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October 2, 2021 (Reuters) – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has fired commissioner Lisa Baird and FIFA has launched a preliminary investigation in the wake of a report detailing allegations of misconduct against former North Carolina Courage head coach Paul Riley. World soccer governing body FIFA said it is “deeply concerned” about allegations of abuse in […]

October 2, 2021 MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday he was retiring from politics, as he declined to enter the vice presidential race for next year’s election. Senator Christopher “Bong” Go from Duterte’s PDP-Laban party, said he was running in Duterte’s stead. (Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by William Mallard) Source […]

October 2, 2021 JARINJE, Kosovo – Serbs removed trucks and cars used to block the border with Kosovo on Saturday as NATO troops moved in under a European Union mediated deal to end a dispute between the neighbouring countries over car licence plates. Kosovo special police are also expected to withdraw from the border crossing […]

October 2, 2021 (Reuters) – England Twenty20 captain Eoin Morgan’s poor batting performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) continued as he scored only two runs in Kolkata Knight Riders’ defeat by Punjab Kings, raising concerns over his form ahead of the World Cup. Morgan, who also leads Kolkata, has scored a total of 17 […]

October 2, 2021 (Reuters) – Juventus forward Paulo Dybala has been ruled out of Argentina’s squad for this month’s World Cup qualifiers due to injury, the country’s soccer governing body said. Dybala was initially included in coach Lionel Scaloni’s squad announced on Monday but he will now miss their qualifiers against Paraguay (away), Uruguay and […]

October 2, 2021 By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) – Hours after the world expo fair opened in Dubai on Friday, Afghanistan’s exhibition remained closed to visitors in a sign of the challenges facing the country’s new Taliban rulers. Afghanistan is one of nearly 200 nations participating in the six-month fair that was awarded to Dubai […]

October 2, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top anti-corruption watchdog said on Saturday it is investigating a former justice minister, Fu Zhenghua, for suspected serious violations of discipline and national laws. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced the probe in a statement that did not give details about the investigation. Fu could not be […]

October 2, 2021 (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to reinstate his account, Bloomberg News reported late on Friday. In July Trump sued (https://ift.tt/3a0e4E0 Twitter), Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, as well as their chief executives, alleging they unlawfully silence conservative viewpoints. Trump’s request […]

October 2, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Georgians go to the polls on Saturday to vote in local elections that could escalate a political standoff between the ruling party and the opposition a day after the arrest of ex-president and opposition politician Mikheil Saakashvili. Saakashvili, who left Georgia in 2013 and was sentenced to prison in […]

October 2, 2021 By Kavya B and Roshan Abraham (Reuters) -Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations, and the upshot of vaccine […]

October 2, 2021 By Lisa Barrington and Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) – Qataris go to the polls on Saturday in the Gulf Arab state’s first legislative elections, to choose two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council in a vote that has stirred domestic debate about electoral inclusion and citizenship. Thirty members of the 45-seat body will […]

October 2, 2021 By Lidia Kelly and Stefica Nicol Bikes MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia reported 2,355 new cases of the Delta coronavirus variant on Saturday, as the push to vaccinate the country’s population continues in order to end lockdowns and allow for the reopening of international borders. An 18-month ban on international travel is set […]

October 2, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Lawyers for relatives of 43 student teachers who disappeared in southern Mexico seven years ago criticized the government’s disclosure on Friday of conversations between alleged criminals and authorities linked to the case. The students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College disappeared on Sept. 26, 2014, in the state […]

October 2, 2021 (Reuters) – Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford returned to full training after a recent shoulder operation and should be available after the international break, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. Rashford said in August he had undergone surgery https://ift.tt/2YbMEID on a shoulder injury, which he picked up during the latter part of the […]

October 2, 2021 (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc’s chief U.S. equity strategist, Tobias Levkovich, died on Friday from injuries he suffered after being struck by a car a month ago, the Nassau County Police Department on New York’s Long Island said in a statement. Levkovich, 60, was hit by a car while crossing a street in […]

October 2, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday urged a judge to block a near-total ban on abortion imposed by Texas – the strictest such law in the nation – in a key moment in the ferocious legal fight over abortion access in the United States. […]

“As a nerdy kid I loved tech and was fascinated by how business works,” says Cam Sinclair, founder of Australian growth marketing firm Ammo. “I always knew I wanted to find some way to help founders and innovators get their great ideas out into the world. After working in political campaigns, I realized that many […]

October 2, 2021 Top-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia beat sixth-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina for the second time in two weeks, prevailing 6-1, 7-5 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the San Diego Open. Rublev edged Schwartzman last week in the Laver Cup at Boston, winning 11-9 in an extended tiebreaker that stood in for […]

October 2, 2021 By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Electric truck maker Rivian Automotive, which currently sources batteries from South Korean supplier Samsung SDI, plans to build battery cells in-house, its filing for a U.S. initial public offering showed on Friday. The startup, backed by Amazon.com Inc and Ford Motor Co, said in the […]

October 2, 2021 TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan has reported the largest ever incursion by the Chinese air force into its air defence zone, with 38 aircraft flying in two waves on Friday as Beijing marked the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions […]