September 19, 2021 By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -“Pose” star Billy Porter and British actor Josh O’Connor were among the early arrivals in Los Angeles for the Emmy Awards on Sunday on a night where “The Crown” and comedy “Ted Lasso” are expected to dominate the annual ceremony for the top television shows. Porter, […]
UK PM Johnson to challenge Amazon founder Bezos over company’s tax record- FT
September 19, 2021 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a face-to-face meeting will challenge Amazon founder Jeff Bezos over his company’s tax record, the Financial Times reported https://on.ft.com/3nNA2Cz on Sunday. Concerns surrounding international corporate tax rates for tech giants will be high on the agenda during Johnson’s meeting with Bezos, the newspaper said, […]
Tennis-Schwartzman bounces back to seal Argentina’s place in Davis Cup qualifiers
September 19, 2021 (Reuters) – Diego Schwartzman shrugged off a surprise defeat in his opening match to ease Argentina into the 2022 Davis Cup qualifiers on Sunday, sealing the winning point against Belarus. The world number 15 was beaten by junior player Daniil Ostapenkov in Saturday’ opening match but rebounded on Sunday to beat world […]
Soccer-Juve’s Allegri relieved to hear final whistle in Milan draw
September 19, 2021 TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – Angry Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said it was lucky the final whistle blew in the 1-1 home draw with AC Milan on Sunday because his team could have lost. Juve took an early 1-0 lead thanks to Alvaro Morata’s strike and looked in control going into the latter […]
Exclusive: U.S. opens probe into 30 million vehicles over air bag inflators
September 19, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. auto safety investigators have opened a new probe into 30 million vehicles built by nearly two dozen automakers with potentially defective Takata air bag inflators, a government document seen by Reuters shows. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Friday opened an engineering analysis into an estimated […]
Soccer-Chelsea thrash Spurs as Greaves death overshadows action
September 19, 2021 By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Chelsea and Manchester United maintained their unbeaten starts to the Premier League season on Sunday as English football mourned the passing of goalscoring great Jimmy Greaves. Chelsea, the club with whom Greaves began his career, won 3-0 at Tottenham Hotspur, for whom the forward netted a […]
Soccer-Real Madrid stage late comeback to win at Valencia
September 19, 2021 VALENCIA (Reuters) – Real Madrid forwards Vinicius Jr and Karim Benzema scored within the space of three minutes deep in the second half to propel their side to a 2-1 win at Valencia in LaLiga on Sunday after being outplayed for most of the game. The hosts went ahead in the 66th […]
Soccer-Rebic earns Milan late draw at winless Juve
September 19, 2021 TURIN, Italy (Reuters) -AC Milan forward Ante Rebic’s late header earned a 1-1 draw at Juventus in Serie A on Sunday, leaving Massimiliano Allegri’s side still searching for a first league win of the season. Juve’s Alvaro Morata scored for the third successive match in all competitions after just four minutes to […]
NFL-Injuries cloud Week 2 action as four quarterbacks leave hurt
September 19, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Four starting National Football League (NFL) quarterbacks departed their respective games on Sunday in an injury-riddled afternoon across the Week 2 schedule. Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa was carted off with a rib injury in the first quarter of Miami’s 35-0 loss to the Buffalo Bills, while Texans’ Tyrod Taylor […]
Soccer-Icardi strikes late to give PSG win over Lyon on Messi’s home debut
September 19, 2021 By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -A late Mauro Icardi strike earned Paris St Germain a last-gasp 2-1 home victory against Olympique Lyonnais with Lionel Messi making limited impact on his Parc des Princes debut on Sunday. Icardi headed home from Kylian Mbappe’s cross four minutes into stoppage time after Neymar had levelled […]
Swedish government eyes 2022 election in budget for post-COVID growth
September 19, 2021 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s minority government promised a 74 billion crown ($8.6 billion) boost for the economy in its 2022 budget, outlined by the finance minister on Sunday, hoping to woo voters and reverse a deficit in opinion polls ahead of next year’s general election. With many of the coalition’s pandemic support […]
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen: Debt default would ‘permanently’ weaken America
September 19, 2021 By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued a fresh plea for Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling on Sunday, arguing a default on U.S. debt would trigger a historic financial crisis. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece https://ift.tt/2XxajmM, Yellen said that the crisis triggered by […]
Syrian military chief makes rare visit to Jordan to discuss border issues
September 19, 2021 By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s defence minister visited Jordan on Sunday to discuss stability on their mutual border, the first such meeting since the Syrian conflict erupted a decade ago, officials said. The meeting comes after Syria’s army reestablished control this month over Deraa, a city south of Damascus, in […]
France cancels defence meeting with UK over submarine row, sources say
September 19, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – France has cancelled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of a deal with Washington and London, two sources familiar with the matter said. Parly personally took the decision to […]
Soccer-Tuchel says improved attitude sparked Chelsea’s second-half rout of Spurs
September 19, 2021 By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel looked far from happy as his side were second-best for 45 minutes of Sunday’s London derby at Tottenham but his halftime ‘talk’ and a key substitution again underlined the German’s dramatic impact at Stamford Bridge. With the score at 0-0 Tuchel hauled […]
Stockpiled COVID vaccines must be handed to poorer nations, says former UK PM
September 19, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – A vaccine summit being hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden must come up with a plan this week to transfer 100 million stockpiled COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries before they reach their expiry date, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said. Biden is due to convene a virtual COVID-19 […]
Soccer-Lingard, De Gea earn dramatic late win for Man United
September 19, 2021 By Richard Martin LONDON (Reuters) – Jesse Lingard scored a stunning late goal and David de Gea saved a stoppage-time penalty as Manchester United beat West Ham United 2-1 in a dramatic Premier League match on Sunday. West Ham had gone ahead on the half-hour mark with a deflected strike from Said […]
Russia’s ruling pro-Putin party wins parliamentary vote – early results/exit poll
September 19, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – The ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, is on course to win a three-day parliamentary election, initial results and an exit poll showed on Sunday. With just 9% of ballots counted nationwide, the Central Election Commission said United Russia had won 38.57% of the vote. Separately, […]
Cricket-Kohli to step down as RCB skipper after 2021 IPL season
September 19, 2021 (Reuters) – Virat Kohli will step down as captain of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) after the 2021 season, the player said on Sunday. Kohli this week also gave up the captaincy of India’s Twenty20 side to manage his immense workload, saying he would not continue in […]
Soccer-Haaland strikes twice in Dortmund’s 4-2 win over Union Berlin
September 19, 2021 DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – Erling Haaland scored twice, including a spectacular lob, to guide Borussia Dortmund to a 4-2 victory over Union Berlin on Sunday which lifted them to second in the Bundesliga. Norwegian Haaland has now scored seven times in the league this season while taking his total tally to an […]
