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BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Klara Dobrev’s first political campaign two years ago earned her leftist party a better-than-expected four seats in the European Parliament. Now she is one step closer to her next goal: ousting nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/left-winger-aims-to-become-hungarys.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663797120990609409

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal on Thursday delayed for a fourth time a ruling on whether the country’s constitution or European Union treaties take precedence, with critics saying Warsaw may be stalling to try to put pressure on Brussels. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/polish-court-delays-ruling-on-primacy.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663797120252444672

BELGRADE (Reuters) - A top U.S. diplomat on Thursday warned the Bosnian Serb leader that his threats to secede from Bosnia could lead to economic isolation of the Serbs who account for nearly a third of Bosnia’s population. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/us-urges-bosnian-serb-leader-to-halt.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663793354510893056

DUBAI (Reuters) - The first world fair to be held in the Middle East, Expo 2020 Dubai, opened on Thursday with a lavish ceremony of fireworks, music and messaging about the power of global collaboration for a more sustainable future. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/expo-2020-dubai-kicks-off-with-lavish.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663793353848160256

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities said on Thursday they had blocked a scheme aimed at financing the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and alleged a link to the imprisoned founder and former chairman of dairy and juice firm Juhayna, Safwan Thabet. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/egyptian-authorities-say-they-blocked.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663793352933867520

ABUJA (Reuters) - The Nigerian military said on Thursday a deadly air strike hit an Islamic State camp and that casualties could not be determined, after witnesses said the attack had killed dozens of civilians in the northeast, where the country is waging a 12-year war against jihadist insurgents. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/nigerian-military-says-air-strike-hit.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663793352274264064

KOTA KINABALU: Nine Sabah districts including two major east coast towns will remain “isolated” as the state lifted restrictions on inter-district travel within five identified zones from Oct 1. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/nine-sabah-districts-to-remain-isolated.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663785790215700480

MELAKA: Lack of sleep and consuming only a tablespoon of nasi lemak is found to the cause of a 12-year-old boy to suddenly pass out after getting vaccinated on Thursday morning (Sept 30), says the state Health Department. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/boy-passed-out-after-vaccination-due-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663785789268885504

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Effective Oct 4, the Health Ministry will allow fully vaccinated husbands or immediate family members to accompany pregnant women in the labour room during childbirth. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/fully-vaccinated-husbands-or-close.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663785788628140032

PETALING JAYA (Bernama): The first batch from the Malaysian Battalion 850-9 (Malbatt 850-9) team has made Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) history for having the most number of women personnel since the MAF’s involvement in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/malbatt-850-9-women-personnel-make-maf.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663785787525087232

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines opens a week-long window on Friday for filing of candidacy for thousands of political posts, from the presidency down to town councillors, kicking off what is expected to be a hotly contested election in May next year. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/philippines-kicks-off-election-season.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663785786524794880

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia is expelling seven senior U.N. officials, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday, two days after the U.N. aid chief warned hundreds of thousands of people in the northern region of Tigray were likely experiencing famine due to a government blockade of aid. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/ethiopia-expels-seven-un-officials.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663781998484209664

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stacia George hired buses to take hundreds of Afghans, including many who worked for the U.S. government, to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif after the Taliban seized Kabul. She planned for charter jets to whisk them to new lives outside Afghanistan. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/private-groups-aiding-thousands-in.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663781997640105984

(Reuters) - For years, Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah, one of the most prominent advocates for the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar, predicted he would be killed by the hardliners who regularly sent him death threats. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/killing-of-top-rohingya-leader.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663781996868288512

TUNIS (Reuters) - Nurse Amina Ben Hammou beamed with pride when President Kais Saied named Najla Bouden Romdhane as Tunisia’s first woman prime minister on Wednesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/tunisias-first-woman-prime-minister.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663781995828133888

PARIS (Reuters) - French TV group M6 has set up a partnership with Snap Inc’s messaging app Snapchat to make extracts of its programmes available on the social media group’s platform, it said on Thursday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/french-tv-group-m6-partners-with.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663781994838310912

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Murad Sharifi, a refugee from Afghanistan, works at a kebab place and lives in a shelter for the homeless in Budapest’s outskirts. His tiny room is filled with dozens of paintings depicting a colourful but ominous world, of Afghan women clad in long black burqa gowns, surrounded by hostile men. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/exiled-painter-depicts-slow.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663781994042425344

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Thursday held its the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honor the lost children and survivors of indigenous schools, following the gruesome discovery of more than 1,000 unmarked graves https://ift.tt/3usNOeQ at two former schools earlier this year. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/canada-marks-first-national-holiday-for.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663781992735932417

ROME (Reuters) - Mayoral elections in Italy’s largest cities on Sunday and Monday are expected to illustrate Matteo Salvini’s weakening grip of the right and see centre-left wins in the most high-profile contests. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/italys-salvini-pressured-by-far-right.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663781991143079936

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador’s national police service said on Thursday that it had sent in 400 officers to restore order at one of the country’s largest prisons after a riot this week in which at least 116 inmates died and 80 were injured. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/ecuador-sends-in-400-police-to-restore.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663781990057803776

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - A 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion) European Union antitrust fine was based on flawed calculations, Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday, urging Europe’s second-highest court to scrap or reduce what it said was not an appropriate penalty. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/google-tells-court-staggering-5-billion.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663781989344821248

(Reuters) - Citadel Securities did not ask Robinhood or any other firm to restrict or limit trading on GameStop and other so-called “meme stocks” at the height of the retail-driven trading frenzy in January, the market-maker said on Tuesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/citadel-securities-denies-involvement.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663717828200972288

(Reuters) - Netflix on Tuesday rolled out five mobile gaming titles to its subscribers in select European markets, as part of its efforts to diversify revenue sources amid intensifying competition in the booming video-streaming space. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/netflix-rolls-out-mobile-games-to-users.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663717826534817792

(Reuters) -Shares of Amplitude Inc opened nearly 43% above their reference price in their Nasdaq debut on Tuesday, notching up a valuation of about $5 billion for the benchmark-backed analytics company. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/amplitude-valued-at-5-billion-after.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663717825381351424

TUNIS (Reuters) -President Kais Saied named a geologist with little government experience as Tunisia’s first woman prime minister on Wednesday amid a crisis following his seizure of powers and with public finances close to breaking point. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/tunisian-leader-names-new-pm-with.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663710270511824896

(Reuters) - Gunmen shot and killed a prominent Rohingya Muslim leader in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh on Wednesday, a United Nations spokesperson and a local police official said, following months of worsening violence in the world’s largest refugee settlement. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/rohingya-community-leader-shot-dead-in.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663710268844654592

USTI NAD LABEM, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban backed his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis’ re-election bid on Wednesday, making a display of the close ties between the two central European leaders who have supported each other in disputes with the EU. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/hungarys-orban-hits-czech-campaign.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663710267867299840

ROME (Reuters) -Italian prime minister and current president of the G20 Mario Draghi will meet climate activist Greta Thunberg in Milan on Thursday, Draghi’s office said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/italys-draghi-to-meet-greta-thunberg-at.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663710266857603073

PARIS (Reuters) - Angela Merkel’s exit from the EU stage she dominated for 16 years has handed French President Emmanuel Macron an opportunity to take up the mantle of European leadership and press on with his plans for a more independent Europe. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/analysis-in-post-merkel-eu-macron-cant.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663710265920061440

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Authorities in Nigeria’s Kaduna State shut down telecoms networks and banned the use of motorcycles on Wednesday as part of a raft of measures to tackle bandit gangs that have caused havoc in the country’s northwest for months. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/nigerian-state-shuts-down-phones-bans.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663710265051922432

LONDON (Reuters) - The late Princess Diana has been honoured with a “blue plaque” at her former flat in west London where she lived before she became engaged to British heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/princess-diana-honoured-with-blue.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663710264045305856

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments committed to a joint EU-U.S. declaration on technology cooperation on Wednesday, just in time for a key transatlantic meeting, after France threatened to block it unless it was watered down, EU diplomats said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/eu-backs-us-tech-trade-declaration.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663710262440951808

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Electronics maker Samsung has been fined 40 million euros ($46.9 million) for price fixing in the Netherlands, Dutch competition watchdog ACM said on Wednesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/samsung-fined-47-million-for-price.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663710260798898176

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has arrested Ilya Sachkov, the chief executive of top Russian cybersecurity company Group IB, on suspicion of state treason and will hold him in custody for two months, a Moscow court said on Wednesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/russia-arrests-top-cybersecurity.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663710259784892416

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias has requested the authorities to expedite investigations into a rioting incident outside a Chinese temple on Tuesday (Sept 28) so that follow up action can be taken to resolve the problem harmoniously. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/deputy-minister-calls-for-immediate.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663698937563250688

PETALING JAYA: The decision to allow selected travellers, including students, to travel overseas without the MyTravelPass has been commended by the Transport Minister. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/dr-wee-lauds-decision-to-allow-selected.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663698936265146368

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The issue over the alleged data leak involving personal information of the public does not involve any security breach on the part of the Malaysian Armed Forces, says Chief of Defence Force Tan Sri Affendi Buang. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/affendi-no-security-breach-data-leakage.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663691426858762240

PARIS (Reuters) - France warned Mali on Thursday that it would lose the support of the international community if it agreed a deal with Russian mercenaries. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/international-community-will-stop.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663691426401583104

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - For 32-year-old Romanian international trucker Nicolae, Britain’s driver crisis could be just what he needs to keep his small business afloat. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/romanian-truckers-hit-by-taxes-at-home.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663691425670692864

FRANKFURT/MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Afghan central bank ran down most of its U.S. dollar cash reserves in the weeks before the Taliban took control of the country, according to an assessment prepared for Afghanistan’s international donors, exacerbating the current economic crisis. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/exclusive-afghan-central-bank-drained.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663691424457441280

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday threatened to block Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube after Russian state-backed broadcaster RT’s German-language channels were deleted a day earlier and said it was weighing possible retaliation against the German media. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/russia-threatens-youtube-block-after-rt.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663691422968479744

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday he assumes famine has taken hold in Ethiopia’s Tigray where a nearly three-month long “de-facto blockade” has restricted aid deliveries to 10% of what is needed in the war-torn region. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/un-aid-chief-to-ethiopia-on-famine-in.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663608389661753344

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday that he will swear in his new Cabinet next month, with Chrystia Freeland returning as his finance minister and deputy, after his Liberals were re-elected for the third time last week. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/canada-pm-trudeau-says-new-cabinet-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663608389213061120

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti’s general election, which had been scheduled for Nov. 7, has been postponed after Prime Minister Ariel Henry dismissed the council that organizes elections, which many in the country had felt was too partisan. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/haitis-elections-postponed-after.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663608388703420417

PARIS (Reuters) - Six years after a group of Islamist bombers and gunmen attacked Paris, gendarmes who were on duty that night told a court on Tuesday that they were still haunted by the sound of explosions, images of human flesh and the smell of blood. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/haunted-by-carnage-french-gendarmes.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663608387533160448

GENEVA (Reuters) - A 3.5-metre (11.5 ft)-tall puppet depicting a Syrian refugee girl arrived in Geneva on Tuesday as part of an 8,000-km (4,970-mile) walk across Europe to raise awareness of the plight of young refugees. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/puppet-makes-cross-europe-trek-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663604608064765952

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Leaders of European Union countries will discuss surging energy prices when they meet next month, as governments scramble to cushion households from the soaring cost of gas and power. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/eu-leaders-to-discuss-soaring-energy.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663604607780618241

PARIS (Reuters) -Green voters on Tuesday chose former Greenpeace activist Yannick Jadot to be their candidate for France’s April 2022 presidential election. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/french-greens-pick-jadot-as.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663604607189172224

MUNICH (Reuters) - German industrial inspector TÜV Süd was on Tuesday accused of evading its responsibilities over its alleged role in the 2019 deadly collapse of a dam in Brazil, as Brazilian claimants kicked off the first civil lawsuit in Germany over the disaster. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/germanys-tuv-sud-shirking.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663604606587256832

BERLIN (Reuters) - Conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet faced a scrap for his political future on Tuesday as lawmakers in his CDU/CSU alliance met to plot a way forward after suffering their first national election defeat since 2002. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/chancellor-or-bust-germanys-laschet.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663604605524049920

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has given the green light to one-third of travellers into Malaysia from the 4,883 completed applications for home quarantine received through the Home Quarantine Application (HQA) portal. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/health-dg-1612-applications-through-hqa.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663604604655845376

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens could not be further apart on issues like taxation, climate change and fiscal policy, but Sunday’s election revealed one thing they do have in common: popularity among young voters. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/young-germans-tired-of-status-quo-put.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663604603807481856

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian soldiers and police on Tuesday shot dead eight Shi'ites who were taking part in a religious procession along a major road in the federal capital Abuja, according to a member of a banned Shi'ite group who was taking part in the event. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/nigerian-security-forces-kill-eight-at.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663604602554466304

GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa said on Tuesday that the agency was “heartbroken” by the findings of an independent commission on sex abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/who-heartbroken-by-congo-sex-abuse.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663604601518440448

ANKARA (Reuters) - The presidents of Russia and Turkey will hold talks on Wednesday on curbing renewed violence in northwest Syria and possibly expanding Moscow’s sales of military defence systems to Ankara, Turkish officials said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/turkey-to-press-russia-to-restore-calm.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663604599742169088

LONDON (Reuters) - A river that runs through the Glastonbury Festival, the largest greenfield music festival in the world, is contaminated with illicit drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy because stoned revellers often urinate on the ground, scientists said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/cocaine-and-ecstasy-found-in-river-at.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663600824775229440

WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish government will ask the president to extend a state of emergency on the Belarus border by 60 days, a spokesman said on Tuesday, due to a surge in migration that Warsaw blames on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/polish-government-to-ask-president-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663600824099995648

LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) -Spain classified La Palma as a disaster zone on Tuesday, a move that will trigger financial support for the island where a volcanic eruption has wrecked buildings and destroyed crops over the past nine days. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/spain-pledges-aid-to-la-palma-as.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663600823549476864

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia sharply escalated a campaign against jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, opening a new criminal case against President Putin’s fiercest domestic critic that could allow the authorities to hand him another decade in jail. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/russia-opens-new-criminal-case-against.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663600822507208704

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s population size this year saw its sharpest percentage drop since 1950, a report said on Tuesday, as coronavirus-induced travel restriction kept foreigners away from the Asian financial hub. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/singapore-population-sees-biggest.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663600821087453184

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called on Tuesday for changes to the constitution that would prevent an opposition movement that rose up against him in mass street protests last year from taking power, the state news agency Belta reported. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/belarus-leader-change-constitution-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663600820298874880

GENEVA (Reuters) - The ousted Afghan government and activist groups called on the main U.N. human rights body on Monday to investigate reports of targeted killings and restrictions on women and free speech by the ruling Taliban. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/activists-urge-un-to-investigate.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517793320370177

LAGOS (Reuters) - Armed men killed at least 34 people in two villages in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna in the early hours of Monday, the state government and two residents said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/armed-men-kill-at-least-30-in-northern.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517793020461056

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union hope to discuss chip shortages, artificial intelligence and tech competition issues during the first Trade and Tech Council meeting this week, senior U.S. administration officials said on Monday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/competition-chips-ai-on-table-at-first.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517792757219328

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday said it would open a $1.9 billion program to reimburse mostly rural U.S. telecom carriers for removing network equipment made by Chinese companies deemed national security threats like Huawei and ZTE Corp. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/us-to-open-program-to-replace-huawei.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517792366100480

MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) will keep some of its offices closed as nearly 60% of the employees at Italy’s biggest phone company plan to continue working from home until Dec. 31, a union document showed. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/most-telecom-italia-staff-to-work-from.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517792000196608

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The High Court here on Monday (Sept 27) fixed Nov 15 to hear the government’s application for a stay of the court’s ruling that children born overseas to Malaysian women married to foreigners are entitled to be citizens of Malaysia. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/citizenship-for-overseas-born-children.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517790991466496

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A retired naturalised athlete is alleged to have cheated former senior sports official Datuk Sieh Kok Chi and his disabled daughter of close to RM1.5mil in a property case. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/retired-naturalised-athlete-accused-of.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517789995384832

ABUJA (Reuters) - Bandits killed 22 Nigerian security personnel in an attack on a remote army base in northwestern Sokoto State, a member of the state assembly told Reuters on Monday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/bandits-kill-22-nigerian-security.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517788268314624

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was nominated on Monday for the European Parliament’s annual human rights prize as European Union lawmakers sought to keep the public spotlight on his pro-democracy network, which has been banned in Russia. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/russias-navalny-nominated-for-eu-rights.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517786766753792

PARIS (Reuters) - Jailed Belarusian opposition leader and activist Maria Kolesnikova on Monday won the ninth Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize which honours outstanding civil society action in the defence of human rights. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/jailed-belarusian-opponent-kolesnikova.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517784849924097

LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) -The volcano on Spain’s La Palma island began ejecting ash and smoke again on Monday after a brief lull, while hundreds of people in coastal villages were locked down in anticipation of the lava reaching the sea and releasing toxic gas. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/la-palma-volcano-roars-back-to-life-as.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517783227826176

LONDON (Reuters) - For Tom Reddy, it was the disgusting conditions that convinced him to quit as a British trucker, with few toilets and even fewer showers forcing drivers into desperate solutions at the side of the road. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/british-truckers-life-on-road-with.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517782603939840

WARSAW (Reuters) - Two Polish regional councils voted on Monday to repeal motions declaring their provinces “LGBT-free zones,” state-run news agency PAP reported, after the European Union threatened to withdraw funding. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/two-polish-regions-repeal-lgbt-free.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663517781078278144

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Segamat MP Datuk Seri Dr Santhara Kumar has filed a suit against Batu MP P. Prabkaran for allegedly uttering defamatory words in connection with the former Deputy Federal Territories Minister’s visit to New Zealand. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/trip-to-new-zealand-santhara-kumar.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663513995120181249

PETALING JAYA: Staying healthy is key to recovering from the pandemic, as the country prepares to reopen its socio-economic activities, says Khairy Jamaluddin. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/khairy-practise-healthy-lifestyles-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663513994282319872

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Malaysia’s commitment to be a carbon-neutral country as early as 2050 has the potential to attract foreign investment and show the country’s commitment in tackling climate change, says Environment and Water Minister Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/12mp-carbon-neutral-commitment-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663513993061761024

VIENNA (Reuters) - A new Austrian political party that opposes lockdowns, compulsory mask-wearing and other coronavirus restrictions hopes to spread across the country after surprisingly securing seats in one of Austria’s nine provincial parliaments on Sunday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/new-austrian-anti-lockdown-party.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663513991828668416

CAIRO (Reuters) - Jordan said on Monday that Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah had contracted coronavirus. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/jordans-crown-prince-contracts.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663513990935248896

BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - The opposition Labour Party would make rebuilding Britain’s ties with the European Union its top trade priority, putting the bloc above U.S and Indo-Pacific deals in the post-Brexit era, its trade policy chief Emily Thornberry said on Monday, Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/eu-would-be-our-trade-priority-uk.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663513990140395520

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India’s antitrust watchdog has agreed to Google’s request to keep confidential some information the company provided during an investigation into its business, though the regulator denied allegations it leaked a report on the probe to the media, a judge said on Monday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/india-antitrust-body-accepts-googles.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663513988726915072

PETALING JAYA: Former patients of Covid-19 remain immensely thankful of the services provided by medical frontliners who have been shouldering the heavy and relentless workload during the pandemic. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/former-patients-thankful-for-care-given.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663442277003362304

CAIRO (Reuters) - Tensions between Sudan’s military and civilian politicians reached a low point on Sunday in the wake of last week’s attempted coup with senior officials calling on the public to prepare for protests over the withdrawal of official security details. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/sudan-military-civilian-tensions-reach.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663442276356390912

ROME (Reuters) -The tiny republic of San Marino has voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalising abortion in a referendum, overturning a law dating back to 1865, official results showed on Sunday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/san-marino-votes-to-legalise-abortion.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663442275503898624

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan’s government reached an agreement with tribal protesters on Sunday to allow the resumption of exports of landlocked South Sudan’s crude oil via a terminal on the Red Sea, Sudanese officials said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/sudan-protesters-agree-to-resumption-of.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434707531366400

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s government said on Sunday that it will resume flights to Port-au-Prince starting next week for Haitian migrants who want to return home. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/mexico-to-resume-voluntary-flights-for.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434706347573249

(Reuters) - Germany’s election produced the narrowest of results, early projections show, but exit polls conducted for broadcasters on Sunday suggested voters had relatively clear ideas about the outcome they wanted to see. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/factbox-germanys-election-in-polls.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434705371267072

VIENNA (Reuters) -The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday Iran had failed to fully honour the terms of a deal struck two weeks ago to allow the watchdog’s inspectors to service monitoring equipment in the country. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/iran-fails-to-fully-honour-agreement-on.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434704025944064

BERLIN (Reuters) - Reactions from senior German politicians and others after exit polls from Sunday’s national election https://ift.tt/3ALGEEW showed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats virtually tied.: Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/how-politicians-reacted-after-exit.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434703013036032

BERLIN (Reuters) - Leaders of Alternative for Germany (AfD) put on a brave face after projected election results showed support for the far-right party dropping and said they rejoiced in seeing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives slump to their worst-ever result. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/far-right-afd-sees-silver-lining-in.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434701144473600

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s conservative CDU chancellor candidate Armin Laschet said his party could not be satisfied with the results of an election on Sunday but that he would do everything possible to build a conservative-led government. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/german-cdus-laschet-vows-to-try-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434699635621888

BERLIN (Reuters) - Exit polls of Germany’s federal election show that a so-called Jamaica coalition https://ift.tt/3i1YjB8 of conservatives, the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats is possible, a senior politician of Angela Merkel’s CDU said on Sunday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/senior-cdu-politician-says-jamaica.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434698561847296

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday that the Taliban government in Afghanistan could not be recognised, but urged foreign governments to prevent a financial collapse there that would spark massive flows of migrants. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/italy-says-taliban-government-cannot-be.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434697332981760

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Social Democrat Secretary-General Lars Klingbeil said on Sunday his party had a mandate to form a coalition after exit polls showed the SPD neck and neck with outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/german-spd-secretary-general-says-we.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434696265433088

(Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google will take a smaller cut when customers buy software from other vendors on its cloud marketplace, CNBC reported on Sunday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/google-to-slash-amount-it-keeps-from.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434694814220288

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s CDU/CSU conservatives and their Social Democrat rivals were tied in Sunday’s national election, an exit poll showed, leaving open which of them will lead the next government as Angela Merkel prepares to stand down after 16 years in power. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/german-cducsu-and-spd-tied-in-national.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434693710118912

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Up to 4,000 migrants, most of them Haitians, have passed through the treacherous jungles of the Darien Gap in Panama on the Colombian border as they make their way north to the United States, two Panamanian government sources said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/thousands-of-mostly-haitian-migrants.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663434692606951424

KEPALA BATAS (Bernama): A private sector worker lost RM53,000 after falling victim to a Macau scam syndicate on Friday (Sept 24). Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/woman-loses-rm53000-in-phone-scam-in.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663415870317625344

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, a move that could deepen a rift with NATO ally Washington and trigger fresh U.S. sanctions. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/erdogan-turkey-intends-to-buy-more.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663415870004035584

PARIS (Reuters) - French bank Credit Agricole has offered 100 million euros ($117 million) to acquire auto leasing and computer equipment company Olinn, business daily Les Echos reported on Sunday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/credit-agricole-offers-to-buy-auto.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663415869066625024

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Digital money transfer group Wise Plc will join an Australian payments network which should allow transfers to be settled in the country faster and at lower cost, Chief Executive Officer Kristo Kaarmann said on Friday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/uks-wise-to-join-new-payments-platform.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663415868452225024

GEORGE TOWN: The state government has been urged to be transparent and explain to the people what is happening to the undersea tunnel project, which may be replaced by an elevated bridge. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/explain-what-is-happening-to-tunnel.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366797069828096

ZURICH (Reuters) - Voters in Switzerland, one of the last Western European countries that still bans gay marriage, will decide in a referendum on Sunday whether to allow same-sex couples to get married and adopt children. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/swiss-to-vote-on-allowing-same-sex.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366796419661824

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (Reuters): Israeli troops firing rubber bullets shot and killed a Palestinian man and injured others on Friday (Sept 24) during clashes at a protest against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, say the Palestinian health ministry and medics. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/palestinian-man-shot-and-killed-during.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366795797905408

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans vote in a national election on Sunday that looks too close to call, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/germans-vote-in-close-election-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366794821713920

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s decision to issue temporary visas for 5,000 foreign truck drivers is a short-term fix that will not solve an acute labour shortage that risks major disruption for retailers in the run-up to Christmas, business leaders have warned. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/uk-warned-visa-plan-to-fix-truck-driver.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366793830809600

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Mali has asked a private Russian military company to help it fight against insurgents, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday at the United Nations. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/lavrov-says-mali-asked-private-russian.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366791725268992

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Fourteen Mexican soldiers were detained early Saturday morning for several hours by U.S. border agents after they crossed into El Paso, Texas, from Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/us-border-agents-briefly-detain-14.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366791328874496

Though better for the environment, electric cars are worse for the wallet, costing more to repair than conventional petrol or diesel cars, research shows. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/electric-cars-have-significantly-higher.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366789443584000

This new online museum – the Mobile Phone Museum – showcases the largest collection of mobile phones, containing more than 2,000 unique handsets from 200 different manufacturers. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/mobile-phone-museum-to-launch-online-in.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366788183097344

BAMAKO (Reuters) - A former Rwandan army colonel who was accused of masterminding the slaughter of 800,000 people during the 1994 genocide has died in prison in Mali, Malian officials said on Saturday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/rwandan-genocide-kingpin-bagosora-dies.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366787387277312

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of Libya’s Presidency Council said on Saturday he would urge candidates in elections proposed for December not to take part unless there was consensus on the vote’s legal framework. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/libyas-presidency-seeks-consensus-on.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366786414264320

MILAN (Reuters) - Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont said on Saturday he would be in Sardinia on Oct. 4 to attend a court hearing on his European arrest warrant after being kept in police custody in Italy for less then 24 hours. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/catalan-separatist-leader-to-attend.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663366785621491712

BAGAN SERAI (Bernama): Parents have been told not to worry about the side effects of vaccines given to teenagers aged between 12 and 17 in this country under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Adolescents. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/09/benefits-of-vaccination-for-adolescents.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/663340374379610112