(Reuters) – A 35-year-old man has been found guilty of stalking U.S. Open tennis champion Emma Raducanu, British media reported on Saturday. Bromley Magistrates’ Court convicted Amrit Magar on Friday after he was captured several times on door camera f…
German Greens elect 28-year-old leader to build on youth vote
By Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Greens on Saturday elected their youngest ever leader, building on their success in a national election last year that revealed their popularity among young voters. Ricarda Lang, a 28-year-old lawmaker, wil…
Trucks roll into Ottawa for protest against Canada’s vaccine mandates
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Trucks rolled into Canada’s capital Ottawa on Saturday to stage what police say will be a massive protest against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates in front of parliament on a frigid winter da…
Major Nor’easter blankets U.S. East Coast with snow, heavy winds
By Nick Pfosi BOSTON (Reuters) – The northeastern United States was walloped by a fierce winter storm on Saturday that dropped more than two feet (60 cm) of snow on some areas while packing high winds, prompting thousands of flight cancellations and le…
Bomb attacks hit southern Thailand; two killed in police raid
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Bombers set off at least 13 blasts in a town in southern Thailand overnight, and police killed two suspected insurgents in a separate raid after a 20-hour siege in a nearby province, authorities said on Saturday. While officials did …
Britain reports 72,727 new COVID cases, 296 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported a further 72,727 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 296 more deaths, government statistics showed. Cases are down 3.6% over the last seven days compared with the week before, while deaths are down 3.2% over the same s…
Joni Mitchell removes music from Spotify over vaccine misinformation
(Reuters) – Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has announced that she will remove her music from Spotify, following the lead of Neil Young in protesting the popular streaming service giving voice to misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. Mitchel…
CVC co-founder Koltes to step down as firm gears up for bumper listing
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) -CVC Capital Partners co-Chairman Steve Koltes will step down this year as Europe’s biggest buyout firm prepares for a stock market listing that a source familiar with the matter told Reuters could value it at more …
Olympics-No track, but British skeleton quartet aim to maintain medal streak in Beijing
By Martyn Herman (Reuters) – For a country that does not even boast a skeleton track, Britain’s record at producing Olympic medal winners in the high-speed sliding sport is phenomenal. Since skeleton returned to the programme at Salt Lake City in 2002,…
Poland’s Duda recommends Glapinski for second term as central bank governor -PAP
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Andrzej Duda has submitted Adam Glapinski’s name to the speaker of parliament to serve a second term as central bank governor, top presidential aide Pawel Szrot was quoted as saying by news agency PAP on Saturday. “T…