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SEOUL, June 7 (Reuters) – Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea will never back down on its status as a nuclear-armed state, warning that it will not tolerate any threats, Yonhap News Agency said on Sunday. Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea …
Iran’s World Cup soccer team set off from Turkey for their training base in Mexico on Saturday, with some members of their entourage reportedly still without U.S. visas, before three group matches in the U.S. later this month. The Iranian Football Federation’s secretary-general, Hedayat Mombeini, and its vice president, Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, were among 14 …
CHICAGO (AP) — Leroy Sané scored a tiebreaking goal in the 57th minute, giving Germany a 2-1 win over the United States in a friendly on Saturday and a nine-game winning streak heading into the World Cup. Kai Havertz put the four-time champions in front with a header from a free kick in the second …
NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) – An American student who disappeared while on a family vacation in Japan was found dead outside Kyoto, his mother wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday. • The body of James Higginbotham, 20, was discovered in a mountainous area by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, Nancy Higginbotham wrote. • A …
June 6 (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday its anti-aircraft units had intercepted and destroyed 339 Ukrainian drones over a 13-hour period in various Russian regions, including Moscow. The ministry, posting on Telegram, listed 13 regions where the interceptions took place, plus areas over the Black Sea, between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. …
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Between the boos and “no means no” chants, Golden Knights goalie Carter Hart was the top target for vitriol in Games 1 and 2 of the Stanley Cup Final at Carolina. Now he’s back in much friendlier territory and will take the T-Mobile Arena ice Saturday for Game 3 before a …
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The upcoming Colombian presidential election between Sen. Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, whom U.S. President Donald Trump has endorsed, is shaping up as a stark choice that could impact the future of the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and the rights of …
NEW YORK (AP) — The World Cup, a 48-team, 104-match behemoth kicking off next week across 16 cities in the United States, Mexico and Canada, presents an unprecedented security challenge, with more countries, games and a larger footprint than ever before. It also comes against the backdrop of the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, …
PARIS, June 6 (Reuters) – France is working with several countries to step up pressure on Israel by pressing ahead with coordinated national sanctions targeting individuals linked to violence in the West Bank, three European diplomats said on Saturday. The measures, which would include asset freezes and travel bans, have yet to be finalised and …
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Gerry Meehan, one of the Buffalo Sabres’ first players who went on to an influential role as the team’s general manager, has died. He was 79. The Sabres announced Meehan’s death on Saturday after being informed by a member of his family. The team said he died Friday. The cause of …