By Joel Dubber PERTH (Reuters) – England began their Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a five-wicket win over Afghanistan on Saturday courtesy of seamer Sam Curran’s haul of 5-10 and a sublime effort in the field. Afghanistan crumbled to 112 all out in …
Boris Johnson returns to UK in bid for rapid political comeback
By Andrew MacAskill and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Boris Johnson returned to Britain from holiday on Saturday to consider an audacious bid for a second term as prime minister in a race that could pit him against his former finance minister whose resign…
Boris Johnson has 100 backers in UK leadership contest – Sunday Times, citing source
LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson has 100 backers and could be on the ballot to succeed Liz Truss as Britain’s prime minister, Sunday Times Chief Political Commentator Tim Shipman said on Twitter, citing an unnamed source close to the former prime minis…
Ukraine faces power cuts after Russian strikes, more flee Kherson
KYIV (Reuters) -More than a dozen Russian missiles pounded critical infrastructure across Ukraine on Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said, with several regions reporting strikes on energy facilities and power outages. At the same time, Russian occupa…
China’s Communist Party Congress closes, cementing Xi’s status as ‘core’
By Yew Lun Tian and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party on Saturday approved amendments to its constitution aimed at cementing the core status of Xi Jinping and the guiding role of his political thought within the party as it w…
Japan intervened, buying yen in foreign exchange market Friday -sources
(This Oct.22 story has been corrected to to show dollar, not yen, fall in paragraph 3) By Shinji Kitamura and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan intervened in the foreign exchange market on Friday to buy yen for the second time in a month after…
Moody’s cuts UK outlook to ‘negative’ over political turmoil
(Reuters) -Ratings agency Moody’s on Friday lowered the United Kingdom’s outlook to “negative” from “stable” over ongoing political turmoil, weaker growth prospects and high inflation. Moody’s maintained its sovereign rating for the United Kingdom at “…
Factbox-Is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine about to be blown?
(Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of planning to blow up the Kakhovka hydro-electric dam on the Dnipro River, a step that would unleash a devastating flood across a large area of southern Ukraine. What is the Kakhovka dam, is it ab…
Key ministers in new Italian government
(Removes profile of environment minister after Meloni says she read out the wrong name and the job has gone to someone else) ROME (Reuters) -Giorgia Meloni’s Italian government will be sworn in on Saturday at 10 a.m. (0800 GMT). Her cabinet will be mad…
Analysis-U.S. Republicans aim at Ukraine aid but unlikely to block it
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans will have the power to block aid to Ukraine if they win back control of Congress, but they are more likely to slow or pare back the flow of defense and economic assistance than stop it, analy…