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By Fernando Kallas CORDOBA, Spain (Reuters) – Spain women’s coach Montse Tome said she was confident that she would remain in her position after the players ended their boycott of the national team. The boycott, which started after former Spanish Federation (RFEF) boss Luis Rubiales kissed Spain player Jenni Hermoso on the lips following their World Cup triumph, came to an end last week when the RFEF said it would […]

NINEVEH, Iraq(Reuters) -At least 100 people were killed and 150 were injured in a fire at a wedding celebration in the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq’s Nineveh province, Iraqi state media said early on Wednesday, with local sources saying the toll was expected to rise. The fire ripped through a large events hall in the north-eastern region after fireworks were lit during the celebration, local civil defence said, according to […]

By Anna Pruchnicka (Reuters) -Russian air strikes and shelling killed six people in Ukraine and caused “significant damage” to infrastructure at the Black Sea port of Odesa and to grain storage facilities, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. The air attacks were part of a campaign that has made it harder for major grain producer Ukraine to export its products since Moscow quit a deal in mid-July that had enabled Black […]

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Candy Crush Saga, the matching game played by millions on their commute, has reached $20 billion in revenue since its 2012 launch, maker King said, adding that it would soon release levels up to 15,000 for the most dedicated players. First appearing on a website, it shifted to Facebook and then mobile, where it took off and has now been downloaded 5 billion times. […]

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday and asked the court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell assets as the government accuses Big Tech of monopolizing the most lucrative parts of the internet. The FTC accused Amazon, a company started in a garage in 1994 and today worth $1.3 trillion, of fighting efforts by sellers […]

By Arriana McLymore RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Merchants who sell on Amazon.com want the online retailer to cut back on fees while some also worry the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit filed on Tuesday could hit its advertising business, harming their ability to reach potential shoppers. The FTC’s long-awaited antitrust lawsuit asks a court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell assets as the government accuses Big Tech […]

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan’s years-long push to challenge the power of Amazon.com reached a turning point on Tuesday when her agency filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against the online retailer. In 2017, Khan wrote an influential academic article arguing the company’s structure and practices posed anticompetitive concerns and had escaped antitrust scrutiny. “With its missionary zeal for consumers, Amazon has marched toward monopoly […]

(Reuters) – A Philadelphia judge on Tuesday dismissed all charges against former police officer Mark Dial for fatally shooting a man as he sat in his car in August after being pursued by Dial and another police officer for alleged erratic driving. Philadelphia’s district attorney had charged Dial with murder and a host of other offenses for shooting Eddie Irizarry, 27, several times. The shooting took place as Irizarry sat […]

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – Brooks Robinson, a virtuoso third baseman who was known as “The Human Vacuum Cleaner” because of his defensive prowess at the position during a Hall of Fame career spent entirely with Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles, died on Tuesday. He was 86. “We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Brooks Robinson. An integral part of our Orioles Family since 1955, […]