Zimbabwe finds more elephant carcasses, death toll at 22 - Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A group of elephants are seen near a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe’s wildlife agency said on Wednesday it had discovered more elephant carcasses near a major game park, bringing the number of dead animals suspected to have been killed by a bacterial infection to 22, double the initial figure.

The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has already ruled out


Van Aert sprints to victory in Tour de France stage five - Reuters India

Van Aert sprints to victory in Tour de France stage five Reuters India

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Intel releases new laptop chips to confront Apple, rising rivals - Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp's logo is seen on their "smart building" in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, Israel December 15, 2019. Picture taken December 15, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

(Reuters) - Intel Corp ( INTC.O ) on Wednesday unveiled “Tiger Lake,” the 11th generation version of its flagship chip for laptops that it hopes will help it regain lost market share and counter forthcoming Apple Inc


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Intel launches 11th generation laptop chips - Reuters

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Intel Corp on Wednesday unveiled ‘Tiger Lake’, the 11th generation version of its flagship chip for laptops. (Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)


Exclusive: Aspiring TikTok buyers pursue four options in effort to revive talks - Reuters

(Reuters) - TikTok’s prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance, which include buying the app’s U.S. operations without key software, after Beijing stalled a deal which could be worth $30 billion, sources said.

FILE PHOTO: Logos of Bytedance, the China-based company which owns the short video app TikTok, or Douyin, are seen on a strap of an employee card, in Beijing, China August 13, 202

Trump travels to politically key North Carolina to commemorate end of World War Two - Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters prior to boarding Air Force One as he departs Washington on travel to Illinois and Wisconsin at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of World War Two on Wednesday with a visit to a retired battleship in North Carolina, a political battleground state he hopes to win in the Nov.


UK records 1,508 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 - Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Patient Hitesh Patel talks to doctor Jasmine Gan on a COVID-19 recovery ward at Wexham Park Hospital near Slough, Britain, May 22, 2020. Picture taken May 22, 2020. Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 1,508 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Wednesday, up from 1,295 a day earlier.

Ten people died within


Bad weather, COVID-19 leave over 2.6 million Malawians short of food - Reuters

BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Malawi said on Wednesday that weather-related hazards coupled with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic would leave 15% of the population in need of food aid this season.

The Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee, a grouping of government, food experts and aid agencies, found that over 2.6 million people in the southern African country of 17.7 million would not be able to meet their food requirements during the 2020/21 consumption season.

Impoverished Malawi


United Airlines to cut 16,370 workers, many more going without pay - Reuters

CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines ( UAL.O ) is preparing to furlough 16,370 workers when federal aid expires on Oct. 1 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the airline industry, it said on Wednesday.

FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines passenger jet taxis at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, U.S. December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo

Chicago-based United had over 90,000 employees before the pandemic


NY Fed's Williams says monetary policy under new framework will depend on circumstances - Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials will have some flexibility when setting monetary policy under the new framework, New York Fed Bank President John Williams said on Wednesday.

Williams echoed remarks from some of his colleagues over the past week that policy will not be based on an exact formula.

“How it translates into actual monetary policy depends on the circumstances,” Williams said while answering questions from former New York Fed president Bill Dudley. Williams added that the Fed is not focused on any specific rate of unemployment but looking