Julieta Moreno

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and other aid groups on Thursday issued a $23.4 billion plan to bring COVID-19 vaccines, tests and drugs to poorer countries in the next year, appealing to leaders of the G20 who are meeting this weekend for funding. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/who-partners-seek-234-billion-for-new.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471508281081856

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Lawyers who represent the families of 298 people who died when a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, are being intimidated and have been offered protective measures, Dutch broadcaster RTL reported on Thursday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/lawyers-for-mh17-victims-intimidated.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471507741065216

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Hours before Sudan’s army seized power and dissolved its government, a senior U.S. envoy warned the country’s top general not to take any steps against the civilian administration that was overseeing a democratic transition, diplomats said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/sudanese-general-ignored-us-warning-as.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471507478839296

(Reuters) - French video game group Ubisoft cut its full-year forecasts on Thursday, held back by game delays. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/game-delays-force-french-game-maker.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471507188416512

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s top diplomat said on Thursday that Moldova was a victim of Russia’s efforts to use natural gas to bully its smaller neighbour, although he did not provide details. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/gas-being-weaponised-against-moldova-eu.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471508012662784

(Reuters) - Shares of GlobalFoundries Inc, which is owned by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co, opened flat on Nasdaq on Thursday, giving the chipmaker a market capitalization of about $26 billion. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/globalfoundries-shares-open-flat-on.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471505880907776

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Europe’s largest mobile phone tower operator Cellnex said on Thursday its nine-month net loss widened 73% to 145 million euros ($169.36 million) on higher amortizations and costs from acquisitions, while core earnings grew 59%. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/spains-cellnex-posts-wider-nine-month.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471505464524800

(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick has asked the company’s board to reduce his total compensation to $62,500, at a time when the owner of the “Call of Duty” franchise is battling claims over sexual harassment and discrimination at its workplace. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/activision-ceo-seeks-large-pay-cut.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471505180393472

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Thursday said it plans to work with community colleges across the United States to fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs over the next four years. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/microsoft-to-work-with-community.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471504449617920

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal should see 5G services go on sale for customers within weeks after new operators bought spectrum licences in an auction, the head of ANACOM regulator said on Thursday, bolstering much-needed competition in a sector dominated by just three players. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/portugal-telecom-regulator-sees-first.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471504159145984

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved on a voice vote the nomination of Google critic Jonathan Kanter, the third of three progressives named to top U.S. antitrust posts, to head the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/us-panel-approves-big-tech-critic-to.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471503185018880

GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization’s programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to concerns over the U.N. agency’s handling of the sexual abuse scandal. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/exclusive-eu-suspends-funding-to-who.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471503773171712

EVATON, South Africa (Reuters) - In a township in South Africa’s industrial heartland, raw sewage flows through the streets and into people’s homes. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/south-africas-anc-faces-tough-municipal.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471503491121152

ROME (Reuters) - Telecom Italia expects to carry out plans to extract value from its cloud venture Noovle in the second part of next year, the head of Italy’s biggest phone group Luigi Guitosi said on Wednesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/telecom-italia-to-start-maximising.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471502881914880

(Reuters) - Analysts and traders have sharply lowered their price forecasts for platinum and palladium after a chip shortage forced auto makers to cut production of vehicles containing the metals, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/platinum-and-palladium-forecasts.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471502539046912

(Reuters) - Shares of Finnish game maker Rovio , best known for its Angry Birds franchise, soared on Thursday after the company reported a jump in third-quarter profits boosted by Angry Birds Friends’ best quarter in four years. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/angry-birds-maker-rovios-third-quarter.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471501366722560

LONDON (Reuters) - Dogecoin, watch out! Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/dogecoin-watch-out-shiba-inu-token.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471499416338432

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Airtel Africa expects a boost from growing demand for mobile broadband and phone-based financial services, its chief executive said on Thursday, after posting rapid growth in first-half earnings. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/airtel-africa-eyes-broadband-and-mobile.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471498588078080

(Reuters) -Canada’s Shopify Inc’s third-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates, hurt by stiff competition as rivals invest more money to develop their e-commerce platforms. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/shopify-misses-revenue-estimates-as-e.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471497138831360

XD CEO Huang Yimeng said Chinese regulators are ‘very well-versed with the video games industry’, despite a crackdown that has left the industry reeling. XD, operator of the TapTap games store, has grown rapidly since its 2019 IPO, but revenues are down this year as it awaits approval for its own titles. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/beijing-video-game-regulators-really.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666471495232634880

(Reuters) - Shares of GlobalFoundries Inc, which is owned by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co, opened flat on Nasdaq on Thursday, giving the chipmaker a market capitalization of about $26 billion. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/globalfoundries-shares-open-flat-on.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316740171530240

(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick has asked the company’s board to reduce his total compensation to $62,500, at a time when the owner of the “Call of Duty” franchise is battling claims over sexual harassment and discrimination at its workplace. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/activision-ceo-seeks-large-pay-cut.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316738438266880

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Europe’s largest mobile phone tower operator Cellnex said on Thursday its nine-month net loss widened 73% to 145 million euros ($169.36 million) on higher amortizations and costs from acquisitions, while core earnings grew 59%. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/spains-cellnex-posts-wider-nine-month.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316738672066560

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Thursday said it plans to work with community colleges across the United States to fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs over the next four years. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/microsoft-to-work-with-community.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316738209693696

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal should see 5G services go on sale for customers within weeks after new operators bought spectrum licences in an auction, the head of ANACOM regulator said on Thursday, bolstering much-needed competition in a sector dominated by just three players. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/portugal-telecom-regulator-sees-first.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316737932869632

GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization’s programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to concerns over the U.N. agency’s handling of the sexual abuse scandal. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/exclusive-eu-suspends-funding-to-who.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316737690714112

EVATON, South Africa (Reuters) - In a township in South Africa’s industrial heartland, raw sewage flows through the streets and into people’s homes. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/south-africas-anc-faces-tough-municipal.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316737390723072

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved on a voice vote the nomination of Google critic Jonathan Kanter, the third of three progressives named to top U.S. antitrust posts, to head the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/us-panel-approves-big-tech-critic-to.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316737125466112

ROME (Reuters) - Telecom Italia expects to carry out plans to extract value from its cloud venture Noovle in the second part of next year, the head of Italy’s biggest phone group Luigi Guitosi said on Wednesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/telecom-italia-to-start-maximising.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316736829767680

(Reuters) - Analysts and traders have sharply lowered their price forecasts for platinum and palladium after a chip shortage forced auto makers to cut production of vehicles containing the metals, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/platinum-and-palladium-forecasts.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316736543473664

(Reuters) -Canada’s Shopify Inc’s third-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates, hurt by stiff competition as rivals invest more money to develop their e-commerce platforms. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/shopify-misses-revenue-estimates-as-e.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316735386877952

(Reuters) - Shares of Finnish game maker Rovio , best known for its Angry Birds franchise, soared on Thursday after the company reported a jump in third-quarter profits boosted by Angry Birds Friends’ best quarter in four years. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/angry-birds-maker-rovios-third-quarter.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316736269828096

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Airtel Africa expects a boost from growing demand for mobile broadband and phone-based financial services, its chief executive said on Thursday, after posting rapid growth in first-half earnings. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/airtel-africa-eyes-broadband-and-mobile.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316735666962432

LONDON (Reuters) - Dogecoin, watch out! Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/dogecoin-watch-out-shiba-inu-token.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316735914426368

XD CEO Huang Yimeng said Chinese regulators are ‘very well-versed with the video games industry’, despite a crackdown that has left the industry reeling. XD, operator of the TapTap games store, has grown rapidly since its 2019 IPO, but revenues are down this year as it awaits approval for its own titles. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/10/beijing-video-game-regulators-really.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666316735061852160

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666248766146461696

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666241249687289856

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666241248780337152

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666241248023150592

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666241247188566016

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666241246198693888

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666241244831367168

(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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666241244278751232

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666241243318190080

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666241241870139392

(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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666241240797478912

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666226127916908544

(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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666226126802288640

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666226125527285761

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666226123212029952

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666222323910787072

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666222322838011904

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666222322100879360

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666222321028202496

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666222320092839936

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666158156195463168

(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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666158155077681152

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666158154330095616

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666158152906129408

(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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666158151270350848

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666158150067568640

(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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666158148812423168

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666158147599220736

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666158146479325184

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666158145501102080

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666146837112242176

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666146836549107713

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666146835472203776

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666146834259001344

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666146832844554240

(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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666146832406151168

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666146831940665344

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666146831593521153

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666146830356299776

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666146829686145024

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048713960079360

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048712693481472

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048710766116864

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048709483741184

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048708528472064

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048707000778752

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048706111537152

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048705426784256

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048704200966144

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048703059181568

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048702158422016

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048700458598400

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048699904000000

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048698233602048

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_25.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048697504808960

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_25.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048696189894656

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_25.html from Tumblr https://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048695676076032

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048694645391360

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048693407989760

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/666048692498956288

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665875027855622144

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665875026374950912

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665875025476419584

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665875024171991040

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665875023172665345

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665875022004486144

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665871258661126144

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665871257689030658

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665871256549244928

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665871255508074496

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665871254358818816

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665871252560510976

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665871251874709504

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665871250024972288

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665871250776883200

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665863733151744000

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665863732844445696

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://itsjulietspostsahre.tumblr.com/post/665863732450197504