Republicans will start what could become a monumental game of chicken this month over raising the limit on U.S. government borrowing, as Congress attempts to avert an historic debt default. Leaders of the Democratic-led Senate and House of Representatives are expected to force votes […]

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 […]

September 7, 2021 By Tim Kelly and Sayantani Ghosh TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Solid-state batteries could be game changer for electric vehicles (EVs) by storing more energy, charging faster and offering greater safety than liquid lithium-ion batteries, helping accelerate the shift away from fossil fuel-powered cars. HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM LIQUID LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES? Solid-state batteries […]

September 7, 2021 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Self-taught South African 3D animator Lwazi Msipha wanted to create something for both grown-ups and kids, along the lines of The Simpsons, when he dreamed up the character that won him a coveted slot on satellite TV. So he hit on an idea: what if his children’s’ cartoon character […]

September 7, 2021 By Alexandra Valencia and Brian Ellsworth QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government is considering creating a new marine reserve near the Galapagos Islands to protect migratory species of turtles, whales and sharks threatened by industrial fishing and climate change. A massive Chinese fishing fleet operating near the Galapagos gained global attention https://ift.tt/2Enw6Uz last […]

September 7, 2021 CONAKRY (Reuters) – The soldiers who seized power in Guinea over the weekend have consolidated their takeover with the installation of military provincial governors, Guinean media reported on Tuesday. West African leaders have threatened sanctions over the overthrow of President Alpha Conde, who was serving a controversial third term after first winning […]

September 7, 2021 GENEVA (Reuters) – UNICEF is trying to reunite hundreds of Afghan children who were separated from their families and evacuated to various countries during the hurried U.S. withdrawal from the country, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday. Hundreds of children were separated in the chaotic scenes at Kabul airport and UNICEF is […]

September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Tuesday it had asked the EU’s top court to impose financial penalties on Poland over the activities of a judges’ disciplinary chamber, stepping up a long-running dispute with Warsaw over the rule of law. Critics say the disciplinary chamber is politicized and the European Union’s […]

September 7, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Global reinsurance rates are likely to continue rising next year, in the low to mid-single digit percentage range, Moody’s analysts said on Tuesday. Reinsurance rates have been rising in the past few years after natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires, as well as from the impact of the […]

September 7, 2021 BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barca president Joan Laporta has insisted that the Super League project is still alive, despite the withdrawal earlier this year of the majority of founding clubs. The Catalans, along with Real Madrid and Juventus are the only three clubs remaining in the seemingly doomed breakaway competition, which was announced […]

September 7, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – Investor sentiment in Germany deteriorated for the fourth month in a row in September as investors expect raw material scarcity and chip shortages to slow the recovery in Europe’s largest economy, a survey showed on Tuesday. The ZEW economic research institute said its survey of investors’ economic sentiment fell […]

September 7, 2021 BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro zone economy grew by more than initially forecast in the second quarter of the year, revised data from the EU’s statistics office showed, with consumer rebounding sharply after two quarters of decline during pandemic lockdowns. Eurostat said on Tuesday that gross domestic product in the 19 countries […]