FILE PHOTO: BMW i8 is shown at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, USA, November 20, 2019. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BMW (BMWG.DE) will offer an all-electric 5-series as part of the product’s overhaul that was unveiled on Monday when the German automaker seeks …
Read More »Belarusian self-exiled presidential contender trusts new ‘Joan of Arc’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A presidential contender who says he fled Belarus because he feared for freedom and custody of his children told Reuters that the country’s opposition is trusting a candidate he characterized as Joan of Arc in recent days. Valery Tsepkalo, a Belarusian opposition figure who was banned from …
Read More »Portugal on high alert as firefighters fight fire
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal will be on high alert as more than 850 firefighters are fighting to put out a fire that will sweep through part of the country’s central region on Sunday, with strong winds and high temperatures complicating efforts to fight the fire. . The forest fire has …
Read More »Citing his own weight battle, the Prime Minister urges Britain to get in shape
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his own fight against weight on Monday to urge the British to get in shape and tackle widespread obesity that could increase coronavirus risks. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Great Britain on July 22, 2020. …
Read More »Daredevil divers dive off the Bosnian bridge in a centuries-old tradition
MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) – Divers jumped off a 24-meter (79-foot) tall Ottoman-era bridge in the Bosnian city of Mostar on Sunday, organizing a centennial competition despite the COVID-19 pandemic preventing many visitors to come. A man jumps off the Old Bridge during the 454th traditional diving competition in Mostar, Bosnia …
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