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LONDON (AP) — Tennis great Serena Williams is not ruling out a return to singles competition but suggested Sunday it’s not imminent ahead of her doubles comeback in the sport she dominated for two decades. First up for the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion is the doubles tournament at Queen’s Club, marking her first competitive …
ROME, June 7 (Reuters) – Italian rescuers have recovered 10 bodies after a migrant boat capsized in waters off Malta, a coastguard statement said on Sunday. The migrant ship, which had departed from Libya carrying around 60 people, overturned about 45 nautical miles east-southeast of Malta, the Italian coastguard said. “According to the latest information, …
PRISTINA, June 7 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s party was leading Kosovo’s parliamentary election on Sunday, early official results showed. Vetevendosje polled at 38.7% with 14.5% of the votes counted, according to data from the central election commission. (Reporting by Fatos Bytyci. Writing by Angeliki Koutantou. Editing by Mark Potter) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. …
June 7 (Reuters) – The White House is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. U.S. officials have drawn up a proposal to bypass the U.K. and make their own deal to take control of Diego Garcia, the report said. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. …
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show timed for President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday and part of the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary. The filing Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of …
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former Sen. Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women’s rights was spoiled at the end of his career by allegations of sexual harassment, has died. He was 93. Packwood’s death on Saturday was announced in an obituary sent to media outlets by his …
June 7 (Reuters) – South Africa will crack down on groups behind xenophobic violence, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday, as anti-immigrant protests tarnish the country’s reputation. Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi and Mozambique are repatriating some of their citizens caught up in the protests, which have sometimes turned violent. Mozambique has said five of its citizens …
PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) – Israeli settlers could face further sanctions in coming days in protest at the escalation of illegal settlements in the West Bank and a surge in violence by settlers against Palestinians, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Sunday. The European Union imposed sanctions on Israeli settlers and organisations that support …
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) — On a drizzly Saturday morning late last month, the basement of the New Paltz United Methodist Church filled with old lamps, blunt knives, malfunctioning sound mixers and balky zippers. About a dozen volunteers welcomed the broken goods and their owners to a worldwide movement that’s evangelizing new relationships between people …
TIJUANA, June 7 (Reuters) – Iran’s national soccer team arrived in Tijuana early on Sunday ahead of three World Cup matches in the United States, amid tensions that have turned the world’s biggest sporting event into a soft-power contest between the warring countries. The squad touched down shortly after five a.m. (1200 GMT) in the …