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☆ Who Is the Russian Assassin Freed as Part of a Sweeping Prisoner Swap?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Neil Macfarquhar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The assassination took place in broad daylight in a downtown Berlin park. The Russian gunman pedalled up on a bicycle before shooting a former Chechen separatist fighter in the head as children and their parents looked on. On Thursday, he was freed as part of the largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War. The deal also included numerous Russian political dissidents that the Kremlin released from jail, while Western nations traded eight Russian prisoners. Mr. Krasikov, in his late 50s, appeared to be the linchpin of the multifaceted deal, since Mr. Putin himself indicated that was whom he wanted.

Persons: pedalled, Vadim Krasikov, Vladimir V, Putin, — Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, Paul Whelan, —, Krasikov Organizations: Street, U.S . Marine, Kremlin, Western Locations: Berlin, Chechen, Germany, Russia, U.S

☆ S Africa in trouble before drizzle halts semi v Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Temba Bavuma's decision to bat first backfired as South Africa's top order was blown away by Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood who claimed two wickets apiece. Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller, both batting on 10, have a huge rebuilding job ahead of them when play resumes. Bavuma had earlier elected to bat in overcast conditions and made a four-ball duck in the first over in what was a dream start for five-time champions Australia. India beat New Zealand in the first semi-final on Wednesday to book their place in Sunday's final in Ahmedabad. Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in Kolkata; editing by Christina Fincher and Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andrew Boyers, Temba, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Bavuma, Pat Cummins, Quinton de Kock, Amlan Chakraborty, Christina Fincher, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Rights, Australia, New Zealand, Thomson Locations: Africa, Australia, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India, Rights KOLKATA, South Africa, Eden, New, Ahmedabad

Unable to afford a flight to Egpyt from Guinea, he drew a map of Africa in his spiral notebook and set off on a second-hand mountain bike. Four months and seven countries later, he is in Cairo with a full scholarship to Al-Azhar University, one of the world's oldest and most renowned Sunni Muslim learning institutions. Thousands of West Africans like Barry undertake risky journeys across the Sahara desert each year, searching for a better life. Barry arrived in Cairo on Sept. 5 and days later secured a full scholarship to Al-Azhar. He intends to return to Guinea when his studies are complete, to spread the faith that has taken him so far.

Persons: Mamadou Safaiou Barry, Barry, Barry pedalled, Azhar, Cooper Inveen, Alison Williams Organizations: Al, Azhar University, International Organization for Migration, CFA, Thomson Locations: Guinea, El Marg, Cairo, Egypt, CAIRO, N'DJAMENA, Egpyt, Africa, West, Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger, N'Djamena, Chadian, Sudan

With polls indicating a PP/Vox coalition government as the most likely outcome of next Sunday's national election, the reversal signals what could be a broader shift in Spain's climate change policy. "We are going to continue building bike lanes," he told Reuters. Vox has also pledged to repeal Spain's climate law, which establishes an obligation to create LEZs in cities. "Bike lanes have to be useful and not generate social alarm, so each municipality has to analyse the most appropriate location," a PP official told Reuters. Valladolid has been awarded 10.6 million euros to create an LEZ and about 4 million for bike lanes.

Persons: Teresa Ribera, Vox, Alberto Gutierrez, Miguel Diaz, Santiago Abascal, Pedro Sanchez, Sanchez, Cristina Monge, LEZs, Carmen Moriyon, Frans Timmermans, Belén Carreño, Pietro Lombardi, Andrei Khalip, Charlie Devereux, Angus MacSwan Organizations: People's Party, Elche, Vox, Reuters, United Nations, Socialist, University of Zaragoza, EU, Brussels, Cars, European Environment Agency, Thomson Locations: MADRID, VALLADOLID, Valladolid, Gijon, Castello, Europe, Spain

☆ South African township boys spin bikes to stay out of trouble
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ngwenya usually practises stunts with his friends in Kahlehong township, east of Johannesburg, where he is part of a club that encourages young boys to fix up old bikes and get into spinning so they stay away from crime and gang violence. This weekend, they were invited for the first time to "Revved up Sunday", a monthly event which is usually reserved for car spinning but has added a stunt bike exhibition for its younger participants. We don't only spin in our township anymore but we can now be seen by other people," said Ngwenya, who started spinning in 2016 after a friend introduced him to it. "What I love about spinning bikes is that when we are bored and not doing anything, we don't get into trouble but we spin," said Ngwenya. ($1 = 18.1923 rand)Reporting by Siyabonga Sishi; Writing by Nellie Peyton, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Dollar dishes the pain as selloff rumbles on
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. "The market wouldn't mind some stability, it has become a little bit unpredictable," said Barings Investment Institute's Chief European strategist, Agnes Belaisch. "We are facing difficult economic times," Truss, who only took over as UK Prime Minister this month, said on local BBC radio. U.S. GDP fell at an unrevised 0.6% annualized rate last quarter, the government said in its third estimate of GDP. read moreRecession angst combined with supply issues and the strong dollar meant oil prices see-sawed after gaining more than $3 in the prior session.

☆ Dollar dishes the pain as new selloff takes hold
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The STOXX 600 share index (.STOXX) dropped nearly 2% from the open, while both the euro and the pound , hammered over the last week by UK debt concerns, slumped 1%. /FRXGovernment bond markets were braced for German data expected to show consumer prices rising there at the fastest rate since the 1950s. Gilt selling also resumed a day after the Bank of England dramatically intervened in the UK market to try and quell the storm around the government's spending plans. Reuters GraphicsBIT OF A MESSZooming back out, it was still about the dollar which has crushed currencies virtually everywhere this year. S&P 500 futures pointed to Wall Street falling more than 1.2% later with more Fed policymakers also due to speak.

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