September 3, 2021 By Bruno Kelly LABREA, Brazil (Reuters) – Thick smoke billowed above Brazil’s Amazon jungle as fire tore through butchered rainforest and discarded trees littered the scorched earth like dead matchsticks, burnt and black. A Reuters witness saw vast burned and clear cut areas on Wednesday and Thursday, as the arc of deforestation […]
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UK’s Johnson slams ‘disgraceful’ racist abuse of England players in Hungary
September 3, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on world soccer’s governing body FIFA on Friday to take action over what he described as “disgraceful” racist abuse aimed at England players by Hungary fans during a World Cup qualifier. “It is completely unacceptable that England players were racially abused in Hungary last […]
The day the music died: Afghanistan’s all-female orchestra falls silent
September 3, 2021 By Parniyan Zemaryalai and John Geddie (Reuters) -Negin Khpalwak was sitting at her home in Kabul when she got word that the Taliban had reached the outskirts of the capital. The 24-year old conductor, once the face of Afghanistan’s renowned all-female orchestra, immediately began to panic. The last time the Islamist militants […]
NATO seeks more Afghan evacuations, vows to hold Taliban to promises
September 3, 2021 By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that the alliance would seek to evacuate more vulnerable Afghans and maintain contact with the Taliban, but that Afghanistan’s new rulers would have to show themselves worthy of aid and recognition. NATO member Turkey, which had run Kabul airport […]
Japan’s struggling PM Suga steps down, sets stage for new leader
September 3, 2021 By Antoni Slodkowski and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a surprise move on Friday he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure https://ift.tt/3DTYYhp marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response and sinking public support. Suga, who took over after Shinzo […]
Tennis-U.S. Open day five
September 3, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Highlights of the fifth day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Friday (times in GMT): 1505 PLAY UNDERWAY Play got underway at Flushing Meadows where 12th seed Simona Halep is up against Kazakhstan’s big-serving Elena Rybakina. Defending champion […]
Cycling-Roglic in command as Cort Nielsen wins Vuelta’s 19th stage
September 3, 2021 MONFORTE DE LEMOS, Spain (Reuters) -Denmark’s Magnus Cort Nielsen won a hilly stage 19 of the Vuelta de Espana on Friday with Primoz Roglic sitting comfortably in the overall leader’s red jersey with the two days remaining. The EF Education-Nippo rider was part of a seven-man group that worked superbly together in […]
Olympics-NHL agrees to release players for Winter Olympics
September 3, 2021 (Reuters) – The National Hockey League (NHL) has agreed to allow a break in the 2021-22 NHL regular season that will allow the world’s top players to take part in next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, the NHL and NHL Players Association (NHLPA) said on Friday. NHL players missed the last edition […]
Delta causes jump in U.S. workers sidelined in recent weeks, survey shows
September 3, 2021 (Reuters) – The number of people who were unable to work at some point over the previous four weeks or teleworked due to the COVID-19 pandemic rose in August for the first time since December, U.S. data showed on Friday, in a worrying sign for the country’s jobs recovery. The percentage of […]
Britain says it wants to engage with the Taliban
September 3, 2021 By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Britain will not recognise the Taliban as the new government in Kabul, but must deal with new realities in Afghanistan and does not want to see its social and economic fabric broken, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Friday. Speaking during a visit […]
Qatar working to open humanitarian corridors to Afghanistan, official says
September 3, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar is working to facilitate the opening of humanitarian corridors to get aid into Afghanistan, a Qatari foreign ministry official said on Friday. Qatar was engaging with the Taliban to ensure a peaceful transition of power to an inclusive and effective government, special envoy Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani […]
Ho Chi Minh City could lift lockdown, end ‘zero COVID-19’ policy
September 3, 2021 HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s coronavirus epicentre Ho Chi Minh City, which has kept residents confined at home under lockdown, is considering reopening economic activity from Sept. 15, shifting from a “zero COVID-19” strategy to a policy of living with the virus. The city of 9 million people is targeting a phased reopening and […]
Saudi state media companies to start moving from Dubai to Riyadh
September 3, 2021 By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai-based Saudi state-owned media companies will start moving staff this month to the capital Riyadh, sources said, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman presses ahead with plans to remould the kingdom as a regional business hub. The move follows a Saudi government decision earlier this […]
Motor racing-Ferrari one-two after first day of Dutch GP practice
September 3, 2021 By Bart H. Meijer ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (Reuters) – Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz led one-two at the top of the practice timesheets after a stoppage-hit opening day at the first Dutch Formula One Grand Prix in 36 years on Friday. Red Bull’s home favourite and title contender Max Verstappen, with […]
Emerging market corporate bond sales scale record high this year
September 3, 2021 By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Emerging market firms have flocked to bond markets to cash in on low interest rates and have raised a record amount of money to fund expansion plans as they look beyond the coronavirus pandemic, data showed. Companies in developing nations have raised a record […]
U.S. has no plans to release billions in Afghan assets, Treasury says
September 3, 2021 By Andrea Shalal and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has no plans to release billions in Afghan gold, investments and foreign currency reserves parked in the United States that it froze after the Taliban’s takeover, despite pressure from humanitarian groups and others who say the cost may be the collapse […]
Hyundai Motor set to use internally developed chip for upcoming car -media report
September 3, 2021 SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co plans to use an auto chip it has developed itself for one of its upcoming vehicles next year, the Seoul Economy Daily reported on Friday. Hyundai Motor, which together with affiliate Kia Corp is among the world’s top 10 biggest automakers by sales, plans […]
Beijing city looks to take Didi under state control, Bloomberg News reports
September 3, 2021 (Reuters) -Beijing city is considering taking Didi Global under state control and has proposed that government-run firms invest in the Chinese ride-hailing company, Bloomberg News reported. The central thrust of the Beijing city government’s proposal is to regain control over one of its largest corporations, and particularly the data it holds, Friday’s […]
Turkish hotels to close early after UK ‘red list’ dashes hopes
September 3, 2021 By Ceyda Caglayan and Canan Sevgili ISTANBUL (Reuters) – When Britain announced Turkey would stay on its “red list” of travel destinations last week, Onur Arican decided to close his boutique hotel on the Aegean coast early this year rather than wait out a summer season derailed by COVID-19 and wildfires. In […]
EU defence force should not stretch NATO’s resources, Stoltenberg says
September 3, 2021 By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday he supported European Union plans to build a common defence policy but he warned against any rapid reaction force https://ift.tt/2WNcp1v that might duplicate allied operations. EU defence ministers are considering creating a “first entry force” of 5,000 troops, saying […]