Orbiit, a startup that automates the interactions within an online community, has raised a $2.7 million round led by Bread and Butter Ventures, with participation from new investors High Alpha Capital, LAUNCHub Ventures and Company Ventures. Existing investors Founders Fund, which led Orbiit’s $1 million pre-seed round, Acceleprise and other angels also participated. The capital…
Governors of U.S. states that represent both political parties have written letters to President Joe Biden supporting the purchase of F-35 jets made by Lockheed Martin Co (LMT.N).Biden’s $753 billion national security budget request, expected by Congress on Friday, will boost research and development spending to prepare for future warfare.The separate letters, seen by Reuters,…
Germany and Norway officially opened NordLink on Thursday, a direct power cable between the two countries that will provide Europe’s largest economy with green energy at a time it is phasing out polluting coal power. Norway’s electricity production is almost exclusively hydropower-based and its large reservoirs mean it can control its renewable energy generation and…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks after ceremonially swearing in Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., May 25, 2021. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet top officials from 12 companies…
3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Switzerland’s national flag and the European Union flag are seen at the European Commission building in Brussels, Belgium April 23, 2021. Francois Walschaerts/Pool via REUTERS//File Photo 2/3 By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland will pay the price in lost exports, higher costs and diminished attractiveness as a business centre…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about jobs and the economy at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo By Andrea Shalal and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will unveil his first full budget on Friday, setting the stage for a pitched battle with…
Nearly 30 years after Kurdish lawyer Yusuf Ekinci was gunned down and his body dumped by a highway, his lawyer son is still seeking justice in one of hundreds of cases of extrajudicial killings.
Caster Semenya, denied an opportunity to win a third successive Olympic 800 metres gold, will on Friday attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Games over 5000m.
Japanese government bond held steady on Thursday, after an auction of 600 billion yen ($5.5 billion) of 40-year paper was met with ample demand.





