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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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

September 19, 2021 Unseeded Danish teen Clara Tauson upset No. 3 seed and defending champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to win the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open on Sunday. The 18-year-old Tauson claimed her second title, having won in Lyon as a qualifier in March in just her second Tour-level main draw appearance. She […]

September 19, 2021 The Pittsburgh Pirates recalled righthanded pitcher Max Kranick from Triple-A Indianapolis and will start him against the Miami Marlins on Sunday. He replaces fellow right-hander Bryse Wilson, who was added to the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Kranick, 24, is making his seventh start for the Pirates this season. […]

September 19, 2021 FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s largest airline Lufthansa said on Sunday it would launch a capital increase that it expects will result in gross proceeds of 2.14 billion euros ($2.51 billion). ($1 = 0.8529 euros) (Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Edmund Blair) Source Link Lufthansa launches $2.5 billion capital increase David Barret

September 19, 2021 BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil reported 935 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday and some 150,106 additional cases, according to data released by the nation’s Health Ministry, an unusually large number due to what officials said was an adjustment in how case numbers are tabulated. Some 92,614 cases occurred in Rio de Janeiro in recent […]

September 19, 2021 BRUGES, Belgium (Reuters) – Filippo Ganna broke Belgian hearts at the road cycling world championships in Flanders as he retained his individual time trial title by beating local favourite Wout van Aert on Sunday. The Italian lagged behind Van Aert at both intermediate checks but he managed his effort better on the […]

September 19, 2021 MILAN (Reuters) – Italy reported 26 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday against 51 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 3,838 from 4,578. Italy has registered 130,310 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe […]

September 19, 2021 ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday he has appointed a board for state-oil firm NNPC and directed that it should be incorporated. The new oil law requires NNPC to be incorporated within six months, Buhari, who doubles as minister of petroleum, said in a statement. (Reporting by Felix […]

September 19, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Crowds of Parisians and tourists strolled along the Champs-Elysees avenue on Sunday as a car-free day removed most of the traffic from the French capital’s usually busy streets. Pedestrians wandering along the most famous thoroughfare in Paris could view the Arc de Triomphe in its temporary guise as an […]

September 19, 2021 TRIPOLI (Reuters) – East Libyan forces said they lost two helicopters in a crash during a military operation on Sunday, after days of fighting with a formerly allied rebel group from Chad. The Libyan National Army (LNA) of eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar has been engaged since last week in battles with the […]

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September 19, 2021 By Borja Suarez LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) – Around 40 people with mobility problems and some farm animals on the Spanish island of La Palma were evacuated to safer areas on Sunday after scientists warned of the rising risk of a volcanic eruption. Scientists recorded a series of earthquakes reaching 3.8 magnitude […]

September 19, 2021 By Steve Scherer and Tyler Choi MONTREAL (Reuters) – The leaders of Canada’s main political parties on Sunday kicked off the final day of campaigning ahead of Monday’s election, with polls indicating that the Liberals of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold an edge. Trudeau, 49, called the vote two years early to […]

September 19, 2021 NIAMEY (Reuters) – France’s Armed Forces Minister arrived in Niger on Sunday as part of a two-day visit to allies in the Sahel region, where French-led military operations against Islamist militants are under threat from Mali’s talks with Russian defence contractors. Diplomatic and security sources have told Reuters that Mali’s year-old military […]

September 19, 2021 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A monument listing 102,163 Dutch victims of the Holocaust was unveiled by King Willem-Alexander in Amsterdam on Sunday, the first national memorial to be built in the Netherlands. The monument, designed by Daniel Libeskind, 75, who lost relatives in the Holocaust, lies in the centre of the Dutch capital […]

September 19, 2021 KYIV (Reuters) – Thousands of people including soldiers and diplomats marched peacefully through the Ukrainian capital on Sunday in an annual gay pride parade despite some opposition to an event called off last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organisers said about 7,000 attended the Equality March this year, compared to 8,000 […]