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September 19, 2021 The Pittsburgh Pirates recalled righthanded pitcher Max Kranick from Triple-A Indianapolis and will start him against the Miami Marlins on Sunday. He replaces fellow right-hander Bryse Wilson, who was added to the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Kranick, 24, is making his seventh start for the Pirates this season. […]

September 19, 2021 FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s largest airline Lufthansa said on Sunday it would launch a capital increase that it expects will result in gross proceeds of 2.14 billion euros ($2.51 billion). ($1 = 0.8529 euros) (Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Edmund Blair) Source Link Lufthansa launches $2.5 billion capital increase David Barret

September 19, 2021 BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil reported 935 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday and some 150,106 additional cases, according to data released by the nation’s Health Ministry, an unusually large number due to what officials said was an adjustment in how case numbers are tabulated. Some 92,614 cases occurred in Rio de Janeiro in recent […]

September 19, 2021 BRUGES, Belgium (Reuters) – Filippo Ganna broke Belgian hearts at the road cycling world championships in Flanders as he retained his individual time trial title by beating local favourite Wout van Aert on Sunday. The Italian lagged behind Van Aert at both intermediate checks but he managed his effort better on the […]

September 19, 2021 MILAN (Reuters) – Italy reported 26 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday against 51 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 3,838 from 4,578. Italy has registered 130,310 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe […]

September 19, 2021 ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday he has appointed a board for state-oil firm NNPC and directed that it should be incorporated. The new oil law requires NNPC to be incorporated within six months, Buhari, who doubles as minister of petroleum, said in a statement. (Reporting by Felix […]

September 19, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Crowds of Parisians and tourists strolled along the Champs-Elysees avenue on Sunday as a car-free day removed most of the traffic from the French capital’s usually busy streets. Pedestrians wandering along the most famous thoroughfare in Paris could view the Arc de Triomphe in its temporary guise as an […]

September 19, 2021 TRIPOLI (Reuters) – East Libyan forces said they lost two helicopters in a crash during a military operation on Sunday, after days of fighting with a formerly allied rebel group from Chad. The Libyan National Army (LNA) of eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar has been engaged since last week in battles with the […]

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September 19, 2021 By Borja Suarez LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) – Around 40 people with mobility problems and some farm animals on the Spanish island of La Palma were evacuated to safer areas on Sunday after scientists warned of the rising risk of a volcanic eruption. Scientists recorded a series of earthquakes reaching 3.8 magnitude […]

September 19, 2021 By Steve Scherer and Tyler Choi MONTREAL (Reuters) – The leaders of Canada’s main political parties on Sunday kicked off the final day of campaigning ahead of Monday’s election, with polls indicating that the Liberals of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold an edge. Trudeau, 49, called the vote two years early to […]

September 19, 2021 NIAMEY (Reuters) – France’s Armed Forces Minister arrived in Niger on Sunday as part of a two-day visit to allies in the Sahel region, where French-led military operations against Islamist militants are under threat from Mali’s talks with Russian defence contractors. Diplomatic and security sources have told Reuters that Mali’s year-old military […]

September 19, 2021 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A monument listing 102,163 Dutch victims of the Holocaust was unveiled by King Willem-Alexander in Amsterdam on Sunday, the first national memorial to be built in the Netherlands. The monument, designed by Daniel Libeskind, 75, who lost relatives in the Holocaust, lies in the centre of the Dutch capital […]

September 19, 2021 KYIV (Reuters) – Thousands of people including soldiers and diplomats marched peacefully through the Ukrainian capital on Sunday in an annual gay pride parade despite some opposition to an event called off last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organisers said about 7,000 attended the Equality March this year, compared to 8,000 […]

September 19, 2021 By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff called on political parties to agree quickly on who should succeed her after next Sunday’s election and avoid the kind of protracted coalition talks that followed the last vote four years ago. The leading candidates for chancellor face off […]

September 19, 2021 (Reuters) – Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said he faces a “long road to recovery” after a spinal stroke that left his legs paralysed following emergency heart surgery last month. Cairns, 51, initially underwent surgery in Canberra for an aortic dissection before being moved to Sydney for further treatment. “It’s been […]

September 19, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates central bank sees increased risks of illicit financial flows emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, including money-laundering and terrorism financing, it said in a report published on Sunday. The use of unlicensed money service providers for money laundering has increased during the coronavirus crisis last year, […]

September 19, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will have a call with U.S. President Joe Biden in the next few days over a diplomatic crisis between the two allies, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Sunday. France would be seeking “clarification” over the cancellation of a submarine order by Australia in […]

September 19, 2021 ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he would meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York. The NATO members and regional rivals have been at odds over a host of maritime issues in the Mediterranean […]

September 19, 2021 By Pak Yiu HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong opposition trade union coalition, the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, said on Sunday it would disband, adding to several civil society organisations that have ceased operating in the financial hub this year. The organisation passed a motion last week to disband, […]