HONG KONG, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Wednesday the city was at a new starting point for development under a national security law imposed last year and her priority is to focus on tackling a long-standing housing shortage in the Chinese-ruled city. Authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing have long blamed unaffordable housing in the former British colony for deep-rooted social problems that they say helped fuel anti-government protests in 2019. Hong Kong is now ready again for a new start for economic development,” Lam said. “(It) will be the most important area in Hong Kong that facilitates our development integration with Shenzhen and connection with the GBA,” she said, referring to what is known as the Greater Bay Area. read moreThe average waiting time for public housing in Hong Kong has climbed steadily and now stands at more than 5.5 years.

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping about Taiwan and they agreed to abide by the “Taiwan agreement”, as tensions have ratcheted up between Taipei and Beijing. “I’ve spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree … we’ll abide by the Taiwan agreement,” he said. Taiwan says it is an independent country and will defend its freedoms and democracy, blaming China for the tensions. The United States urged China on Sunday to stop its military activities near Taiwan.

It was based on a review of nearly 11.9 million records obtained from 14 firms that provide services in setting up offshore firms and shell companies. Setting up an offshore company is not illegal, but reinforces the perception that the wealthy and powerful play by different rules — a particularly upsetting notion for many Lebanese. Yet two years later the same politicians still run the country in the same way, protected by the sectarian-based system. Offshore companies, though not illegal, can be used to elude taxes or hide illicitly gained money. Prime Minister Mikati, a businessman who formed a new government last month, has owned a Panama-based offshore company since the 1990s.

CAIRO - 6 October 2021: The Health Ministry said Tuesday night that 778 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed infections since the outbreak in the country began to 308,347. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 39 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 17,508. As many as 893 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 260,540 so far, the spokesman said. Egypt has announced it has entered the fourth wave of Coronavirus as infection rates climbed up. The Ministry of Health also announced that five different vaccines are now available in nearly 539 vaccine centers across the country against coronavirus.

BENICIA, Calif. (AP) — The machine Ted Bowman helped design can make water out of the air, and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying the pricey devices. The air-to-water systems work like air conditioners by using coils to chill air, then collect water drops in a basin. “Our motto is, water from air isn’t magic, it’s science, and that’s really what we’re doing with these machines,” said Ted Bowman, design engineer at Washington state-based Tsunami Products. Bowman said his company’s machines — made for use at homes, offices, ranches and elsewhere — dehumidify the air and in doing so create water that’s filtered to make it drinkable. Still, in California, where residents have been asked to conserve water because one of the worst droughts in recent history has depleted reservoirs, some homeowners are buying them to meet their water needs.

The Houston-based company took another three hours to notify the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Response Center for oil spills, investigators said, further slowing the response to an accident for which Amplify workers spent years preparing. That’s a fair question,” said Richard Kuprewicz, a pipeline consultant and private accident investigator from Redmond, Washington. Company representatives did not respond to emailed questions about the delay between the alarm and the shutdown. Problems with faulty leak detection procedures have plagued the industry for years, including during a massive 2010 oil spill that polluted 40 miles (64 kilometers) of Michigan’s Kalamazoo River. The change came after oil industry lobbying groups including the American Petroleum Institute said retrofitting lines with valves would cost up to $1.5 million per device.

CAIRO – 5 October 2021: Egypt received up to 60 million doses so far of different covid-19 vaccines according to spokesperson for the Ministry of Health Khaled Mgahed, Tuesday. He added that all these different doses have been distributed in 1100 vaccination centers all over the country. The Health Ministry said that 771 new coronavirus cases were detected in Egypt over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 307,569. Egypt has announced it has entered the fourth wave of Coronavirus as infection rates climbed up. The Ministry of Health also announced that five different vaccines are now available in nearly 539 vaccine centers across the country against coronavirus.

CAIRO – 5 October 2021: A sudden and unexpected outage of social media platforms late on Monday hit the whole world, causing everything literally to stop. Ten years ago, no one could’ve even noticed that something was going on, but after so many years of depending on social media in life, work, socialization and even education and research, six hours of social media outage, caused the world a lot of money and raised even more questions. Currently, the country with the most time spent on social media per day is the Philippines, with online users spending an average of three hours and 53 minutes on social media each day. In comparison, the daily time spent with social media in the U.S. was just two hours and three minutes. And, may this blockage be a chance for a quick pause to ask, what if social media went down for real, and for all?

PARIS (Reuters) - Didier Deschamps was coach Aime Jacquet's voice on the pitch when France won the World Cup in 1998, but now he is the one sitting in the dugout he has found his own trusted lieutenant in Paul Pogba. It was Pogba who voiced Les Bleus's frustration after two consecutive draws in the World Cup qualifiers last month, which seemed to have an immediate impact as they went on to beat Finland 2-0. He also puts the team ahead of everything, that's one of his strengths, which he passes on to the young generation." Pogba has seemingly been unfazed by all the talk that has surrounded his potential contract extension with United and Deschamps pointed out that the midfielder had a selfless approach to his role within the France team. He is there and is one of the leaders of the French team," Deschamps said on Monday.

“I don’t read, I don’t listen, I’m not interested in what is said about a squad selection. “I don’t read because I think I know much more about football than you guys and I have much more information. Enrique, who has again not named a single Real Madrid player in his squad, defended his perseverance with Barcelona centre-back Eric Garcia, despite criticism of his recent form. Having lost to Italy on penalties in the semi-final of Euro 2020, Spain will be out for revenge against Roberto Mancini’s side and Enrique said he expected a high quality game. There’s only one way we can win and that’s to play in our style”.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Yemen met Tuesday with the prime minister of the country’s internationally recognized government in the port city of Aden, officials said. He met with Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed in Mashiq Palace, the mission said in a tweet. Grundberg also met with Aydarous al-Zubaidi, the head of the separatists’ Southern Transitional Council, according to the council. The Prime Minister accused the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels of undermining a political settlement with “military escalation and targeting civilians and displaced people,” SABA reported. The U.N. envoy’s efforts come amid an escalation in fighting around the crucial city of Marib, which the Houthi rebels have been trying for months to capture from government forces.

But he is the first to be openly affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades, signaling the militant group’s formal entry into politics. He now heads a political movement called “Harakat Huqooq,” or Rights Movement, which is fielding 32 candidates and an electoral program stressing the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq. The Kataib Hezbollah group has been struck by U.S. forces near the Iraq-Syria border several times. The Fatah alliance includes leaders associated with the paramilitary Popular Mobilization Units, an umbrella group for mostly pro-Iran state-sanctioned militias, including Kataib Hezbollah. Bassam al-Qazwini, a Baghdad-based political analyst, said after the 2019 protest movement Iran pushed for hard-liners to go into politics.

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Mancini has led Italy on a world record 37-match unbeaten run, which included the triumphant Euro campaign in June and July culminating in victory on penalties over England at Wembley. These are two matches between four of the best teams in Europe, and so there will be two very important fixtures to try and improve as a side,” he added. Italy’s remarkable run of form makes them favourites for the title, but Mancini said nothing can be taken for granted against Luis Enrique’s side. “But we are fully aware that we have to work hard game after game to continue like this,” he said. “Spain played their best game of the Euros against us.

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