September 7, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – Stellantis NV’s Chinese joint venture with GAC will close one of its two Chinese factories by March 2022, GAC told Reuters, as Stellantis restructures operations in the world’s biggest auto market where it struggles to sell cars. The joint venture, which currently has capacity to make 328,000 vehicles a […]
Wall Street opens flat on worries over slowing economic recovery
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened flat on Tuesday, as worries over the slowing pace of economic recovery overshadowed hopes that the Federal Reserve would maintain its accommodative stance a little longer after a soft U.S. payrolls report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 4.15 points, or 0.01%, at the open […]
El Salvador’s world-first adoption of bitcoin hits snags
September 7, 2021 By Anthony Esposito and Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, although it suffered teething problems when the government had to unplug a digital wallet to cope with demand. President Nayib Bukele, who pushed for adoption of the cryptocurrency, […]
Kuwait starts to recycle massive tyre graveyard
September 7, 2021 By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) – More than 42 million old vehicle tyres dumped in Kuwait’s sands have started to be recycled, as the Gulf state tackles a waste problem that created one of the world’s largest tyre graveyards. The massive dump site was a mere 7 km (4 miles) from a […]
Sweden to remove most remaining pandemic restrictions this month
September 7, 2021 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden will push ahead with easing COVID-19 restrictions at the end of this month, removing most curbs and limits on public venues such as restaurants, theatres and stadiums, the government said on Tuesday. With most adults vaccinated, Sweden has gradually eased some restrictions during a summer lull in the […]
California bill seeks to halt prison-to-ICE deportation pipeline
September 7, 2021 By Daniel Trotta SANTA ANA, Calif. (Reuters) – Leonel Sanchez thought he was about to go home to his family after serving three-and-a-half years for assault and other crimes in California, saying he felt redeemed after he started reading the Bible, attending Alcoholics Anonymous and even fighting wildfires as a prisoner. Instead […]
Bolsonaro supporters breach police cordon ahead of Tuesday’s marches
September 7, 2021 By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pushed through police barriers to advance towards Congress in Brasilia on Monday night, the eve of a day of planned demonstrations to back the far-right leader in his dispute with the judiciary. Trucks honked their horns as hundreds of Bolsonaro […]
Spain’s PM to convene hate crime commission after suspected homophobic assault
September 7, 2021 MADRID (Reuters) – Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will chair on Friday an urgent meeting of Spain’s commission against hate crimes amid an uproar over a suspected homophobic assault on a 20-year-old Spaniard in central Madrid. The young man was returning home on Sunday afternoon when eight people wearing hoods managed to surround […]
Italy’s Draghi, China’s Xi discuss Afghanistan, G20 summit
September 7, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi spoke by telephone on Tuesday about the Afghan crisis, Draghi’s office said. The two leaders also discussed cooperation between their countries at a bilateral level and in the context of a summit of the Group of 20 rich nations […]
Mexico presses U.S. to invest in development to stem migration
September 7, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government on Tuesday urged the United States to commit funds towards the economic development of southern Mexico and Central America in a bid to help contain a sharp increase in illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border this year. Speaking ahead of talks between U.S. and Mexican officials […]
Top human rights lawyer leaves Russia, citing criminal case against him
September 7, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – A prominent Russian human rights lawyer who defended jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s foundation and worked on many high-profile cases said on Tuesday that he had left Russia due to a criminal inquiry against him. Ivan Pavlov is well known inside Russia for taking on politically sensitive cases and […]
DigitalOcean enhances serverless capabilities with Nimbella acquisition
As developers look for ways to simplify how they create software, serverless solutions, which enable them to write code without worrying about the underlying infrastructure required to run their applications, is becoming increasingly popular. DigitalOcean announced today that it is enhancing its existing offering in this area with the acquisition of serverless startup Nimbella. The […]
Soccer-Injury scare for Spurs as Son picks up knock on international duty
September 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min will play no part in South Korea’s World Cup qualifier against Lebanon on Tuesday due to a calf injury, the Korea Football Association (KFA) said hours before the game. The Korean skipper played the full 90 minutes in the goalless draw against Iraq on Thursday […]
End of the summer: Events that may shake markets in September
September 7, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – After a summer in which stocks have hit a seemingly never-ending run of record highs, September brings a series of monetary and political events that could jolt investors out of their complacency. The will-they-won’t-they debate over trimming pandemic-era stimulus gets an airing with several G10 central banks holding meetings […]
France to pay national tribute to famed actor Belmondo on Sept 9
September 7, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – France will hold a national ceremony to pay tribute to famed actor Jean-Paul Belmondo at Paris’ Hotel National des Invalides on Sept 9, said the French presidency on Tuesday. Belmondo, a star of France’s New Wave cinema after his breakthrough performance in Jean-Luc Godard’s “A bout de souffle” (“Breathless”) […]
Europe just had its warmest summer on record, EU scientists say
September 7, 2021 BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe had its warmest summer on record this year, though only by a small margin over two previous highest temperatures for June-August, European Union scientists said on Tuesday. The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said the average surface air temperature in June-August was close to 1.0C above the 1991-2020 […]
Armed robbers hit luxury jewellery boutique on Place Vendome in Paris
September 7, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Armed robbers targeted a luxury jewellery store near the Ritz Hotel on the opulent Place Vendome in Paris on Tuesday, police in the French capital said. Two suspects were arrested as they fled, police said. Local media said a manhunt for several accomplices was underway. Police cordoned off the […]
Philippines defers new COVID-19 plan, maintains capital curbs
September 7, 2021 MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines capital region will remain under the second strictest coronavirus containment measures, a senior official said on Tuesday, despite a day earlier announcing a relaxation of curbs to spur business activity. Imposition of the more relaxed “general community quarantine” in Metro Manila has been deferred, presidential spokesperson Harry […]
Indonesia records its lowest rate of positive coronavirus tests
September 7, 2021 By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s daily coronavirus positivity rate dropped below the World Health Organization’s (WHO) benchmark standard of 5% this week for the first time, an indicator the country’s devastating second wave could be easing. The positivity rate, or the proportion of people tested who are positive, peaked at […]
Soccer-Barca game at Sevilla, Villarreal v Alaves postponed
September 7, 2021 MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Council for Sports (CSD) has postponed Barcelona’s game at Sevilla and Villarreal v Alaves on Saturday following an appeal by the Spanish football league, LaLiga. The league had asked the Spanish FA (RFEF) to postpone the matches given the extended South American World Cup qualifying window put […]
