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September 20, 2021 (Reuters) – Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said he faces the “greatest challenge” he has ever faced after suffering a spinal stroke following life-saving treatment for a torn artery. Cairns posted a video on social media on Sunday to thank medical teams in Canberra and Sydney, who treated the 51-year-old after […]

September 20, 2021 By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares eased and the dollar held firm on Monday ahead of a week graced with no less than a dozen central bank meetings, highlighted by the Federal Reserve which is likely to take another step toward tapering. Holidays in Japan, China and South Korea made […]

September 19, 2021 SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Corinthians extended their unbeaten league run to seven games with a 1-1 draw at home to America in Brazil’s Serie A on Sunday. The Sao Paulo side remain in sixth place with 30 points but will be unhappy at not winning all three points against a team that […]

September 19, 2021 VALENCIA (Reuters) – Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti praised his side for refusing to give in even when they were playing poorly, with his side snatching a 2-1 LaLiga win at Valencia after scoring two late goals on Sunday. Valencia took the lead in the second half with a strike from Hugo […]

September 19, 2021 By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A senior U.S. trade official privately criticised India’s July decision to ban Mastercard Inc from issuing new cards, calling it a “draconian” move that caused “panic”, according to U.S. government emails seen by Reuters. The documents show frustration within the U.S. government after India’s central bank […]

September 19, 2021 MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester City will have to field several youngsters in Tuesday’s League Cup clash against Wycombe Wanderers as a number of players are suffering from injuries, manager Pep Guardiola said. “I don’t have any alternative (against Wycombe)… we are going to play a few young players,” Guardiola was quoted […]

September 19, 2021 By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -“Pose” star Billy Porter and British actor Josh O’Connor were among the early arrivals in Los Angeles for the Emmy Awards on Sunday on a night where “The Crown” and comedy “Ted Lasso” are expected to dominate the annual ceremony for the top television shows. Porter, […]

September 19, 2021 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a face-to-face meeting will challenge Amazon founder Jeff Bezos over his company’s tax record, the Financial Times reported https://on.ft.com/3nNA2Cz on Sunday. Concerns surrounding international corporate tax rates for tech giants will be high on the agenda during Johnson’s meeting with Bezos, the newspaper said, […]

September 19, 2021 (Reuters) – Diego Schwartzman shrugged off a surprise defeat in his opening match to ease Argentina into the 2022 Davis Cup qualifiers on Sunday, sealing the winning point against Belarus. The world number 15 was beaten by junior player Daniil Ostapenkov in Saturday’ opening match but rebounded on Sunday to beat world […]

September 19, 2021 TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – Angry Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said it was lucky the final whistle blew in the 1-1 home draw with AC Milan on Sunday because his team could have lost. Juve took an early 1-0 lead thanks to Alvaro Morata’s strike and looked in control going into the latter […]

September 19, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. auto safety investigators have opened a new probe into 30 million vehicles built by nearly two dozen automakers with potentially defective Takata air bag inflators, a government document seen by Reuters shows. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Friday opened an engineering analysis into an estimated […]

September 19, 2021 By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Chelsea and Manchester United maintained their unbeaten starts to the Premier League season on Sunday as English football mourned the passing of goalscoring great Jimmy Greaves. Chelsea, the club with whom Greaves began his career, won 3-0 at Tottenham Hotspur, for whom the forward netted a […]

September 19, 2021 VALENCIA (Reuters) – Real Madrid forwards Vinicius Jr and Karim Benzema scored within the space of three minutes deep in the second half to propel their side to a 2-1 win at Valencia in LaLiga on Sunday after being outplayed for most of the game. The hosts went ahead in the 66th […]

September 19, 2021 TURIN, Italy (Reuters) -AC Milan forward Ante Rebic’s late header earned a 1-1 draw at Juventus in Serie A on Sunday, leaving Massimiliano Allegri’s side still searching for a first league win of the season. Juve’s Alvaro Morata scored for the third successive match in all competitions after just four minutes to […]

September 19, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Four starting National Football League (NFL) quarterbacks departed their respective games on Sunday in an injury-riddled afternoon across the Week 2 schedule. Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa was carted off with a rib injury in the first quarter of Miami’s 35-0 loss to the Buffalo Bills, while Texans’ Tyrod Taylor […]

September 19, 2021 By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -A late Mauro Icardi strike earned Paris St Germain a last-gasp 2-1 home victory against Olympique Lyonnais with Lionel Messi making limited impact on his Parc des Princes debut on Sunday. Icardi headed home from Kylian Mbappe’s cross four minutes into stoppage time after Neymar had levelled […]

September 19, 2021 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s minority government promised a 74 billion crown ($8.6 billion) boost for the economy in its 2022 budget, outlined by the finance minister on Sunday, hoping to woo voters and reverse a deficit in opinion polls ahead of next year’s general election. With many of the coalition’s pandemic support […]

September 19, 2021 By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued a fresh plea for Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling on Sunday, arguing a default on U.S. debt would trigger a historic financial crisis. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece https://ift.tt/2XxajmM, Yellen said that the crisis triggered by […]

September 19, 2021 By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s defence minister visited Jordan on Sunday to discuss stability on their mutual border, the first such meeting since the Syrian conflict erupted a decade ago, officials said. The meeting comes after Syria’s army reestablished control this month over Deraa, a city south of Damascus, in […]

September 19, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – France has cancelled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of a deal with Washington and London, two sources familiar with the matter said. Parly personally took the decision to […]