September 17, 2021 CONAKRY (Reuters) -A delegation of West African leaders arrived in Guinea on Friday, a day after the regional bloc imposed sanctions the country’s new military leaders for ousting President Alpha Conde in a Sept. 6 coup. Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara and Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo were met on a plane-side red […]
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Iran joins expanding Asian security body led by Moscow, Beijing
September 17, 2021 (Reuters) – Iran joined a rapidly expanding central Asian security body led by Russia and China on Friday, calling on the countries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to help it form a mechanism to avert sanctions imposed by the West. The body, formed in the 2001 as a talking shop for Russia, […]
World needs to spend another $100 trln on U.N. fight against global woes – report
September 17, 2021 By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Global goals tackling poverty, inequality, injustice and climate change face a $100 trillion funding shortfall and are likely to be missed unless 10% of global economic output is directed to the U.N. targets every year to 2030, a report on Friday said. The U.N.’s Sustainable Development […]
Defy Partners leads $3M round into sales intelligence platform Aircover
Aircover raised $3 million in seed funding to continue developing its real-time sales intelligence platform. Defy Partners led the round with participation from Firebolt Ventures, Flex Capital, Ridge Ventures and a group of angel investors. The company, headquartered in the Bay Area, aims to give sales teams insights relevant to closing the sale as they […]
Ketch raises another $20M as demand grows for its privacy data control platform
Six months after securing a $23 million Series A round, Ketch, a startup providing online privacy regulation and data compliance, brought in an additional $20 million in A1 funding, this time led by Acrew Capital. Returning with Acrew for the second round are CRV, super{set} (the startup studio founded by Ketch’s co-founders CEO Tom Chavez […]
Slower growth, high inflation make awkward reading for Bank of England
September 17, 2021 By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England rate-setters who may be tempted to vote next week for an early end to their COVID-19 stimulus plans are likely to hold off for now, with a slowing economy but surging inflation making for a tricky backdrop. Last month, Michael Saunders was the only […]
Ford wakes up badly burnt from its India dream
September 17, 2021 By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – When Ford Motor Co built its first factory in India in the mid-1990s, U.S. carmakers believed they were buying into a boom – the next China. The economy had been liberalised in 1991, the government was welcoming investors, and the middle class was expected to […]
Tesla to work with global regulators on data security -Musk
September 17, 2021 SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc will work with global regulators to ensure data security, Chief Executive Elon Musk told an industry event in China on Friday. Tesla, which assembles vehicles for the Chinese market in Shanghai, has been under scrutiny in China this year over its storage and handling of […]
Journey Clinical raises $3M to allow psychotherapists to prescribe psychedelics
Psychedelics companies are all the rage right now. Compass Pathways is working with the magic mushroom compound psilocybin to treat depression. It’s has raised $290 million in total. Atai Life Sciences — backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel — brought in $258 million from its IPO. In the tech space, this has not gone unnoticed […]
Tennis – Reviewing U.S. Open final win felt like watching someone else – Raducanu
September 17, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu on Friday said that re-watching her stunning victory in this month’s final felt like watching someone else, adding that her achievement had started to sink in but it was still difficult to fully comprehend. The 18-year-old Briton took the tennis world by storm when […]
ECB’s Makhlouf says fears of excessive inflation overstated – for now
September 17, 2021 DUBLIN (Reuters) – Fears of excessive euro zone inflation are overstated “at the moment” but policymakers must recognise there is considerable uncertainty about the persistence of price pressures, European Central Bank governing council member Gabriel Makhlouf said. “I believe that, at the moment, fears of excessive euro area inflation are overstated and […]
New Lebanon cabinet lifts petrol price, signs audit deal
September 17, 2021 By Maha El Dahan BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon’s new government raised gasoline prices on Friday, cutting a subsidy that Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said is unaffordable as he advances plans to address a devastating financial collapse. The government also signed a new contract with restructuring consultancy Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) to carry […]
Futures dip on tech weakness, Treasury yields steady
September 17, 2021 By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday, as steady Treasury yields after strong economic data this week pointed toward more movement out of heavyweight technology stocks. FAANG stocks, including Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc, some of the largest tech names on Wall Street, fell slightly in premarket […]
At unfinished Evergrande apartments in central China, buyers seek answers
September 17, 2021 By Yew Lun Tian LUOYANG, China (Reuters) – A steady stream of anxious apartment buyers flowed into the sales office of the Evergrande Oasis complex outside the city of Luoyang this week, seeking answers after construction was halted by the giant developer’s severe cash crunch. Work on the five-tower condominium and 16 […]
Manchester United slips to wider loss on pandemic impact
September 17, 2021 (Reuters) – Manchester United Plc reported a wider full-year loss after a season marred by pandemic-induced lockdowns and empty stadiums hit matchday sales and commercial revenue. The English soccer club said its net loss for the year ended June 30 was 92.2 million pounds ($127.2 million), compared with a loss of 23.2 […]
Canadian National to resume previously approved share buyback
September 17, 2021 (Reuters) – Canadian National Railway Co said on Friday it would resume share repurchases under the plan approved by its board in January. The largest Canadian railroad expects to complete the remaining C$1.1 billion ($869.02 million) of share repurchases by the end of January next year. ($1 = 1.2658 Canadian dollars) (Reporting […]
China’s Xi urges Afghanistan to stamp out terrorism, vows more aid
September 17, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s President Xi Jinping urged “relevant parties” in Afghanistan to eradicate terrorism and promised to provide more help to the war-torn nation, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday. China shares a land border with Afghanistan, where the Taliban named a new government this month. The Islamist militant group retook […]
EU fails to confirm if women, young adults at higher clot risk from AstraZeneca shot
September 17, 2021 (Reuters) – Europe’s drugs regulator said on Friday it could not confirm if women and young adults were at a higher risk of rare blood clots with low platelets following vaccination with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after it studied available data. Limitations in the way the data was collected meant that the European […]
Dutch PM not proposing new EU-UK security deal, EU says
September 17, 2021 BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Media reports of a possible security agreement between the European Union and Britain to be offered by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte are untrue, the European Commission said on Friday. The Times of London said in an article published on Friday that Rutte, during a meeting with his British counterpart […]
Golf – Stomach bug-stricken Rahm soldiers on with eye on Ryder Cup
September 17, 2021 (Reuters) – World number one Jon Rahm has not had a solid meal since Tuesday due to a stomach bug but the golfer said he is on the mend ahead of next week’s Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits where Team Europe is looking to retain the trophy. Rahm withdrew from a PGA […]
