By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jelena Ostapenko apologised for some of the words she used in a tense altercation with American Taylor Townsend at the U.S. Open that led to a backlash, with the Latvian stating on Saturday that English was not her native language. The controversy ignited after Townsend, who is Black, beat …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -The Palestinian militant group Hamas confirmed on Saturday the death of its Gaza military chief Mohammad Sinwar, a few months after Israel said it killed him in a strike in May. Hamas did not provide details on Sinwar’s death but published pictures of him along with other group leaders, describing them as “martyrs”. …
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(Reuters) -A critic of the authoritarian Nicaragua government has died in state custody two weeks after his arrest, local media and opposition parties reported on Saturday, days after a second long-time critic was also reported to have died in detention. The fatalities suggest a deepening crackdown by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, co-president Rosario …
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By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -A decades-old pill remains helpful for heart attack patients even with modern treatments that can prevent lasting damage to heart muscle, two large trials have shown. Still unclear is whether all patients, or only some, benefit from so-called beta-blocker drugs, which are typically prescribed to everyone after a heart attack. Two …
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By Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) -Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Saturday cancelled a planned trip to China as days of protests spread further outside the capital Jakarta, with several regional parliament buildings set ablaze. Prabowo had been due to attend a “Victory Day” parade in China on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary …
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(Reuters) -Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday they had arrested eight people suspected of trying to transmit the coordinates of sensitive sites and details about senior military figures to Israel’s Mossad, Iranian state media reported. They are accused of having provided the information to the Mossad spy agency during Israel’s air war on Iran in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -All SkyWest Airlines flights were briefly grounded on Friday night due to a technical problem, the largest U.S. regional airline said. A ground stop advisory was issued at 0149 GMT and canceled at 0210 GMT at SkyWest’s requests, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. “SkyWest experienced a brief technology issue this evening …
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By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -California’s Energy Commission voted on Friday to temporarily set aside penalties for excessive refining profits that were adopted after gasoline pump prices climbed over $8 a gallon in 2022. The five-year delay in implementing the penalties comes as Phillips 66’s Los Angeles refinery is preparing to begin shutting production as …
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By Sarah Morland PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council began talks on Friday on a draft resolution for Haiti to bolster and expand a struggling international force fighting armed gangs, but some Haitian security experts warned the proposals lacked clarity. Armed gangs have taken control of almost all Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince in an extended …
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LA PAZ (Reuters) -Marco Pumari, the former leader of Bolivia’s Civic Committee of Potosi, has been released from prison and ordered to house arrest after nearly four years behind bars without a trial, local media reported on Friday. Pumari holds significant political sway as the former leader of the group, which operates in the region …
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