September 28, 2021 TBILISI (Reuters) – Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, late on Monday announced plans to fly home on the day local elections are held this week in order to help “save the country” and called for post-election street protests. Saakashvili, who is based in Ukraine, said he planned to fly back […]
Factbox-Who’s competing in Iraq’s elections?
September 28, 2021 BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq holds a general election on Oct. 10, its fifth parliamentary vote since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 and ushered in a complex multi-party system contested by groups defined largely by sect or ethnicity. The vote had been set for next year but was brought […]
LGBTQ groups hope Japan PM race may lead to same-sex marriages
September 28, 2021 By Sakura Murakami and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – LGBTQ rights activists are hoping that Japan may finally allow same-sex marriage if Taro Kono, who has publicly supported gay marriage, becomes the country’s next prime minister, but change will not come easily. Kono is seen as the leading contender to win the […]
Macron tells Europe to ‘stop being naive’ after France signs defence deal with Greece
September 28, 2021 By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Europe needs to stop being naive when it comes to defending its interests and build its own military capacity, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday after Greece sealed a deal for French frigates worth about 3 billion euros ($3.51 billion). France was plunged into an […]
Sydney’s unvaccinated warned of social isolation when COVID-19 lockdown ends
September 28, 2021 (Fixes typo in name of NSW state premier in paras 1 and 3) By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Sydney residents who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 risk being barred from various social activities even when they are freed from stay-at-home orders in December, New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned on […]
With births and a beauty salon, Afghan ‘guests’ transform U.S. base
September 28, 2021 By Phil Stewart JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey (Reuters) – It could be the happy moments, like news of the 24 babies born here or last weekend’s wedding. Or maybe it’s talk of the trauma among evacuees or the Afghans picking through clothes on folding tables after losing absolutely everything. But there’s […]
Cyber insurance firm Coalition lands $205M at Series E, valued at $3.5B
Coalition, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity insurance company, has raised $205 million in Series E funding, valuing the pre-IPO company at more than $3.5 billion. The round was co-led by Durable Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Whale Rock Capital, with participation from the company’s existing investors. Coalition offers businesses cybersecurity tools and insurance to help manage […]
MLB roundup: Mariners climb within 1 1/2 games of playoff spot
September 28, 2021 The Seattle Mariners continued their dominance of the visiting Oakland Athletics on Monday night, riding Mitch Haniger’s pair of three-run home runs to a 13-4 trouncing of their American League West rivals in the opener of a three-game series. Seattle pulled within 4 1/2 games of the first-place Houston Astros in the […]
ATP roundup: Two seeds fall in Sofia
September 28, 2021 Both seeded players in action lost Monday during the opening round of the ATP Tour’s Sofia (Bulgaria) Open. Italy’s Gianluca Mager upset sixth-seeded Adrian Mannarino of France 6-3, 6-2, and France’s Benoit Paire knocked off seventh-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-4, 7-5. Mager had lost his first-round match in three of […]
Cricket-Perth Ashes test in doubt due to COVID-19 curbs – minister
September 28, 2021 MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Perth may not be able to hold an Ashes test over Australia’s home summer due to COVID-19 restrictions, sports minister Richard Colbeck said on Tuesday. Perth is scheduled to host the fifth and final test from Jan. 14 but Colbeck said the Western Australia (WA) capital might have to […]
Cricket-Warner loses spot in IPL team with World Cup approaching
September 28, 2021 MUMBAI (Reuters) – Australia’s out-of-form opening batsman David Warner will head into next month’s Twenty20 World Cup without much match practice after he was dropped from Sunrisers Hyderabad for Monday’s Indian Premier League match. Warner, 34, is one of the IPL’s most successful batsmen and ranks fifth in the all-time list of […]
Online greetings card retailer Moonpig stays ahead even as UK shops reopen
September 28, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) -British online greetings card retailer Moonpig raised its annual revenue forecast on Tuesday, saying orders remained above pre-pandemic levels even as rivals reopened stores following the lifting of lockdown restrictions. Moonpig, which listed on the stock market in February, accounts for nearly two-thirds of the online greetings card market in […]
Cricket-Moeen a huge loss to England test side, says skipper Root
September 28, 2021 (Reuters) – England captain Joe Root hailed Moeen Ali as a role model and said he would be a huge loss to the test side after the all-rounder announced his decision to quit the longest format of the game on Monday. Moeen, who made his test debut in 2014, scored 2,914 runs […]
Tech slide, China woes weigh on European stocks
September 28, 2021 (Reuters) – European stocks fell on Tuesday, as a surge in government bond yields pressured high-growth technology shares, with fresh signs of a slowdown in China’s economy weighing on investor sentiment. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.4%, falling for a third session as a jump in U.S. Treasury yields signalled […]
Indonesia parliament committee approves govt’s $190 billion 2022 budget
September 28, 2021 JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliamentary budget committee on Tuesday approved President Joko Widodo’s 2022 budget with total spending of about 2,714 trillion rupiah ($190.40 billion), representing a fiscal deficit equal to 4.85% of gross domestic product. The budget aimed to underpin an economic recovery next year with GDP slated to grow 5.2%, […]
Activist Greta Thunberg not very optimistic about Italy climate talks
September 28, 2021 MILAN (Reuters) – Greta Thunberg is not very optimistic about the climate talks held in Italy this week, the environmental youth activist said as she arrived at the venue in Milan on Tuesday. Thousands of young people, including Thunberg, will converge on Milan this week, with some 400 from about 190 countries […]
Thai central bank to introduce more debt measures in October
September 28, 2021 BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s central bank said on Tuesday it planned to introduce debt consolidation measures to help reduce interest rates on consumer loans for retail debtors, as the country suffers its most protracted coronavirus outbreak so far. The move is viewed as more useful than cutting the rate ceiling of those […]
Marketmind: Time to expect inflation
September 28, 2021 A look at the day ahead from Sujata Rao It’s only Tuesday but ten-year Treasury yields are already up 8 basis points this week, leading a global move up in government borrowing costs after last week’s hawkish central bank chorus. Even more interesting is the move in inflation breakevens, which reflect bond […]
French consumer confidence stronger than expected in September
September 28, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – French consumer confidence improved more than expected in September as households’ concerns about unemployment eased, a monthly survey showed on Tuesday. The INSEE official statistics agency said its consumer confidence index rose to 102 from 99 in August, hitting its highest level since June. The improvement brought confidence back […]
BTS to hold first live concert since COVID-19 pandemic in L.A. in Nov
September 28, 2021 By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean boy band BTS plans to hold live concerts in Los Angeles in November for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak, forcing it to cancel global tours and resort to online performances, the band’s management said on Tuesday. The concerts, titled “Permission to Dance […]
