NAIROBI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has replaced the head of the election commission, only about three months before the first national election since independence in 2011. • The president, in an announcement read out by the state-owned broadcaster on Tuesday,…
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit plenty of memorable home runs for the New York Mets. This one came at their expense. Alonso launched his 300th career homer Tuesday night, a tying shot in the ninth inning against his former team, and Coby Mayo’s…
Sept 16 (Reuters) – A Russian drone attack on a passenger bus killed five people and wounded at least seven more in Ukraine’s southeast on Wednesday, in an area close to the frontline, the regional governor said. The attack hit in an area around the…
By Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto sacked Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa after he clashed with a top ministry official who served on Prabowo’s former special forces team, three government sources said. Analysts and investors welcomed the replacing of Purbaya…
By Field Level Media Sep 16 (Field Level Media) – Ronald Acuna Jr., Ozzie Albies and Drake Baldwin each hit a two-run homer as the visiting Atlanta Braves earned a 6-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. Martin Perez (9-9) allowed three runs (two…
By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Using mobile phones to scan a QR code for payments has become near ubiquitous behaviour in India over the last decade, thanks to a widely used homegrown network, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). But after six years…
By Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – A string of agreements is expected to be announced next week by U.S. and Vietnamese corporations involving energy, tech, aviation and financial firms as Vietnam’s leader To Lam travels to New York, according to officials…
Sept 16 (Reuters) – A U.S. court judge has accepted Latvian carrier airBaltic’s request to enter Chapter 11 under the U.S. bankruptcy code and restructure its debt, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said on Wednesday. “This means that airBaltic will be able to: immediately access financing; begin…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The best pitcher in baseball on the team with the best record in baseball isn’t sure how exactly the Milwaukee Brewers keep doing this. Asked how a team that works on the fringe of baseball’s middle class has turned Champagne celebrations into…
At various times over the last decade, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Britain and Israel have carried out punishing air raids on Yemen’s Houthi rebels — only to see them grow even stronger. Now, as the Iran-backed Houthis advance on a…
