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QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso on Wednesday called for dialogue following a second day of demonstrations by indigenous and civil society groups against gasoline price rises, and said his government would keep security forces on highways to maintain order. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/ecuador-president-calls-for-dialogue.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243240110030854

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said it is still “realistic” that U.S. President Joe Biden’s signature spending plan could get congressional support by Thursday, but conceded that he may need to depart to Europe without a final deal in hand. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/biden-could-head-to-europe-without.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243239088701440

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian Senate panel probing the government’s pandemic response on Wednesday presented the prosecutor general’s office with recommendations to criminally charge President Jair Bolsonaro for alleged errors that cost Brazilian lives. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/brazil-senate-hands-pandemic-probe-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243237449809920

LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s parliament threw out the minority Socialist government’s 2022 budget bill on Wednesday, paving the way for snap elections and ending six years of relative political stability under Prime Minister Antonio Costa. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/portugals-parliament-rejects-budget.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243236680155136

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Senate leader Rodrigo Pacheco joined the center-right Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Wednesday, emerging as the latest presidential hopeful eyeing a tough path down the center of next year’s polarized electoral field. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/brazil-senate-head-switches-party.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243235246702592

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s talks with six world powers aimed at reviving a 2015 nuclear deal will resume by the end of November, its top nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday, as Western concerns over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear advances grow. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/iran-says-nuclear-talks-with-six-powers.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243234285207552

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal’s parliament rejected the minority Socialist government’s 2022 budget bill on Wednesday as the hard left sided with the conservative opposition, in a move likely to trigger snap elections in coming months. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/portuguese-parliament-rejects-budget.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243233344634880

(Reuters) - Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine could start to be used in children and teens in the United States within weeks, its chief executive said in an interview ahead of the Reuters Total Health conference, which will run virtually from Nov. 15-18. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/exclusive-moderna-covid-19-shot-could.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243232757383168

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is seeking Washington’s help in bolstering its defences as it comes under intense U.S. pressure to end a blockade of Yemeni ports that its Houthi enemies say is an obstacle to ceasefire talks, two sources with knowledge of efforts to end the Yemen war and a U.S. official said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/exclusive-under-pressure-over-yemen.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243231576621056

LONDON (Reuters) - British heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles will speak at the opening ceremony of the COP26 United Nations climate summit on Monday to welcome world leaders, his office said, a day after Queen Elizabeth pulled out on doctors’ advice. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/uks-prince-charles-to-deliver-opening.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243229948198912

(Reuters) - Intel Corp and Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud on Wednesday said they have worked together to create a new category of chip that Intel hopes will become a major seller in the booming cloud computing market. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/intel-teams-with-google-cloud-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666243228748627968

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is looking into the incident of a Caucasian woman who refused to wear a mask to enter a luxury retail outlet at a famous Kuala Lumpur shopping centre. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/health-ministry-to-investigate-unmasked.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666239432103460864

(Reuters) - Intel Corp on Wednesday introduced a new, faster family of processor chips for personal computers and said that the supercomputer it is helping the U.S. government to build will reach double previously expected speeds. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/intel-launches-new-pc-chips-says-us.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666239431512047616

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump cannot fight his suspension from Twitter in a Florida federal court, but instead must abide by the social media company’s terms of service and sue in California, following a judge’s ruling. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/trump-loses-bid-to-keep-lawsuit-against.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666239430859915264

MELAKA (Bernama): Parti Ikatan Demokratik Malaysia (Muda) has been issued a RM4,000 fine for violating the ban on rallies by holding a press conference. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/muda-issued-rm4000-compound-for.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666239430374342656

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia again expressed its concern over the trilateral security pact involving the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, known through its acronym Aukus, this time at the 16th East Asia Summit on Wednesday (Oct 27). Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/pm-expresses-malaysias-concern-over.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666228135191265280

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian Senate voted on Wednesday to block debate over a bill that would make violence against women and LGBT+ people a hate crime, effectively killing off a proposal previously approved by the lower house of parliament. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/italian-upper-house-senate-brings-down.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666228134492995584

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch authorities are investigating 33 suspected deaths of people who bought a “suicide powder” from a member of a right-to-die group in the Netherlands, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/dutch-prosecutors-investigate-33-deaths.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666228133499994112

LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell on Wednesday to its lowest level in 1-½ weeks, taking losses since hitting a record high last week to around 12% - though the digital currency is still on track for its best month since February. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/bitcoin-slips-on-profit-taking-but-on.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666228133168594944

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Visitors to Amsterdam may soon spot a self-driving watercraft the size of a small car cruising silently through its ancient canals, ferrying passengers or transporting goods or trash. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/self-driving-roboats-ready-for-testing.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666228132426203136

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, will tell lawmakers on Wednesday that agency is the mortgage market and aims to minimize foreclosures of American homeowners, according to his prepared testimony. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/us-consumer-watchdog-eyeing-big-tech.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666152624882679808

(Reuters) - Shares in Digital World Acquisition Corp, the blank-check company that plans to publicly list former U.S. President Donald Trump’s new social media venture, were on track for their second straight day of losses on Tuesday after a staggering rally last week. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/shares-tumble-in-blank-check-company.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666152624262905856

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A top U.S. bank regulator said U.S. officials are looking to provide a clearer path for banks and their clients that are looking to hold cryptocurrencies, in order to keep control over the fast-developing asset. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/us-regulators-exploring-how-banks-could.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666152623480668160

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India plans to pitch to companies such as Tesla Inc, Samsung and LG Energy to encourage them to invest in manufacturing batteries locally, as it looks to establish a domestic supply chain for clean transport, two government sources told Reuters. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/india-targets-major-global-firms-for.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666152622707834880

(Reuters) - Internet infrastructure firm RightForge will host former U.S. President Donald Trump’s new social media platform, the hosting company’s Chief Executive Officer Martin Avila told Axios. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/internet-infrastructure-company.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666152620938903552

KABUL (Reuters) - In Kabul’s main children’s hospital, the crumbling of Afghanistan’s health system is reflected in the eyes of exhausted staff as they eke out fast-diminishing stocks of medicines. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/in-kabul-childrens-hospital-medics.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666145085760667648

(Reuters) - Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has denied a charge of incitement to cause public alarm, media reported on Tuesday, in her first court testimony since a February coup plunged the country into chaos and ended a decade of democratic reform. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/myanmars-suu-kyi-denies-junta-charge-of.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666145084390227968

PARIS (Reuters) - Activists disrupted a green finance summit in Paris on Tuesday, saying that French President Emmanuel Macron had failed to get serious on investing in combating climate change. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/activists-disrupt-paris-climate-finance.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666145082839302144

BERLIN (Reuters) -Switzerland said on Tuesday it was recommending COVID-19 booster shots for people over 65 but not for the general population. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/switzerland-recommends-covid-19-booster.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666145082063437824

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - Myanmar should be given space to return to normalcy in line with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) principle of non-interference, the bloc’s chair Brunei said on Tuesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/asean-chair-brunei-says-myanmar-should.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666145080293408768

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth carried out her first official engagement on Tuesday since spending a night in hospital and being ordered to rest by her doctors. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/uks-queen-elizabeth-carries-out-first.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666137555473940480

BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers gathered on Tuesday, as a new parliament featuring more women and members from ethnic minorities than ever before met for the first time while outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel looked on from the visitors’ gallery. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/merkel-looks-on-as-new-era-parliament.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666137554944458752

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering authorizing a COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. The vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE has been available in the United States to kids aged 12 to 15 since May. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/explainer-what-to-know-about-covid-19.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666137554676072448

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co said Tuesday it will resume limited production for two weeks at its Orion Assembly plant in Michigan, which has been shuttered since August and builds the electric vehicle Chevrolet Bolt. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/gm-to-resume-limited-production-at-ev.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666137554277498880

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -An Indian court on Tuesday temporarily restrained Zee Entertainment Enterprises’ top investor Invesco from calling a shareholder meeting, in a win for the TV network that sent its shares higher. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/indian-court-restrains-invesco-from.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666137553496358912

(Reuters) - General Motors said on Tuesday it would install up to 40,000 electric-vehicle charging stations in the United States and Canada, as part of the automaker’s $750 million commitments to bolster its presence in the rapidly growing sector. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/gm-to-boost-ev-profile-with-40000.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666137553217437696

ZURICH (Reuters) - Logitech International Chief Executive Bracken Darrell expects logistics problems and component shortages to continue at least into early next year, he told Reuters on Tuesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/logitech-expects-supply-chain-pinch-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666137552698376192

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian car-sharing company Delimobil’s initial public offering books have been fully covered, two financial market sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/russian-car-sharing-firm-delimobils-ipo.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666137552198205440

Police around the world arrested 150 suspects, including several high-profile targets, involved in buying or selling illegal goods online in one of the largest-ever stings targeting the dark web, Europol said on Oct 26. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/europol-police-arrest-150-people.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666137551907815424

City’s education system is outdated and government needs to change it, former financial secretary John Tsang says. Education technology should be adopted in Hong Kong, rather than just focusing on e-learning and STEM lessons, he adds. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/technology-has-made-school-exams.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666137551085633536

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The situation in food-hit areas in Selangor, Melaka and Perak has continued to improve, with the number of evacuees and relief centres (PPS) dropping further on Sunday (Oct 24). Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/flood-situation-improves-number-of.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666046958065074176

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A total of 22,126,379 individuals or 94.5 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of Saturday, according to the Health Ministry. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/covid-19-watch-945pc-of-adults-in.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666046957702266881

IPOH (Bernama): Renowned film director Mamat Khalid died at 12.30am on Sunday at the Slim River Hospital. He was 58. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/renowned-film-director-mamat-khalid.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666046956109512704

IPOH (Bernama): The passing of renowned film director Mamat Khalid at the Slim River Hospital on Sunday is a huge loss of an irreplaceable talent, says Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/nation-has-lost-irreplaceable-talent.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666046956711411712

PORT DICKSON: A 29-year-old engineer believed to have been driving under the influence of alcohol has been detained after he drove against traffic and crashed into two other vehicles. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/engineer-drives-against-traffic-crashes.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666046955191992320

A comparison of the total number of MySejahtera check-ins in the 10-day period after interstate travel was allowed with the 10-day period before the restriction was eased also revealed a drop in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, among others. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/interactive-what-we-can-tell-from.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666046954325884928

KUCHING: The newly-launched Yayasan Keluarga Malaysia will provide support for children orphaned by Covid-19, particularly in their education up to the age of 18. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/giving-new-concept-of-family.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666046952176287744

PADAWAN (Sarawak): Despite living in a Christian-majority area, the interfaith relations between residents of Kampung Darul Islam Belimbing, a Bidayuh Muslim village in Sarawak, and their surrounding community has remained strong. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/muslims-and-non-muslims-live-in-harmony.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666046949165776896

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Melbourne, the world’s most locked-down city that emerged from its latest spate of COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, will see more curbs eased next week when Victoria state reaches an 80% full vaccination rate, officials said on Sunday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/melbourne-to-ease-more-covid-curbs-as.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043181983547392

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea’s recent ballistic missile tests https://ift.tt/3aU5Q0P were “concerning and counterproductive” for efforts to reduce tensions, and Pyongyang should instead engage in talks, the U.S. envoy for North Korea said on Sunday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/us-envoy-urges-nkorea-to-end.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043181523222528

The Perak DOE collected a record 213.6 tonnes of e-waste, up 485% from last year, during its programme to educate the public about safe disposal of such items. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/perak-doe-collected-2136-tonnes-of-e.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043181024100352

Video games might be constantly evolving, but some of the best stories ever told in the gaming industry are from more than 30 years ago. These five must-play adventure classics are proof. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/five-classic-point-and-click-adventures.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043180761956352

Received an SMS with a link from a number you don’t recognise? Be careful, it might be a scam. Here’s how to spot if it is. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/dont-tap-on-any-links-how-to-spot-and.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043180289064960

HARB-MAIDON TRAINING GROUND, Tajikistan (Reuters) - A Russia-led military exercise held over six days near the Tajik-Afghan border, designed to demonstrate Moscow stands ready to protect Dushanbe in the event of an incursion from the south, reached its conclusion on Saturday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/russia-led-bloc-concludes-drills-near.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043179517231104

NANDI COUNTY, Kenya (Reuters) - Slain long-distance Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, a rising star in Kenya’s highly competitive athletics scene, was buried on Saturday at a funeral attended by over 1,000 mourners. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/slain-kenyan-olympian-agnes-tirop_25.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043173669404672

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government on Friday warned that U.S. legislative proposals to create new electric vehicle tax credits for American-built vehicles could harm the North American auto industry and run afoul of trade agreements, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/canada-criticizes-proposed-us-ev-tax.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043172168876032

BERLIN (Reuters) - BMW will stop making internal combustion engines at its main plant in Munich by 2024, its head of production said on Friday at a conference marking the start of production of its electric i4 model. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/bmw-to-phase-out-fossil-fuel-burning.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043170094759936

LONDON (Reuters) -The Group of Seven wealthy nations agreed on principles to govern cross-border data use and digital trade, Britain said in what was described as a breakthrough that could liberalise hundreds of billions of dollars of international commerce. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/g7-countries-reach-breakthrough-on_25.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043168741113856

(Reuters) - Lyft Inc received reports of more than 4,000 instances of sexual assault on its ride-hailing platform between 2017 and 2019, it said, detailing the data in a safety report it had promised to publish about two years ago. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/lyft-records-more-than-4000-sexual_25.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043167693553664

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is more than halfway through shipping newly assembly pickups that it had then parked due to a shortage of semiconductor chips that prevented the No. 1 U.S. automaker from shipping the trucks, a top executive said on Friday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/gm-more-than-halfway-through-shipping.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/666043166051467264

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Rick strengthened into a hurricane on Saturday off Mexico’s Pacific coast and is expected to gain force throughout the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/tropical-storm-rick-strengthens-into.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665956341216575488

MBABANE (Reuters) - Southern African regional bloc SADC said on Saturday that Eswatini’s King Mswati III - Africa’s last absolute monarch - had accepted the need for a national dialogue after pro-democracy protests intensified this month. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/southern-african-bloc-says-eswatini.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665956339824099328

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s defence minister accused NATO on Saturday of gradually gathering forces near Russia’s borders and being unwilling to discuss European security with Moscow on equal terms, Interfax news agency reported. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/nato-not-ready-for-equal-dialogue-with.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665956338929631232

NANDI COUNTY, Kenya (Reuters) - Slain long-distance Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, a rising star in Kenya’s highly competitive athletics scene, was buried on Saturday at a funeral attended by over 1,000 mourners. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/slain-kenyan-olympian-agnes-tirop.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665956338336186368

ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria’s federal government has submitted a draft law to make assisted suicide for seriously ill adults legal, the federal chancellery said in a statement on Saturday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/austrian-government-proposes-law-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665956336601841664

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a village this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a statement published on Friday on its affiliated Telegram channels. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665956335957983232

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Rick strengthened into a hurricane on Saturday off Mexico’s Pacific coast and is expected to gain force throughout the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/tropical-storm-rick-strengthens-into.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665877045606219776

MBABANE (Reuters) - Southern African regional bloc SADC said on Saturday that Eswatini’s King Mswati III - Africa’s last absolute monarch - had accepted the need for a national dialogue after pro-democracy protests intensified this month. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/southern-african-bloc-says-eswatini.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665877045100871680

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s defence minister accused NATO on Saturday of gradually gathering forces near Russia’s borders and being unwilling to discuss European security with Moscow on equal terms, Interfax news agency reported. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/nato-not-ready-for-equal-dialogue-with.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665877043998785536

NANDI COUNTY, Kenya (Reuters) - Slain long-distance Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, a rising star in Kenya’s highly competitive athletics scene, was buried on Saturday at a funeral attended by over 1,000 mourners. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/slain-kenyan-olympian-agnes-tirop.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665877042635718656

ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria’s federal government has submitted a draft law to make assisted suicide for seriously ill adults legal, the federal chancellery said in a statement on Saturday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/austrian-government-proposes-law-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665877041561927680

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a village this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a statement published on Friday on its affiliated Telegram channels. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665877040703143938

MELAKA: Umno and Barisan Nasional should be prepared to face the Melaka elections all by themselves if no other political coalitions are willing to work together, says former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/melaka-polls-umno-bn-should-be-ready-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665873275852865536

KUCHING: The government is setting up Yayasan Keluarga Malaysia to support Malaysian children orphaned by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/pm-yayasan-keluarga-malaysia-set-up-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665873274504429568

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah STAR is proposing that the Sabah assembly hold a special session to debate and resolve the words to be used in Article 1(2) and Article 160(2) of the Federal Constitution. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/jeffrey-kitingan-sabah-assembly-right.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665873273534464000

BUTTERWORTH (Bernama): A Form Five student has been detained to assist investigations into the discovery of the body of a baby girl found in a rubbish bin in the vicinity of ​​Flat B4 Taman Bagan here on Saturday (Oct 23). Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/girl-17-detained-to-assist-with.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665873270918234112

TAWAU (Bernama): A three-year-old boy is feared to have drowned after falling off a bridge into Sungai Tawau at Kampung Jawa Lanut here on Saturday (Oct 23) afternoon. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/three-year-old-boy-feared-drowned-after.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665873269198585856

SINGAPORE (Bernama): Malaysia will be upgraded to Category III from Category IV by Singapore as part of its regular review of the Covid-19 situation. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/covid-19-watch-singapore-places.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665873267587956737

MELAKA: Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee is set to announce his candidacy for the Pengkalan Batu state seat on Monday (Oct 25) and political party he will be contesting for. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/melaka-polls-norhizam-to-announce-which.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665873265315790848

MELAKA: Melaka DAP will continue to defend the Pengkalan Batu seat, says state DAP chief Datuk Tey Kok Kiew. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/melaka-polls-state-dap-says-will-defend.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665873264082665472

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he had ordered the foreign ministry to declare 10 ambassadors – including from the United States, Germany and France – ‘persona non grata’ for calling for the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/turkeys-erdogan-orders-10-ambassadors.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665873262381875200

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s interior ministry has declared Sergei Savelyev, who leaked purported prison torture videos to a human rights group, as wanted, the database on its website showed on Saturday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/russia-puts-man-who-leaked-prison.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665865761797160960

LA PALMA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain would speed up aid to the hard-hit agriculture and fishing industries on the island of La Palma, where part of the volcano’s cone collapsed on Saturday and red hot lava continued to flow over a month after the eruption began. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/spain-vows-to-speed-up-aid-to-volcano.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665865761504509953

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Hungarians rallied in Budapest on Saturday to commemorate a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising and show support for nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban who faces a close election race next year. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/budapest-hosts-rival-political-rallies.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665865761123958784

BIYSK, Russia (Reuters) - The beds at the intensive care unit at this Siberian hospital rarely stay empty for long. Doctors at Hospital No. 2 in the Russian city of Biysk are having to cope with an unprecedented surge of coronavirus patients, many of whom are unvaccinated. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/as-russias-covid-19-toll-surges.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665865760887996416

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s right-wing League party, said a trial where he faces kidnapping charges for refusing to let a migrant ship dock in the country in 2019 was not serious as actor Richard Gere was admitted to testify. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/italys-salvini-ridicules-calling-of.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665865760584990720

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Jamaica will extradite a former Colombian military member implicated in the assassination of former Haiti President Jovenel Moise to Port-au-Prince, Colombia’s police chief said on Friday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/colombian-wanted-in-haiti-assassination.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665797761769291776

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday discussed security cooperation in Africa, Europe and the Indo-Pacific, as the two countries work to mend fences after a rift over a U.S. security pact with Britain and Australia. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/biden-macron-discussed-european-defense.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665782718864474112

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes to soon relocate around 150 U.S.-trained Afghan Air Force pilots and other personnel detained in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the Afghan war, a U.S. official said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/exclusive-us-hopes-to-soon-relocate.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665782718635835392

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Red Cross on Friday urged the international community to engage with Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers, saying that aid groups on their own would be unable to stave off a humanitarian crisis. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/red-cross-warns-aid-groups-not-enough.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665782717873553408

LONDON (Reuters) - British police investigating the 2017 Manchester Arena suicide bombing attack arrested a man on Friday on suspicion of a terror offence, Greater Manchester Police said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/uk-police-investigating-2017-manchester.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665782717584146432

GENEVA (Reuters) -The latest week of talks between representatives of Syria’s government, opposition and civil society aimed at drafting a new constitution failed to make any headway, the U.N. Special Envoy and main participants said on Friday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/latest-round-of-syrian-constitutional.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665782717368188928

KUALA LUMPUR: Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said negotiations were underway between affected parties regarding the ban of liquor sales at sundry shops, convenience stores and Chinese medicine shops in the federal capital. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/negotiations-liquor-sales-ban-ongoing.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665782716667756545

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): City police have busted a drug trafficking syndicate with drugs worth RM1.17mil after a luxury condominium unit that was converted into a store to stock drugs was raided on Tuesday (Oct 19). Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/syndicate-using-luxury-condominium-unit.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665782715908505600

TANGKAK (Bernama): Stern action needs to be taken against those who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 without proper reasons as the government considers mandatory vaccinations at this crucial period during the country’s recovery. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/muhyiddin-stern-action-needed-against.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665782714064093185

JOHOR BARU: Eight mat rempit were detained during an operation named “Ops Samseng Jalanan’’ at Pasir Gudang Highway. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/eight-mat-rempit-arrested-during-ops-at.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665782712633802752

KUCHING (Bernama): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is scheduled to launch the ‘Keluarga Malaysia’ (Malaysian Family) concept of the government on Saturday (Oct 23). Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/pm-to-launch-keluarga-malaysia-in.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665782711037902848

JOHOR BARU: Export of agricultural products to Singapore from January to October has increased by 44% compared with the same period last year. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/export-of-agricultural-products-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665771379664224256

(Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Friday sent a law amending legislative election rules back to parliament for reconsideration, the presidency said in a statement. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/lebanese-president-sends-electoral-law.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665771378702680064

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Police on Friday fired teargas to disperse thousands of activists from a banned Pakistani Islamist group who rallied to demand the release of its leader and the expulsion of the French ambassador over cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/banned-pakistani-islamists-demanding.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665771378062098432

BERN (Reuters) - Banner-waving climate activists rallied outside the Swiss parliament on Friday in support of a Global Climate Strike that youth movement Fridays for Future had called for ahead of the UN climate summit COP26. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/fridays-for-future-activists-in-bern.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665771377195892736

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Friday of preparing a sham election next month and trying to establish an “authoritarian dynasty” amid a wave of arrests ahead of Nicaragua’s Nov. 7 vote. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/blinken-accuses-nicaraguas-ortega-of.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665771376588865536

(Reuters) - Myanmar’s military government said on Friday it rejected a decision by its Southeast Asian neighbours to invite only a non-political figure to an upcoming regional summit in a snub to the leader of the Feb. 1 coup. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/myanmar-decries-move-to-block-junta.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665771375332573184

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected Halkbank’s bid to dismiss an indictment accusing the state-owned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/turkeys-halkbank-can-be-prosecuted-over.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665771374363754496

LONDON (Reuters) - The man accused of stabbing to death British lawmaker David Amess at a church where he was meeting voters last week is due to go on trial next year, London’s Old Bailey court heard on Friday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/man-accused-of-murdering-uk-lawmaker.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665771373498646528

LONDON (Reuters) -The Group of Seven wealthy nations agreed on principles to govern cross-border data use and digital trade, Britain said in what was described as a breakthrough that could liberalise hundreds of billions of dollars of international commerce. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/g7-countries-reach-breakthrough-on.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665771372540313600

(Reuters) - Lyft Inc received reports of more than 4,000 instances of sexual assault on its ride-hailing platform between 2017 and 2019, detailing the data in a safety report it had promised to publish about two years ago. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/lyft-records-more-than-4000-sexual.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665771371264196608

PARIS (Reuters) - Austria, Britain, France, Italy, Spain and the United States reached an agreement on Thursday on the transition from national digital services taxes contested by Washington to a new global tax deal, they said in a joint statement. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/european-countries-reach-digital.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665684550372016128

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co sees a robust market for electric trucks and vans by 2030, but it is facing some early pushback from commercial customers that are a key audience for the automaker’s new F-150 Lightning and E-Transit, a top executive said on Thursday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/fords-fleet-customers-send-mixed.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665684548901863424

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Peter Rawlinson, chief executive of electric car start-up Lucid Group, said on Thursday it will take a decade for self-driving taxis to be deployed on the road. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/lucid-ceo-says-it-will-take-decade-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665684547901538304

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Thursday said it has issued a series of orders to tech giants to turn over information on their payment system plans in an effort to ensure adequate consumer protection. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/us-consumer-watchdog-orders-tech-giants.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665684547001827329

(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to create a new social media app after Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc barred him from their platforms this year won an endorsement from investors on Thursday who sent shares in a shell company backing the effort soaring. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/trumps-new-social-media-deal-sends.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665684546664169472

KUCHING (Bernama): Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) has identified its candidates for the 12th Sarawak state election, said its secretary-general Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi (pic), here, on Thursday (Oct 21). Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/sarawak-state-election-pbb-has.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665684545151107073

KLANG: Selangor PAS will be in a difficult position if the Islamist party is involved in multi-way fights that also include Umno in the upcoming Melaka polls. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/melaka-polls-umno-pas-multi-way.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665684543943131136

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Election Commission (EC) will present standard operating procedures (SOP) for the upcoming Melaka state election at the Covid-19 Pandemic Management Special Committee meeting chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, on Friday (Oct 22). Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/ec-to-present-sops-for-melaka-election.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665684543212306432

PETALING JAYA: The four assemblymen who triggered the collapse of the Melaka state government claim they have met several party leaders and are in no rush to join any political party, says Datuk Seri Idris Haron. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/weve-met-several-party-leaders-but-no.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/665684542076616704