WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday set a vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill for Thursday and voiced confidence it would pass. She added it was “self-evident” that the larger spending bill might shrink in size. Earlier on Sunday, Pelosi said she would not bring the infrastructure bill to a vote until she was sure it would pass, but expressed confidence about its prospects. Some progressive lawmakers insist the $1 trillion infrastructure bill be held back until the bigger measure is ready. The House Budget Committee advanced the larger bill on Saturday, reporting the legislation with a favorable recommendation.

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Iceland looked to have elected a woman-majority parliament but a recount of votes on Sunday showed there will still be more men than women in the chamber, state broadcaster RUV reported. Thirty women were elected to the 63-seat parliament in Saturday’s election, up from 24 in the previous vote. Earlier results before the recount late on Sunday had shown 33 women were elected. The Independence Party remained the biggest in parliament with 16 seats, unchanged from the last election. The Left-Green Movement got eight seats, down from 11 in the 2017 election, although two parliamentarians left the party shortly after the last election.

Whether you realized that Saturday was National Comic Book Day or have never read a comic book in your life, comic book shops are happy to help experienced enthusiasts and novices with finding everything from superhero stories to crime thrillers. “Every day is national comic book day at Bedrock Comics,” said Jack Lefevra, owner of the Framingham comic book store. “We live and breathe comic books.”The comic book industry has some major dates. “It’s like every single day is National something day.”Pillarella said Free Comic Book Day started small, and is now the biggest event the shop celebrates. “That should be when National Comic Book Day is, in my opinion.”Golden age of comicsThe comic book industry is very different than it was just a few decades ago, Pillarella said.

SAN SEBASTIAN (Reuters) – Women were the big winners at the final night of the San Sebastian Film Festival on Saturday, which saw American actress Jessica Chastain share the top acting prize with 16-year-old Danish actress Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl. Romanian movie “Blue Moon” took the Golden Shell for best film at the 69th edition of Spain’s biggest film festival. In “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”, two-time Oscar nominee Chastain depicts the rise and fall of Christian televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, a role that is already generating Oscar buzz for the star. Tatiana Huezo won best Latin American film for “Prayers for the Stolen”. The lone male winner in the individual categories was British director Terence Davies, who won best screenplay for his Siegfried Sassoon biopic, “Benediction”.

The White House announced Wednesday that it had nominated Robinson to become assistant secretary in the Office of Electricity. She previously headed up Advanced Energy Economy's Wholesale Markets Program, where she worked with state, regional and federal agencies on clean energy. Reopening planMeanwhile, clouds were gathering above Beacon Hill, where the House's State House reopening plan was not going over smoothly with all lawmakers. — State Rep. Maria Robinson, D-Framingham, upon learning that she will be nominated to serve as assistant secretary in the Office of Electricity at the U.S. Department of Energy. Contributors to the Political Notebook this week include Deputy Director of Multimedia Dan O'Brien and the State House News Service.

Before the pandemic, “people would come here not just for great beer, but also to have something to do,” Roth said. The Exhibit ‘A’ brewery on Morton Street is the former headquarters of Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers, which now operates from Clinton street less than a mile away. But without making some changes “It wasn’t going to be our brewery, it was just going to be somebody else’s brewery we’re now working in. “The beer creates its own schedule, so we don’t know when the beer is necessarily going to be ready,” Steinberg said. “The beer is great, our facility is great, our location is kind of interesting and cool and we have a great beer garden — but without the people, we would not be celebrating."

BEIJING (Reuters) – Several local governments in China have set up special custodian accounts for property projects of its most indebted developer, Evergrande, to protect funds earmarked for housing projects from being diverted, media outlet Caixin said. The special accounts have been set up since late August in at least eight provinces where Evergrande has the most unfinished projects, the Chinese outlet said on Sunday, citing a source close to the developer’s management team. The custodian accounts aim to ensure homebuyers’ payments are used to complete Evergrande’s housing projects, and not diverted elsewhere, such as to creditors, Caixin said. The housing regulator has also set a Sept. 24 deadline for regional offices to report on the funding gaps facing Evergrande’s unfinished projects, Caixin said, but it was not immediately clear if this had been met. By the end of June, Evergrande still had 1,236 projects for sale, it said in a semi-annual report, including those completed and under construction.

BEIJING (Reuters) – Tesla Inc’s Shanghai factory is expected to produce 300,000 cars in the first nine months of the year, capped by a delivery rush in the end of the July-September quarter, despite a global semiconductor shortage, two sources said. The factory makes the electric Model 3 sedans and Model Y sport-utility vehicles for domestic and international markets, including Germany and Japan. Around 240,000 vehicles were shipped from the factory in the first eight months, including many for export, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association. In August, an official in the area where Tesla’s factory is located said it is expected to product 450,000 vehicles this year, including 66,100 for export. (Reporting by Yilei Sun and Brenda Goh; Editing by Dan Grebler and William Mallard)

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Roger Guedes scored twice against his old club as Corinthians beat Palmeiras 2-1 in a tense Sao Paulo derby in Brazil’s Serie A on Saturday. Guedes volleyed the opening goal after 20 minutes but Gabriel Menino equalised on the stroke of half time when his low shot hit Guedes in a packed penalty box and wrong-footed Corinthians keeper Cassio. The result was Corinthians’ eighth game without defeat and takes them on to 33 points, five points behind Palmeiras, who have a game in hand. Palmeiras are second in the 20-team table and Corinthians are sixth. Atletico Mineiro lead the table with 45 points and play Sao Paulo later on Saturday.

(Reuters) -Stefanos Tsitsipas won his singles contest before returning to court with Andrey Rublev to triumph in doubles as Team Europe swept all matches on Saturday and are one victory away against Team World to maintain their iron grip on the Laver Cup. Team Europe have won all three editions of the Laver Cup so far and were on the cusp of a fourth after the Bjorn Borg-captained side went ahead 11-1 at the end of second day’s play at Boston’s TD Garden. In Saturday’s first match, world number three Tsitsipas did not leave the court against Nick Kyrgios but required some time to replace a worn-out pair of shoes during a 6-3 6-4 win. Zverev and Rublev will look the settle the fate of the Laver Cup early on Sunday when they team up for the opening doubles match against Shapovalov and American Reilly Opelka. (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai and Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Christian Radnedge and William Mallard)

BRENTFORD, England (Reuters) -Striker Mohamed Salah scored his 100th Premier League goal for Liverpool but the league leaders were still held to a draw by Brentford as the two sides played out a 3-3 thriller on Saturday. It was to prove a costly miss as Brentford snatched a dramatic equaliser through substitute Yoane Wissa in the 82nd minute. “It’s what we dream for as kids,” Brentford goal-scorer Janelt told Sky Sports. “At 2-1 up we had one or two chances to finish the game off. That’s football sometimes, we’re disappointed with the result but we have to give credit to Brentford,” Liverpool captain Henderson told Sky Sports.

(Reuters) – George Russell’s stunning form in qualifying and races this season shows that his Williams car is not as bad as people think, according to Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen. The Briton qualified third for Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix after also starting on the front row alongside Verstappen in a rain-hit and farcical Belgian round at Spa-Francorchamps in August. Once dominant champions in the 1980s and 1990s, Williams have been last in the standings for the past two seasons but have now risen to eighth. McLaren’s Lando Norris, whose car also has a Mercedes engine, starts on pole for the first time. “The team have done an amazing job once again, pitting at the right time and putting the right tyres on.

LONDON (Reuters) – Daniel Craig thought he had wrapped up his tenure as James Bond with “Spectre”, but the actor says his final fifth outing as the British secret agent in “No Time To Die” allowed him to fully complete his 007 journey. I genuinely thought that I was going to … just pack it in,” Craig told Reuters. She’s grounded and she’s from a good background and takes every opportunity she gets and really runs with it. “Cary wanted to explore a bit more Madeleine’s character … In a way, she’s the heartbeat of the film and the relationship with Bond is much more developed,” Seydoux said. After being postponed three times since its original April 2020 slot, “No Time To Die” holds its world premiere on Tuesday in London.

Kortney Hause’s 88th-minute header put Villa on course for their first league win over United since 2009, but the defender’s handball gifted United an opportunity to steal a point, only for Fernandes to miss the target. “Bruno is usually very good in those positions and unfortunately he missed this one.”In truth, United got what they deserved. However, the hosts tailed off and really should have gone behind at halftime as Targett and Watkins missed great opportunities. The headlines, however, went to Fernandes, as his miss gave Villa a famous and thoroughly deserved success. “It (a Villa win at Old Trafford) has been a long time coming,” Villa coach Dean Smith said.

North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons has complicated the question of a formal end to the war, which halted with an armistice, rather than a peace treaty, leaving U.S.-led U.N. forces technically still at war with the North. North Korea has sought an end to the war for decades, but the United States has been reluctant to agree, unless it gives up nuclear weapons. In Saturday’s remarks, Kim said she noted with interest the intense discussion in the South over the renewed prospect of a formal declaration. In his own U.N. speech, U.S. President Joe Biden said he wanted “sustained diplomacy” https://www.reuters.com/world/un-biden-will-try-move-past-afghanistan-with-climate-china-focus-2021-09-21 to resolve the crisis over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes. North Korea has rejected U.S. overtures on dialogue and the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said this week its nuclear programme was going “full steam ahead”.