[nL8N2QP1H5]A group of bondholders have enlisted investment bank Moelis & Co and law firm Kirkland & Ellis to advise them. “We all feel that an imminent default on the offshore bonds is or will occur in a short period of time,” Grisel said on a call with bondholders on Friday. Trading in its Evergrande Property Services Group unit was also halted. China’s state-backed Global Times https://www.reuters.com/business/china-evergrande-share-trading-halted-hong-kong-2021-10-04 said Hopson Development was to acquire a 51% stake in Evergrande Property for more than HK$40 billion ($5.1 billion), citing other media reports. The advisers for offshore Evergrande bondholders had reached the developer on Sept. 16, but had not received any assurance from the developer, demanding more transparency.
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October 08, 2021 05:10 UTC
Attendance at the Lincoln-Sudbury football game on Thursday was limited. “We didn’t have the big crowd that we usually have,” L-S senior captain Nolan O’Brien said. “So for the most part we really just had each other.”Why couldn’t students and other fans attend the football game on Thursday? In the final quarter of L-S’s football game against visiting Fitchburg last Friday, someone set off a rogue firework display behind the visitor’s bench. “We'll be able to share new rules next week in time for the next home games.”“It will be great to have a normal week next week,” O’Connell said.
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October 08, 2021 03:45 UTC
WATCH: Lincoln-Sudbury football beats rival without most of its fans in the standsAfter a fireworks incident on campus forced Lincoln-Sudbury to limited the amount of fans for Thursday's football game, the Warriors went on to beat A-B.
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October 08, 2021 03:45 UTC
(Reuters) – Andy Murray was “back in the good books” with his wife on Thursday after his wedding ring and stinky shoes were returned to him. Murray said on Twitter that his shoes reeked so badly in his car that he decided to leave them under the vehicle outside his hotel in California overnight to air them out. Murray, who married Kim Sears in 2015, said in a video posted on Instagram that the ring had been returned after he made calls to hotel security. “They still absolutely stink but the shoes are back, the wedding ring is back, and I’m back in the good books.”Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray faces France’s Adrian Mannarino in the first round of the Indian Wells tournament in Southern California on Friday. (This story refiles to remove extraneous word in first paragraph)(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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October 08, 2021 01:30 UTC
Senior captain and right side Sophia Piekarski had two kills, two aces, two assists and three digs, while sophomore setter Kate Julian posted 19 assists, two aces and a dig. Brennan Jones, Blackstone Valley TechJones scored three goals as the BVT boys soccer team (9-0-1, 6-0-1 CAL) defeated Keefe Tech, 5-2, to clinch the Colonial Athletic League (Large School). Girls SoccerAMSA 5, Assabet 0: Junior Nina Francois-Saint-Cyr scored two unassisted goals as AMSA (6-4, 6-1 Colonial Athletic League) blanked Assabet. Field HockeyASHLAND 2, MEDWAY 2: Sophomore Ayla Hallock scored the tying goal on a stroke with no time remaining as Ashland (5-3-1, 2-2-1 TVL) tied Tri-Valley League foe Medway. For the Clockers, junior outside hitter Taylor Simpson had seven kills, junior setter/opposite Cici Labbe had six kills) and junior outside hitter Cassie Marrella had five kills.
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October 07, 2021 20:48 UTC
The pink patches that many area police departments are wearing are not a brand-new fashion choice, but a way to raise awareness for breast cancer. Police departments throughout MetroWest and Greater Milford are taking part in the Pink Patch Project for October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Since then, the annual movement has raised more than $1 million nationwide for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “This year we chose the National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. as our charity,” said Hudson Police Chief Richard DiPersio, in a press release. Pink patches and pink coins will also be for sale.
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October 07, 2021 16:39 UTC
WAYLAND — A bicyclist was flown to a Boston hospital Thursday morning after a collision with a car on Glen Road, police said. The woman’s condition was not known, but the injuries did not appear to be serious, acting Police Chief Sean Gibbon said. At about 8 a.m., she came to the crossing on Glen Road when she appeared to ride her bike into the side of a vehicle. “She hit the car and landed on top of the windshield,” Gibbons said. The driver of the car was uninjured but shaken up, Gibbons said.
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October 07, 2021 16:07 UTC
FRAMINGHAM — School Committee Chairman Adam Freudberg called an external audit that delved into the district's treatment of female student-athletes “scathing.”"I'm really fired up right now. During a committee meeting on Wednesday night, school officials dove into a 56-page audit conducted by TNG: High School Title IX Consulting Services. Spear said he felt the Title IX investigation process was designed for colleges. Conduct a yearly Title IX review, which will include a survey on student athletics participation, staff training around Title IX compliance. The district has already hired Saundra Edwards as the new manager of diversity and inclusion with oversight of Title IX compliance.
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October 07, 2021 15:50 UTC
click to enlarge Photo by Clara BelzaryRHCP — with John Frusciante — are headed to Detroit with the Strokes and Thundercat in 2022. "The 32-city tour in support of their forthcoming album kicks off next June in Spain and will visit Detroit's Comerica Park on Sunday, Aug. 14. For the Detroit date, though, we'll be treated to performances by indie rock pioneers the Strokes and funky guitar virtuoso Thundercat , both of whom released records in 2020. The newest set of dates, however, will mark the first trek with newly reinstated guitarist and cosmic solo artist John Frusciante in over 13 years. Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased via tigers.com/rhcp, as well as at the Comerica Park box office.
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October 07, 2021 15:45 UTC
Conversion therapy, despite having been widely discredited, is still legal in 30 states. The LGBTQ rights organization Born Perfect has released a short film, told through puppets, to satirize the ineffective and harmful practice. “Together, we can end conversion therapy once and for all.”“Every year, thousands of LGBTQ youth are subjected to the harmful practice of conversion therapy,” Born Perfect notes in the film. Together, we can end conversion therapy once and for all.”See what conversion therapy looks like through Bobby’s eyes. “Conversion therapy today doesn’t look like it did five years ago or even 18 months ago.
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October 07, 2021 15:22 UTC
HOLLISTON — Tyler Wilson was just seven years old when he first picked up a golf club. "My whole family really got me into it," said Wilson, the Ashland High golf team's senior captain, following the Clockers' 215-239 loss to Dover-Sherborn. "I'm just here to score," Wilson said. "I score my score, they score their score and we just play well." That ability to rebound from hole to hole is what makes him so consistent for the Clockers.
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October 07, 2021 15:00 UTC
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Alberto Joseph Safra and his family are close to an agreement over the will of his father, Brazilian billionaire banker Joseph Safra, that could avoid litigation over an almost $15 billion fortune, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. He argued in court that he had been disinherited, a characterization disputed by his mother Vicky Safra, administrator of Joseph Safra’s state, according to a document filed with the court. Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo first reported the ongoing negotiations between Alberto and his family. Alberto resigned from Banco Safra’s board of directors in November 2019, after a dispute with his younger brother David. Before challenging his father’s will in court, Alberto had disagreed with dividend policy at the family’s holding company.
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October 07, 2021 13:41 UTC
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union’s executive called for an investigation on Thursday into illegal migrant pushbacks after a report by German media outlets Der Spiegel and ARD documented what they said were Greek and Croatian officials carrying out such operations. The joint report said Greek and Croatian special forces sometimes concealed their identity during such operations, which at times were violent. He added that Croatian border police acted in line with the law and did not tolerate any abuse of authority. The migration ministry in Athens denied reports of migrant pushbacks and said it operated within international law to protect Greek and EU borders. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, has asked the EU to take in some 42,500 Afghans over five years.
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October 07, 2021 12:26 UTC
Haradinaj also pleaded not guilty at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers tribunal. The veterans’ association wields considerable influence in Kosovo, where many former KLA fighters are now in political positions and KLA veterans are celebrated as national heroes. Witness intimidation has been a problem for local prosecutions of alleged KLA crimes in the past. It is one of the reasons the Kosovo Specialist Chambers is seated in The Hague and has international staff. The trial of the KLA veterans’ leaders is the second trial that has opened before the Kosovo war crimes tribunal so far.
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October 07, 2021 10:41 UTC
Pune Metro has given an order for 34 metro trains which have three coachesAdvertisementMAHARASHTRA, INDIA (Metro Rail News): The first metro coach for Pune Metro arrived from Italy to Mumbai by sea on 06th October 2021. After clearing all necessary formalities, the metro coach will arrive in Pune on Wednesday evening. Pune Metro has given an order for 34 metro trains which have three coaches. Maha-Metro has given Titagarh Firema, the wholly owned Italian subsidiary of Titagarh Wagons Limited (TWL) will provide 102 aluminium-bodied coaches to Pune Metro. The metro train has 970 commuters’ capacity, and each metro coach can accommodate 320 commuters.
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October 07, 2021 10:36 UTC