DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ukraine overcame the disappointment of not qualifying for the World Cup by kick-starting their UEFA Nations League group campaign with a nervy 1-0 victory over Ireland on Wednesday. Ukraine, beaten by Wales in the World Cup qualifying playoff final on Sunday, were the better side in Dublin and a set-piece goal from …
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(Reuters) -Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine could face the death penalty after pleading guilty in a court of one of Russia’s proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s RIA news agency reported. Video published by RIA showed Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun in a courtroom …
(Reuters) -U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu is hopeful she will be fit to play at Wimbledon after being forced to withdraw from next week’s WTA 250 event in Birmingham due to a side strain. A “freak injury” forced Raducanu, 19, to retire from her opening match at the Nottingham Open on Tuesday but the Briton …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British prosecutors said on Wednesday they had authorised charges to be brought against former Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein on two counts of indecent assault against a woman 26 years ago. “Charges have been authorised against Harvey Weinstein, 70, following a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation,” …
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By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian soccer legend Pele on Wednesday urged the country’s authorities to intensify their search for a British journalist and an indigenous expert that went missing in the Amazon jungle on Sunday. Pele said on Instagram that he was moved by the disappearance of Dom Phillips, a freelancer who …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s number one ranked doubles player Tara Moore has been provisionally suspended due to the presence of a prohibited substance in her sample, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Wednesday. Moore, ranked 83rd in the world, provided her sample while competing in a WTA 250 event in Bogota, Colombia — where …
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By Anisha Sircar and Amal S (Reuters) -London’s blue-chip index slipped on Wednesday on worries that aggressive policy tightening by central banks will stifle global growth, while Wizz Air fell after the budget airline forecast a first-quarter operating loss. The blue-chip FTSE 100 was down 0.1%, with banks and miners among the biggest drags. Financial …
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By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian police investigating a missing British journalist and an indigenous expert in the Amazon jungle have arrested a man on a weapons charge, but have no evidence to tie him to their disappearance, police and the detainee’s lawyer told Reuters. Witnesses said they last saw Dom Phillips, a …
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By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Human rights groups said they had submitted papers at the High Court in London on Wednesday to get an injunction to halt next week’s planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, a plan that has drawn widespread criticism. Britain’s government announced in April it had …
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By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Wednesday said it had agreed a comprehensive plan to reform the governance of the British Virgin Islands without direct rule from London at this stage after an official report found systemic dishonesty in the British overseas territory. While an inquiry in April had recommended the BVI should have …
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