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October 2, 2021 MADRID (Reuters) -Former Barcelona striker Luis Suarez heaped more misery on his old club as Atletico Madrid claimed a 2-0 LaLiga victory over the Catalans at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday. First-half strikes from Thomas Lemar and Suarez were enough for the champions to secure all three points and heap pressure on […]

October 2, 2021 No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy will defend his Sofia Open title Sunday against No. 2 Gael Monfils of France in the Bulgarian capital. Sinner struck seven aces and converted four of eight break points in a 6-3, 7-5 win over No. 5 seed Filip Krajinovic of Serbia in one hour […]

October 2, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia ended Marc Marquez’s run of seven straight poles at the Grand Prix of Americas on Saturday as he topped qualifying and sealed a third consecutive pole this MotoGP season. Bagnaia’s last lap of two minutes 02.781 seconds was just enough to push six-times world champion […]

October 2, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied told French President Emmanuel Macron that a national dialogue would take place soon, Macron’s office said on Saturday after they spoke by phone. Saied’s mention of a dialogue would be his first indication since seizing executive power in July that he is ready to consult […]

Tesla delivered a record-breaking 241,300 electric vehicles in the third quarter, blowing past expectations as other U.S. automakers experienced a drop in sales as the result of a global chip shortage. The vast majority of Tesla deliveries (some 96%) were its newer Model 3 sedan and Model Y crossover, according to its report released Saturday. […]

October 2, 2021 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Annemiek van Vleuten suffered a broken pubic bone after crashing in an incident-packed inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes on Saturday. The Dutch rider was one of many to hit the deck as rain produced treacherous conditions on the fabled cobbles. “Not a 2021 happy end for me. Stupid crash. Just […]

October 2, 2021 BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said his side did not deserve to win following a toothless attacking display in a 0-0 draw away to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, but the Spaniard took some comfort from a solid defensive performance. After a thrilling 3-1 win over bitter rivals […]

October 2, 2021 TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A huge fire destroyed or damaged more than 200 houses and businesses on the Honduran island of Guanaja on Saturday, forcing hundreds of residents to flee for safety and ravaging the tourism-dependent resort, relief authorities said. Dramatic video footage shared on social media showed rows of seaside houses engulfed […]

October 2, 2021 By Yesim Dikmen and Mehmet Emin Caliskan SEDDULBAHIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey’s newest park is an underwater museum of fourteen shipwrecks that lie beneath the waves of the Dardanelles Strait, a glimpse into the fierce battles between Ottoman and Allied forces in World War I. Turkish photographer Savas Karakas was one of […]

October 2, 2021 TURIN (Reuters) – Manuel Locatelli struck late to earn Juventus a 1-0 win over Torino in the Turin derby on Saturday, as the Old Lady stretched their winning run to four games in all competitions and kept a Serie A clean sheet for the first time in seven months. The Italy international […]

October 2, 2021 BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Brighton & Hove Albion created a slew of chances but failed to get many of them on target as they were held to a 0-0 draw by a rudderless Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday. On a wet, blustery evening, defender Lewis Dunk fluffed a golden chance […]

October 2, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Saturday said they charged a Saudi-born Canadian man for aiding the Islamic State militant group, alleging he tossed grenades in battle and worked with propagandists who publicized the beheading of hostages including U.S. journalist James Foley. The Department of Justice described the man, identified as Mohammed […]

October 2, 2021 By Vincent West BILBAO (Reuters) – The captain of the Afghan women’s wheelchair basketball team made her debut for her new Spanish side on Saturday to cheers and applause just over a month after fleeing Kabul when the Taliban came to power. Nilofar Bayat, 28, and her husband Ramesh Naik Zai, 27, […]

October 2, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel heaped praise on a clutch of players he brought in from the sidelines who steered the Blues to a 3-1 win over Southampton on Saturday, saying they were not suffering from the same kind of pressures as his bigger-name stars. Tuchel responded to defeats by […]

October 2, 2021 BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Thousands of people demonstrated in the main squares of the Romanian capital on Saturday against new coronavirus restrictions https://ift.tt/3DaMctF announced by the government this week to fight a steep rise in infections. Protesters, mostly not wearing face masks, gathered in University and Victory squares outside government offices, holding Romanian […]

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Emerging founders and investors in tech must be exuding extreme main character energy, because this week in tech was all about making their lives easier. AngelList announced AngelList Stack, a new suite […]

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. […]

October 2, 2021 By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Chelsea got back to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Southampton to move top of the Premier League but Manchester United stuttered again at home on Saturday as they were held to a 1-1 draw by high-flying Everton. After consecutive defeats for only the second […]

October 2, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – French luxury group Hermes International (HRMS.PA) shuttled the fashion press to an airport on the outskirts of Paris for its spring ready-to-wear catwalk show, sending fitted leather crop tops, silky dresses and relaxed trousers down a circular catwalk set up in a hangar. Robot cameras whizzed around the runway […]

October 2, 2021 By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Chelsea got back to winning ways on Saturday, beating Southampton 3-1 in the Premier League thanks to late goals by Timo Werner and Ben Chilwell after the Saints were reduced to 10 men. Blues coach Thomas Tuchel overhauled his side after back-to-back defeats by Manchester City in […]