October 10, 2021 TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s government on Sunday denounced Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s National Day speech, saying it incited confrontation and distorted facts. The seeking of Taiwan independence closes the door to dialogue, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said. Speaking earlier on Sunday, Tsai said that Taiwan will keep bolstering its defences to ensure […]
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Czech President Zeman taken to hospital at key post-election time
October 10, 2021 PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech President Milos Zeman was taken to hospital on Sunday, bringing uncertainty at a key period when the president is due to lead political talks on forming a new government after a parliamentary election https://ift.tt/3oLJhDC. A spokeswoman for the Central Military Hospital in Prague said Zeman, 77, was being […]
India says it has ample coal stocks for power sector
October 10, 2021 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has ample coal stocks to meet power sector demand, a coal ministry statement said on Sunday, a day after the Delhi Chief Minister said a shortage of the fuel meant the Indian capital could face a power crisis https://ift.tt/3BtUtZh. State-run Coal India Ltd is using its 40 […]
Czech President Zeman being taken to hospital
October 10, 2021 PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech President Milos Zeman was being taken to Prague’s Central Military Hospital on Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said. She gave no details but said the hospital’s director would give a media briefing at 2 p.m. (1200 GMT). The presidential office had previously said Zeman, 77, has been ill and […]
Aden car bomb targeting officials kills at least four – security source
October 10, 2021 ADEN (Reuters) – A car bomb targeting the governor’s convoy shook Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Sunday killing at least four people, a Reuters witness and a security source said. Governor Ahmed Lamlas and agriculture minister Salem al-Suqatri survived the blast but at least four people were killed, the security […]
Pope meets Colombian nun freed from Mali kidnapping
October 10, 2021 VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday met a Colombian nun who was freed https://ift.tt/3Dqj2qh after being kidnapped by Islamist militants in Mali four years ago. The Vatican said in a statement that Francis met Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez in St. Peter’s Basilica just before he celebrated Mass there to open […]
Pope opens two-year consultation on Catholic Church future
October 10, 2021 By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday launched a two-year worldwide consultative process that could change the way the Roman Catholic Church makes decisions and leave its mark long after his pontificate is over. Proponents see the initiative called “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission” as […]
Lava blocks the size of buildings falling from La Palma volcano
October 10, 2021 By Silvio Castellanos and Juan Medina LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) – Blocks of molten lava as large as three-storey buildings rolled down a hillside on the Spanish island of La Palma while a series of tremors shook the ground on Sunday three weeks after the volcanic eruption. There were 21 seismic movements […]
Pregnant Afghan pilot who voiced fears to Reuters moved to Tajik hospital
October 10, 2021 By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A pregnant Afghan Air Force pilot who had been detained at a rural sanatorium in Tajikistan and had voiced her concerns to Reuters https://ift.tt/2Yycl76 last week about the risks to her unborn child has been moved to a maternity hospital, one of her fellow pilots said. […]
Egyptian consumer price inflation rises to 6.6% in Sept -CAPMAS
October 10, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) -Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation increased to 6.6% in September from 5.7% in August, data from the country’s statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Sunday. The rate remains well within the target range of between 5% and 9% set by the central bank, which meets on Oct. 28 to decide […]
UK business minister: Inflation always troubling, BoE’s job to handle it
October 10, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Inflation in Britain is troubling and the independent Bank of England will do a good job in curbing it, but the government is right to focus on higher wages, business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Sunday. “I think rising costs always should trouble a business department. But I think […]
UK working on support for energy-intensive industries, minister says
October 10, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is working out how to support energy-intensive industries hit by soaring gas prices, business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Sunday, describing the situation as critical but declining to say what action is being considered. Producers of steel, glass, ceramics and paper and other sectors have said they may […]
Italian police arrest far-right party officials after anti-vax riot
October 10, 2021 ROME (Reuters) – Italian police said on Sunday they had arrested 12 people, including top officials of the extreme right-wing party Forza Nuova, following clashes in Rome against a government drive to make the COVID-19 “Green Pass” mandatory for all workers. Thousands of people https://ift.tt/3mJbIj7 took to the streets of the Italian […]
Austria’s ruling coalition soldiers on after fight to near-death
October 10, 2021 VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s ruling coalition soldiered on on Sunday after Chancellor Sebastian Kurz quit https://ift.tt/3am7fNm to keep it alive, but a top newspaper likened his future role in parliament to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s stint as prime minister in name only. Prosecutors placed Kurz under investigation https://ift.tt/3uXoD4r last week on suspicion […]
Coming weeks are decisive for Iran nuclear deal, Merkel says
October 10, 2021 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The coming weeks are decisive for the future of the nuclear deal with Iran, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday, adding that every day that passes without Tehran responding to U.S. overtures will result in Iran enriching more uranium. Speaking during a visit to Israel, the outgoing chancellor […]
Britain and Ireland argue on Twitter over Brexit deal
October 10, 2021 By William James LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and Ireland traded barbs on Twitter on Sunday after British Brexit negotiator David Frost restated his view that the EU must agree “significant change” to the Northern Ireland protocol that governs trade and border rules in the province. The protocol was part of the Brexit […]
India’s Reliance buys REC Solar for $771 million- statement
October 10, 2021 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A unit of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd said on Sunday it has bought REC Solar Holdings for an enterprise value of $771 million from China National Bluestar (Group) Co Ltd. The purchase by Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL) follows the June announcement by the parent – […]
Son of India govt minister arrested, accused of killing farmers
October 10, 2021 LUCKNOW (Reuters) – Ashish Mishra, son of junior home minister Ajay Mishra Teni, has been arrested on accusations he ran over and killed four protesting farmers last week, a senior police official said. The farmers, killed on Oct. 3 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, were part of India’s longest-running agricultural […]
S.Korea’s Lee seeks primary win in presidential race overshadowed by scandal
October 10, 2021 By Josh Smith and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) – Lee Jae-myung was set to become the presidential candidate for South Korea’s ruling party on Sunday, hoping to overcome a property scandal and gather national support while conservative opponents trade barbs over anal acupuncture and fortune tellers. Lee, the governor of Gyeonggi province, […]
Malaysia lifts travel restrictions for fully-vaccinated people
October 10, 2021 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysians who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to resume domestic and overseas travel from Monday, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob told a news conference on Sunday. The decision was made because 90% of the country’s adult population are now fully inoculated, he said. (Reporting […]
