October 9, 2021 By Silvio Castellanos and Juan Medina LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) – Buildings near the volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma were engulfed by rivers of lava early on Saturday, with the drama of the red-hot eruption intensified by the spectacle of flashes of lightning. The magma destroyed at least four […]
Tesla’s Brandenburg factory becomes festival site for ‘Giga-Fest’
October 9, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – From flashing lights and booming speakers to sprawling stages and a Ferris wheel, Tesla’s factory near Berlin has been transformed into a festival site for a one-day county fair on Saturday, hosted by CEO Elon Musk. The fair, expected to attract tens of thousands of visitors with Brandenburg locals […]
Tennis-Raducanu heads back to drawing board after Indian Wells defeat
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu said she was disappointed but not discouraged after crashing out of Indian Wells on Friday in her first match since stunning the tennis world at Flushing Meadows last month. After dropping the first set, the 18-year-old squandered a 4-2 lead against Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the […]
Tennis-Murray eases past Mannarino in Indian Wells opener
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – After reuniting with his stinky shoes and wedding ring, Andy Murray was back in business as the former world number one sealed a comfortable 6-3 6-2 win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the first round of the Indian Wells tournament on Friday. Murray, who was the talk of social media […]
Soccer-U.S. women’s soccer hid issues for NWSL to succeed, says O’Reilly
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Women’s soccer in the United States “swept a lot of bad things under the rug” to make the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) successful, former midfielder Heather O’Reilly said. The NWSL fired commissioner Lisa Baird and FIFA launched a preliminary investigation last week following a report detailing allegations of misconduct […]
Singapore PM says COVID-19 ‘new normal’ could take up to 6 months
October 9, 2021 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore may need as much as six months to get to a “new normal” in terms of easing restrictions and people resuming their previous routines in the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday. “It will take us at least three months, and perhaps as long […]
White House blocks Trump attempt to withhold documents related to Jan 6 attack
October 9, 2021 By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -The White House on Friday formally blocked an attempt by Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol when he was U.S. president. Press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden had authorized the National Archives, a government agency that […]
New Peru PM says redrafting constitution is not a priority
October 9, 2021 LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s new prime minister Mirtha Vasquez said redrafting the country’s pro-market constitution is not currently a priority for the government, despite it having been a key campaign promise. “This government is not proposing (to change the constitution) and won’t propose that overnight,” Vasquez said during one of her first […]
Soccer-Premier League clubs demand emergency meeting over Newcastle takeover
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Premier League clubs have reached out to the league with complaints about Newcastle United’s takeover by a Saudi Arabia-led consortium and are pushing for an emergency meeting next week, the Guardian newspaper https://ift.tt/3liN3Cg reported. The Premier League announced on Thursday that Newcastle had been sold to a group consisting of […]
Tennis-Raducanu falls in first match since U.S. Open triumph
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Emma Raducanu stumbled in her first match since winning the U.S. Open last month, falling 6-2 6-4 to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the second round of the Indian Wells tennis tournament on Friday. The 18-year-old British sensation had an aura of invincibility at Flushing Meadows, where the tournament qualifier did not […]
China proposes adding cryptocurrency mining to ‘negative list’ of industries
October 9, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) -China has added cryptocurrency mining to a draft list of industries in which investment is restricted or prohibited, although it reduced the number of sectors on the list overall, a document released by the state planner showed on Friday. The “negative list” details sectors and industries that are off-limits to […]
After week of tensions, China’s Xi vows ‘reunification’ with Taiwan
October 9, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to realise “reunification” with Taiwan, though did not directly mention the use of force, following a week of tensions with the Chinese-claimed island. Democratically ruled Taiwan has come under increased military and political pressure from Beijing to accept its sovereignty, but Taipei has […]
Australia braces for more COVID-19 infections as country moves towards re-opening
October 9, 2021 By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia was bracing for more COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations, officials said on Saturday, even as it moves toward gradually easing pandemic restrictions with the vast majority of its people getting vaccinated against the virus. Sydney, in a lockdown for more than 100 days, is to ease […]
Ireland cuts 2021 deficit forecast to 3.1% of GDP
October 9, 2021 DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland on Saturday cut its budget deficit forecast for the year to 3.1% of gross domestic product from a forecast it made three months ago of 5.1% thanks to lower-than-expected spending and strong tax receipts and economic growth. The government had indicated in recent weeks that it expected to […]
IMF board seeks more details on claims against Georgieva – statement
October 9, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s executive board adjourned without a decision about the future of Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday and said it would seek more information about claims that she pressured World Bank staff to alter data to benefit China in her previous role. The IMF said the […]
Tesla moving headquarters to Texas from California
October 9, 2021 (In story from Thursday, clarifies in second paragraph that company is Hewlett Packard Enterprise) By Hyunjoo Jin and Subrat Patnaik SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Thursday the electric carmaker plans to move its headquarters from Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas, where it is […]
Top fossil fuel lender JPMorgan joins UN climate action finance plan
October 9, 2021 By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase & Co said Friday it was joining the United Nation’s Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a group of global banks that have committed to dramatically reducing their carbon financing and investment activities. As the largest U.S. bank and a major lender to the fossil fuel […]
Blinken to visit Colombia later this month
October 9, 2021 BOGOTA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Colombia later this month to strengthen the two countries’ relationship and discuss diverse topics related to their shared agenda, the Andean country’s foreign ministry said on Friday. The United States is Colombia’s chief ally in the fight against drug trafficking and […]
Boxing-Fury and Wilder post career-heaviest weights ahead of title fight
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Heavyweights Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder tipped the scales at their biggest weights yet on the eve of their highly-anticipated third fight in Las Vegas on Saturday with the WBC belt on the line. Fury, who recovered from a 12th round knockdown in their first meeting to earn a draw […]
NFL-Gruden racist email condemned by NFL
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – The National Football League condemned on Friday the racist slur directed at NFL Players Association (NFLPA) chief DeMaurice Smith by Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden describing the email as “abhorrent”. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Gruden in a 2011 email used a racist trope to describe […]
