By Martin Quin Pollard and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -When Chinese businesswoman Yang Jing was planning this year’s summer holiday in 2021, she chose the tropical southern island of Hainan because of its nigh-perfect COVID track recor…
Explainer-Monkeypox in the U.S.: Where could it spread next?
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency last week, an effort to bolster the U.S. response to contain the outbreak. The virus continues to be largely transmitted among gay and bisexual men,…
First foreign-flagged ship arrives in Ukraine since Feb, awaits grain load
By David Ljunggren (Reuters) -A foreign-flagged ship arrived in Ukraine on Saturday for the first time since the war started in February, and will be loaded with grain, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. Ukraine is starting to r…
Soccer-Jorginho penalty earns Chelsea narrow opening-day win at Everton
By Peter Hall LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – A first-half penalty from Italy midfielder Jorginho was enough to earn Chelsea a 1-0 win at Everton on Saturday to get their new Premier League campaign off to a positive start. Chelsea peppered the home goa…
Chinese and Taiwanese warships shadow each other as drills due to end
By Yimou Lee and David Brunnstrom TAIPEI (Reuters) -Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high seas “cat and mouse” on Sunday ahead of the scheduled end of four days of unprecedented Chinese military exercises launched in reaction to a visit to Taiwan …
UN’s nuclear watchdog chief condemns shelling at Zaporizhzhia plant
ZURICH (Reuters) -The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) raised grave concerns on Saturday about the shelling the previous day at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, saying the action showed the risk of a nuclear disaste…
Musk challenges Twitter CEO to public debate on bots
(Reuters) – Elon Musk on Saturday challenged Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the percentage of bots on the social media platform. “Let him prove to the public that Twitter has
Bomb blast in Kabul kills eight, injures more than 20
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least eight people and injured 22, hospital officials and witnesses said. The bomb exploded in a western district of th…
Pompeii discoveries shed light on middle class life
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) – Archaeologists have discovered four new rooms in a house in Pompeii filled with plates, amphoras and other everyday objects, giving a snapshot of middle class life at the moment Mount Vesuvius’s eruption buried the Rom…
Berkshire Hathaway posts $43.8 billion loss as stock holdings tumble
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -The slide in U.S. stock prices punished Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s bottom line in the second quarter, as the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett on Saturday reported a $43.8 billion loss. Berkshire nevertheless g…