By Gigi Zamora (Reuters) – Airbnb Inc said on Tuesday it will make permanent its ban on parties in homes listed on its platform after seeing a sharp drop in reports of unauthorized gatherings since the prohibition was put in place in August 2020. The c…
UK says sporting bodies must reserve women’s sport for people born of the female sex
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s sports minister Nadine Dorries on Tuesday said she expected sporting bodies to reserve women’s competitions for those born of the female sex, after holding a meeting with a number of governing bodies. Her statement comes day…
London police force placed in ‘special measures’ by watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Metropolitan Police Service has been told to come up with an improvement plan and will be subject to extra scrutiny from a police watchdog after criticism over its handling of a string of high profile cases. Her Majesty’s In…
Spain rejects state aid for Abengoa unit, bringing it closer to bankruptcy
By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -The Spanish government has rejected state aid for Abenewco1, a unit of Spanish engineering and energy group Abengoa, moving it closer to bankruptcy proceedings. The company had requested a temporary state aid package w…
Africa’s dream of feeding China hits hard reality
By Duncan Miriri and Joe Bavier THIKA, Kenya (Reuters) – Watching workers poke avocados from the treetops in an orchard owned by Kenyan agriculture firm Kakuzi, managing director Chris Flowers revels in the thought some might soon go to the crown jewel…
German court sentences ex-SS camp guard, aged 101, to five years in jail
NEURUPPIN, Germany (Reuters) – A German court sentenced a former SS guard, now 101 years old, to five years in prison on Tuesday for assisting in the murder of some 3,500 people at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, bringing to an end one of the las…
Exclusive-PetroChina may sell Australian, Canadian assets to stem losses – sources
By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) – PetroChina may sell out from natural gas projects in Australia and oil sands in Canada to stem losses and divert funds to more lucrative sites in the Middle East, Africa and central Asia, two people with knowledge of…
Volunteers evacuate the elderly from Ukraine’s Bakhmut, fearing Russian advance
By Natalie Thomas BAKHMUT (Reuters) – Since Sievierodonetsk fell to Russian troops Ukrainian volunteer Eduard Skoryk has been getting more calls to evacuate frail and elderly people from Bakhmut, 70 km away, who fear their city in eastern Ukraine may b…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) – Firefighters searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall where authorities said 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18, as a regional governor reported another “enemy attack” further east. Russia …
U.S. accuses five firms in China of supporting Russia’s military
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration added five companies in China to a trade blacklist on Tuesday for allegedly supporting Russia’s military and defense industrial base, flexing its muscle to enforce sanctions …