Apple co-founder Wozniak suffers possible stroke in Mexico -local media

Apple co-founder Wozniak suffers possible stroke in Mexico -local media

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, talks to people during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S., September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights MEXICO CITY, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was hospitalized in Mexico City on Wednesday due to a possible stroke, Mexican media outlets reported, but a TMZ report … Read more

Games-Pan Am Games come to predictable end but face uncertain future

Games-Pan Am Games come to predictable end but face uncertain future

[1/5]Pan-Am Games – Santiago 2023 – Closing Ceremony – Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile – November 5, 2023 General view of performers and Fiu the Pan-Am Games mascot during the Closing Ceremony as the evening light illuminates the Andes mountains REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado Acquire Licensing Rights SANTIAGO, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The Pan American Games … Read more

Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of multi-billion dollar FTX fraud

Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of multi-billion dollar FTX fraud

NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) – FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on Thursday of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange in one of the biggest financial frauds on record, a verdict that cemented the 31-year-old former billionaire’s fall from grace. A 12-member jury in Manhattan federal court convicted Bankman-Fried on all … Read more

Category 4 hurricane Otis spreads over Mexico’s southern coast

Category 4 hurricane Otis spreads over Mexico’s southern coast

[1/4]Members of the federal forces chat as they keep watch at a beach as Hurricane Otis barrels towards Acapulco, Mexico, October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Javier Verdin Acquire Licensing Rights ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Hurricane Otis reached Mexico’s southern coast on Wednesday, with damaging hurricane winds from the now Category 4 storm spreading inland over … Read more

Santander tops forecast as strong Europe offsets weaker US

Santander tops forecast as strong Europe offsets weaker US

A Santander company logo is pictured at the company’s headquarters in Boadilla del Monte, outside Madrid, Spain, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura Acquire Licensing Rights Q3 profit up 20% to 2.9 bln euros vs forecast 2.77 bln euros Net interest income up 11.6% y/y in Q3, above expectations Botin confident will meet 2023 targets, … Read more

Scientists unveil recreation of sacrificed Inca maiden in Peru

Scientists unveil recreation of sacrificed Inca maiden in Peru

AREQUIPA, Peru, Oct 24 (Reuters) – The reconstructed head and torso of a young girl likely sacrificed to appease Incan gods was unveiled in Peru on Tuesday, with three-dimensional scans of her mummy helping produce the lifelike recreation more than 500 years after her death. Scientists from both Peru and Poland used digital scans of … Read more

Argentina votes in election under shadow of economic crisis

Argentina votes in election under shadow of economic crisis

Workers load ballot boxes and voting material into a truck, ahead of the presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights BUENOS AIRES, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Argentines headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a general election under the shadow of the South American country’s … Read more

Analysis: Time for central bank digital currencies to prove their worth

Analysis: Time for central bank digital currencies to prove their worth

LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – A milestone move by the European Central Bank toward launching a digital euro within a few years means the time has come for the newest incarnation of money to prove its worth. A few countries have introduced central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), China is trialling a prototype yuan with 200 … Read more

US broadly eases Venezuela oil sanctions after election deal

US broadly eases Venezuela oil sanctions after election deal

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela June 12, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Wednesday broadly eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector in response to a deal reached between the … Read more

Ford, UAW leaders spar as auto strike costs rise

Ford, UAW leaders spar as auto strike costs rise

[1/5]Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, speaks at their Rouge Visitor Center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. October 16, 2023. Jeff Kowalsky/Ford Motor Co./Handout via REUTERS. Acquire Licensing Rights DEARBORN, Michigan, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Ford (F.N) executive chairman Bill Ford on Monday urged the United Auto Workers union to end a 32-day strike … Read more