October 9, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – France will launch a campaign for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty as part of its upcoming presidency of the European Union, President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday. A conference will be held in Paris gathering civil society groups from countries where the death penalty is in use […]
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Czech polls close as PM Babis seeks to cling to power
October 9, 2021 By Jason Hovet and Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czechs wrapped up voting in a tight election on Saturday in which Prime Minister Andrej Babis battled criticism that he mismanaged the pandemic, stoked fast-rising debt with handouts and tended to his own business interests in office. The billionaire, who denies all the accusations, […]
Cricket-Malik replaces injured Maqsood in Pakistan T20 World Cup squad
October 9, 2021 LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik will make his sixth appearance at the Twenty20 World Cup later this month after being recalled to the squad on Saturday to replace injured middle-order batsman Sohaib Maqsood. Maqsood was ruled out of the showpiece tournament after suffering a lower back injury in […]
Bangladesh signs U.N. deal to help Rohingya refugees on island
October 9, 2021 By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – U.N. officials signed a deal with Bangladesh on Saturday to help provide basic services to thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been moved to camps on a remote island in the Bay of Bengal. The Bangladeshi government has moved nearly 19,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan […]
New Delhi chief minister warns of power crisis as coal stocks decline
October 9, 2021 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The chief minister of New Delhi on Saturday warned of a looming power crisis in the Indian capital of 20 million people due to coal shortages, which have already triggered electricity cuts in some eastern and northern states. Arvind Kejriwal said he had urged the federal government of […]
Battle-hardened Taliban fighters enjoy a day off at amusement park
October 9, 2021 By Jorge Silva and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL (Reuters) – Strolling casually with their machine guns in hand, Halimi and hundreds of fellow Taliban fighters enjoyed a rare day off with a visit to a popular waterside amusement park in Kabul. Friday’s day trip to the sandy shores of the capital’s Qargha […]
Soccer-Leaving Barcelona was a shock, but Messi adjusting well in Paris
October 9, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Having to leave Barcelona came as a shock to Lionel Messi, but the Argentina forward said familiar faces have helped him to settle at Paris St Germain. The 34-year-old, who started his professional career with Barca and is their record scorer with 672 goals, joined PSG on a two-year […]
Motor racing-Gasly fastest in wet final practice in Turkey
October 9, 2021 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Pierre Gasly was fastest for AlphaTauri in a wet final practice for the Turkish Grand Prix, with Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton, who has a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race, doing only five laps. Hamilton’s main title rival Max Verstappen, two points adrift of the Mercedes driver […]
Former Iranian President Bani-Sadr dies in Paris
October 9, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, who became Iran’s first president after the 1979 Islamic revolution before fleeing into exile in France, died on Saturday aged 88. He died at the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris following a long illness, his wife and children said on Bani-Sadr’s official website. Bani-Sadr had emerged from obscurity […]
Explainer-Why is Invesco entangled in a legal dispute with Indian TV giant Zee
October 9, 2021 (Removes extraneous letter in paragraph 2) By Abhirup Roy and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s Zee Entertainment is locked in a legal battle with one of its biggest foreign investors, Invesco, after it called for ouster of the TV network’s CEO citing concerns around corporate governance. Zee has said it has […]
MLB roundup: Logan Webb, Giants silence Dodgers in NLDS Game 1
October 9, 2021 Logan Webb made a splashy postseason debut Friday night, striking out 10 in 7 2/3 innings and leading the host San Francisco Giants to a 4-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. Buster Posey hit a two-run home run in the first inning […]
Philippine Nobel winner Ressa calls Facebook “biased against facts”
October 9, 2021 By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticise Facebook as a threat to democracy, saying the social media giant fails to protect against the spread of hate and disinformation and is “biased against facts”. The veteran journalist and head of Philippine news […]
Philippine journalist’s Nobel called ‘rebuke’ to Duterte, who remains silent
October 9, 2021 By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – The Nobel Peace Prize for Philippine journalist Maria Ressa was hailed by many at home on Saturday as a rebuke on official attacks on the media, but there was no comment from President Rodrigo Duterte, a frequent critic of Ressa’s news site. Ressa https://ift.tt/3Dma8dB, who […]
NBA-Curry praises Lakers star James for longevity in NBA
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Four-time NBA champion LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers has set the standard for longevity in the league as the 36-year-old entered his 19th season, Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry said. The 17-time All-Star James picked up his fourth NBA Finals MVP title last year after helping the Lakers […]
Volcanic lava in Spain’s La Palma engulfs more houses
October 9, 2021 By Silvio Castellanos and Juan Medina LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) – Buildings near the volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma were engulfed by rivers of lava early on Saturday, with the drama of the red-hot eruption intensified by the spectacle of flashes of lightning. The magma destroyed at least four […]
Tesla’s Brandenburg factory becomes festival site for ‘Giga-Fest’
October 9, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – From flashing lights and booming speakers to sprawling stages and a Ferris wheel, Tesla’s factory near Berlin has been transformed into a festival site for a one-day county fair on Saturday, hosted by CEO Elon Musk. The fair, expected to attract tens of thousands of visitors with Brandenburg locals […]
Tennis-Raducanu heads back to drawing board after Indian Wells defeat
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu said she was disappointed but not discouraged after crashing out of Indian Wells on Friday in her first match since stunning the tennis world at Flushing Meadows last month. After dropping the first set, the 18-year-old squandered a 4-2 lead against Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the […]
Tennis-Murray eases past Mannarino in Indian Wells opener
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – After reuniting with his stinky shoes and wedding ring, Andy Murray was back in business as the former world number one sealed a comfortable 6-3 6-2 win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the first round of the Indian Wells tournament on Friday. Murray, who was the talk of social media […]
Soccer-U.S. women’s soccer hid issues for NWSL to succeed, says O’Reilly
October 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Women’s soccer in the United States “swept a lot of bad things under the rug” to make the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) successful, former midfielder Heather O’Reilly said. The NWSL fired commissioner Lisa Baird and FIFA launched a preliminary investigation last week following a report detailing allegations of misconduct […]
Singapore PM says COVID-19 ‘new normal’ could take up to 6 months
October 9, 2021 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore may need as much as six months to get to a “new normal” in terms of easing restrictions and people resuming their previous routines in the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday. “It will take us at least three months, and perhaps as long […]
