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September 15, 2021 By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea and South Korea test fired ballistic missiles on Wednesday, the latest volley in an arms race https://ift.tt/2QT36dm in which both nations have developed increasingly sophisticated weapons while efforts prove fruitless to get talks going on defusing tensions. South Korea tested https://ift.tt/3hxIH7V […]

September 15, 2021 By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “The Morning Show,” the Apple TV+ series that tackled the #MeToo movement via the lens of a fictional newscast in its first season, returns this week and explores topics from racism and homophobia to addiction and cancel culture. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the show’s creators […]

September 15, 2021 By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Thousands of Salvadorans took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against President Nayib Bukele, who they accuse of a power grab aimed at weakening democratic institutions and consolidating his grip on power. A the heart of their complaints is the recent law making bitcoin […]

September 15, 2021 By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – The latest in a recent line of space-obsessed billionaires was set for liftoff on Wednesday with three less wealthy private citizens along for the ride aboard a SpaceX rocket ship, seeking to become the first all-civilian crew launched into Earth orbit. […]

September 15, 2021 By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global shares inched up on Wednesday on the strength of U.S. equities markets that were boosted by positive factory data. U.S. factory production data showed that manufacturing remained strong despite a slowdown due to factory closures related to Hurricane Ida and the ongoing microchip […]

September 15, 2021 By Lisa Keddie LONDON (Reuters) – Singer Lola Lennox teamed up with her boyfriend, model and musician Braeden Wright as well as her famous mother, Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox, to work on her music during lockdown, producing six tracks for her upcoming debut EP. London-born Lennox, who lives in Los Angeles, has released […]

September 15, 2021 By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday handily beat back a Republican campaign to oust him from office, sending a decisive message that voters in the deeply Democratic state supported his policies for tackling COVID-19, immigration and crime. Newsom, who won his first term in 2018 by […]

September 15, 2021 SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Leftist former student leader Gabriel Boric is leading Chile’s race for president with just over two months until Election Day, but half of all Chileans are still trying to make up their minds, according to a poll from pollster CEP on Wednesday. The survey found 13% of respondents would […]

September 15, 2021 (Reuters) -Blue Apron Holdings Inc said on Wednesday its co-founder and chairman Matthew Salzberg has resigned from the board of the meal kit delivery company to focus on other business interests. Jennifer Carr-Smith, a current independent board member, will succeed Salzberg, the company said. Blue Apron also said it was looking to […]

September 15, 2021 (Reuters) – Lionel Messi will start for Paris St Germain for the first time after being named in the starting line-up for the Ligue 1 side’s Champions League Group A opener at Club Brugge on Wednesday. The Argentine forward, who joined on a two-year contract from Barcelona during the close season, has […]

September 15, 2021 (Reuters) – The United States Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) on Wednesday labelled the U.S. Soccer Federation’s offer of identical contract proposals for both the men’s and women’s teams as a nothing more than a publicity stunt. The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) announced its offer on Tuesday as part of an […]

September 15, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian officials and representatives of metals and fertiliser producers failed to reach consensus on Wednesday on how to implement the government plan to change taxes for them, six sources familiar with details of their meeting told Reuters. Moscow has been searching for additional proceeds for the state budget and […]

September 15, 2021 By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) – Support for climate-related shareholder resolutions at U.S. companies rose significantly this year, according to a report released on Wednesday, as investors focused on economic threats posed by global warming. The paper, from Institutional Shareholder Services, the largest proxy adviser, found median support for the proposals was […]

September 15, 2021 By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for vaccination in most countries are representing a larger percentage of hospitalizations and even deaths, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday. Nine months in to this year, infections among children […]

September 15, 2021 By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal electoral court (TSE) is set to probe the funding of last week’s rallies in support of President Jair Bolsonaro, as well as alleged election campaigning outside the allotted legal time frame, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Bolsonaro, who is down in […]

September 15, 2021 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s acting deputy prime minister Abdul Ghani Baradar said on Wednesday reports he was hurt in a clash with a rival faction of the Taliban were false. “No this is not true; I am ok and healthy,” Baradar said in an interview with state TV and posted on Twitter by […]

September 15, 2021 By Rod Nickel and Moira Warburton WINNIPEG/VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Sporting dance moves on TikTok videos in his signature neon turbans, the leader of Canada’s left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP), Jagmeet Singh, is poised to recover from a 2019 election stumble and strengthen his position as kingmaker in the country’s next government. Singh, […]

September 15, 2021 By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) – The leader of Canada’s main opposition party on Wednesday said a surge in inflation last month highlighted the failure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s economic policies, and urged Canadians to vote out the government in an election on Monday. Erin O’Toole, […]

September 15, 2021 (Changes headline) By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadians voted in advanced polls in record numbers ahead of an upcoming election, some looking to beat crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to data released this week, though an expected avalanche of mail-in ballots has failed to materialize. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who […]

September 15, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday Venezuela and Bolivia had failed to take measures over the past year to meet their obligations under international agreements to fight drugs. “I hereby designate Bolivia and Venezuela as having failed demonstrably to make substantial efforts during the previous 12 months to […]