September 15, 2021 (Reuters) – It has been a month since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing the capital Kabul with barely a fight. Following are the main events in Afghanistan over the last month: Aug. 15 – Taliban fighters enter the capital Kabul, completing a lightning offensive that saw provincial capitals fall […]
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Analysis-China’s hard climate stance with U.S. imperils Glasgow talks
September 15, 2021 By David Stanway and Muyu Xu SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s refusal to accept requests for deeper carbon emissions cuts during recent visits from the top climate envoys of the United States and Britain may undermine progress at the upcoming global climate summit in Glasgow in November, experts say. China rebuffed U.S. envoy […]
Pele transferred out of intensive care, says hospital
September 15, 2021 SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Pele has been moved out of intensive care and into a general room after the Brazilian soccer great underwent surgery to remove a tumor in his right colon, Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital said on Tuesday. The hospital added in the statement that the 80-year-old is in good […]
Federer-backed shoemaker ON prices IPO above range, valued at over $6 billion
September 15, 2021 (Reuters) – On Holding AG, a shoe firm backed by Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer, on Tuesday priced its initial public offering (IPO) well above the target range, valuing the company at over $6 billion. On priced 31.1 million shares offered at $24 each, compared with a target range of $18 to […]
China’s Miniso to double U.S. stores, add NY ‘flagship’ as pandemic slashes mall rents
September 15, 2021 By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese retailer Miniso Group will open a ‘flagship’ New York store and nearly double its U.S. outlets this year, betting post-pandemic shoppers on a budget will snap up cheap but fun goods for homes and work like $10 soft toy cats and $4 staplers […]
Macau kicks off public gaming consultation ahead of casino rebidding
September 15, 2021 HONG KONG (Reuters) – Macau’s government is due to begin a 45-day public gaming consultation starting Wednesday as it tries to gauge public consensus ahead of a closely watched rebidding of its multi-billion dollar casinos next year. Lei Wai Nong, secretary for economy and finance in the world’s biggest gambling hub, said […]
Japan’s machinery orders rebound in sign of capex recovery
September 15, 2021 By Kantaro Komiya and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core machinery orders rose in July after a dip the previous month, a sign corporate spending is perking up despite the wider hit to the economy from the pandemic. However, the weaker-than-expected rebound may add to concerns about Japan’s already tepid recovery, […]
Workhorse voluntarily dismisses its legal challenge to USPS contract
September 15, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Electric vehicle company Workhorse Group voluntarily dismissed on Tuesday its legal challenge against a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) move to award a multibillion-dollar contract to Oshkosh Defense for making postal delivery vehicles. The 10-year contract announced in February could be worth more than $6 billion in total. Workhorse had […]
Broadway raises curtain again on big musicals, and casts serenade the city
September 15, 2021 By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) – Broadway’s biggest musicals roared back to life on Tuesday after an unprecedented 18-month, pandemic-induced shutdown that cast an eerie silence over New York’s usually bustling theater district. The curtain rose again on top musicals “Hamilton,” “The Lion King” and “Wicked” before packed audiences in the […]
Larry Elder, right-wing radio host, seeks governorship in California recall
September 15, 2021 By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Larry Elder, a conservative radio host and lawyer, rapidly emerged as the most serious challenger in California’s recall election with a message that Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom botched his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Elder criticized vaccine and masking requirements, saying those safety measures should be a matter […]
Taiwan lands fighters on highway as annual drills reach peak
September 15, 2021 TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwanese fighter jets landed on a makeshift runway on a highway strip on Wednesday overseen by President Tsai Ing-wen as annual drills reached their peak, skills that would be needed in the event China attacks and targets Taiwan’s vulnerable air bases. China has been ramping up its military pressure […]
Biden failed to secure summit with China’s Xi in call last week -FT
September 15, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden proposed a first face-to-face summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in a call last week, but failed to secure an agreement, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, an account later denied by the White House. “This is not an accurate portrayal of the call. Period,” […]
Casper cuts its CMO, CTO and COO amid further layoffs
Casper has laid off dozens of employees, including three C-Level executives: its chief marketing officer, chief technology officer and chief operating officer, sources say. The mattress company declined to comment. The round of layoffs, communicated to employees on Friday, largely impacted retail and operations teams, signaling that the business may be undergoing a broader restructuring. […]
Biden says in Colorado that extreme weather will cost U.S. over $100 billion this year
September 14, 2021 By Steve Holland GOLDEN, Colo. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that extreme weather events would cost the United States over $100 billion this year, as he visited Colorado to highlight drought conditions and raging wildfires in the U.S. West. Colorado was his last stop on a three-state western swing in […]
U.S. Ex-presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama band together to aid Afghan refugees
September 14, 2021 (Corrects to remove reference to CVS Health Corp and replace it with Walmart Inc in paragraph 9) By Mica Rosenberg and Susan Heavey (Reuters) -Three former U.S. presidents – Republican George W. Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – have banded together behind a new group aimed at supporting refugees […]
Gunmen kidnap 20 foreigners, likely from Haiti and Venezuela, from Mexico hotel
September 14, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Gunmen stormed a hotel in Mexico’s central San Luis Potosi state on Tuesday and kidnapped some 20 foreigners believed to be mostly from Haiti and Venezuela, the state’s attorney general’s office said. The gunmen ransacked the building and took off with the logbook of guests, making it hard […]
U.S. HUD eases rules to speed funds to aid homeless
September 14, 2021 By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday took steps to allow local communities to start tapping a $5 billion fund for creation of affordable housing and services for the half million people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The fund was created as […]
Japan manufacturers’ mood falls to 5-month low in Sept – Reuters Tankan
September 14, 2021 By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese manufacturers’ confidence worsened to a five-month low in September as the fallout from the latest wave of COVID-19 put fresh pressure on the world’s third-largest economy, the Reuters Tankan poll showed. Sentiment among manufacturers fell as export-reliant firms such as carmakers suffered from a global […]
Privatisation will secure UK Channel 4’s future, minister to say
September 14, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Channel 4, Britain’s publicly owned but commercially funded broadcaster, will be able to access more money to compete with streaming giants Amazon and Netflix under private ownership, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden will say on Wednesday. Britain’s government said in June https://ift.tt/3Abtn8A it was planning to sell the broadcaster, launched […]
Sylvester Stallone movie memorabilia headed for auction
September 14, 2021 By Mindy Burrows LONDON (Reuters) – From “Rocky” boxing gloves to “Rambo” headbands, memorabilia from action movie star Sylvester Stallone’s Hollywood career are going under the hammer in a December auction expected to raise around $1.5 million. Nearly 500 items from Stallone’s personal archives are being sold, including costumes, props, scripts, notebooks […]