August 27, 2021
Dell beats revenue estimates as remote work fuels demand
Aug 26 (Reuters) - Dell Technologies Inc (DELL.N) beat market estimates for second-quarter revenue on Thursday as the shift to hybrid work kept demand strong for its laptops, desktops and cloud services. People globally continue to spend on computer…
August 27, 2021
Ronaldo wants to leave Juventus says coach Allegri
TURIN, Italy, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo has no intention of staying at Juventus, the club's coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Friday, amid media speculation that Manchester City could be his next destination. Widespread reports in the…
August 27, 2021
Fraser-Pryce beats Olympic champion Thompson-Herah on night of upsets
LAUSANNE, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce led a list of upsets at a blustery Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on Thursday as she beat Olympic sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah in the women’s 100 metres. Thompson-Herah was among an…
July 25, 2021
With wildfires blazing across the West, more counties are declaring states of emergency
(CNN) As dozens of wildfires burn across the West, officials declared additional states of emergency for counties in California and Nevada while the nation's largest blaze in Oregon continued to swell Friday. The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon has…
July 25, 2021
Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went to space. What’s next?
New York (CNN Business)Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took a spin in their supersonic, suborbital rockets over the past two weeks, kicking off a new era of space travel in which billionaire-backed companies offer the high-flying excursions to…
July 25, 2021
How colonial-era debt helped shape Haiti’s poverty and political unrest
When Haiti won its independence nearly 200 years ago, it came at a hefty price -- an estimated $21 billion today. The country spent the next century paying off the debt to its former slave owners, France. It's a financial conundrum that those…
July 25, 2021
Tokyo Olympics opening draws 16.7 million U.S. TV viewers, a 33-year low
July 24 (Reuters) - NBC's broadcast of the Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony drew 16.7 million viewers, the smallest U.S. television audience for the event in the past 33 years, according to preliminary data from Comcast-owned(CMCSA.O)…
July 25, 2021
Tunisia and Japan stun swimming superpowers as Barty and Murray exit
TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - Surprise gold medal joy in the pool for Tunisia and Japan and an Aussie world record contrasted with abject misery for some of the world's best athletes whose Olympics were over in a flash on a dramatic Sunday in Tokyo.…
July 25, 2021
Looks like Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have made it Instagram official
(CNN) For beloved Bennifer fans, the long desired reunion of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck might actually be happening. Lopez posted photos from her birthday on Saturday, including one of her kissing someone who appears to be Affleck. She did not…
July 12, 2021
Robots are joining the fight against coronavirus in India
London (CNN Business) In India, the country with the world's second-highest number of Covid-19 cases, a handful of hospitals has started to use robots to connect patients with their loved ones, and assist healthcare workers on the frontlines of the…