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ANKARA, May 25 (Reuters) – Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party condemned on Monday a court ruling that ousted the leadership of the main opposition CHP last week, calling a police operation to evict the leaders from the party’s headquarters a “disgrace to democracy”. Riot police fired tear gas and forced their way into the Republican People’s …
PARIS (AP) — Stan Wawrinka waved a fond goodbye to the French Open after losing in the first round on Monday. The 41-year-old Swiss, the 2015 champion and 2017 finalist, is retiring at the end of the season. He made his final Roland Garros appearance 21 years after his first. Jesper de Jong finished off …
PARIS (AP) — Tennis players at the French Open say they haven’t experienced conditions this hot at Roland Garros since the Paris Olympics. And the 2024 Olympics were held in July and August. Temperatures for the opening two days of the clay-court Grand Slam have soared to 33 degrees C (91 F) — far beyond …
PARIS (AP) — Europe is baking under unseasonal heat that is shattering temperature records, including in the United Kingdom on Monday, and prompting government warnings after deaths were reported at amateur sports events in France. The French sports minister, Marina Ferrari, posted condolences to the loved ones of a runner who died Sunday in a …
The team will still play its matches in the U.S. but its base has been moved to Tijuana, Mexico, just south of San Diego, California, according to Iran’s soccer federation. The development comes against the backdrop of the war in Iran, which the U.S. and Israel launched on Feb. 28. Sheinbaum said at a news …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that any agreement with Iran should include a requirement for several additional countries, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey, to join the Abraham Accords, the U.S.-brokered agreements from Trump’s first term aimed at normalizing relations with Israel. In a social media post, Trump said negotiations are “proceeding nicely” …
OTTAWA, May 25 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday that Alberta’s planned vote on potentially breaking away from the rest of Canada, while not binding, could become “a dangerous bluff” and that asking such questions was “not helpful.” The oil-rich province said last week it would proceed with a non-binding referendum …
May 25 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukraine had made little progress in talks with the United States on expanding production of missile defences and was working with Europe to solve the matter. “Unfortunately, there has been no progress for a long time with America regarding the expansion of anti-ballistic missile …
May 25 (Reuters) – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access, Iranian state media reported on Monday, citing an official after a near-90-day blackout in the wake of the war against U.S. and Israel. The report cited the head of public relations at Iran’s Communications Ministry. The mechanism for …
ROME, May 25 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing coalition won the Venice mayoral election, projections showed on Monday, retaining control of the most prominent city at stake in a round of local votes held across Italy. Polling took place in more than 600 towns and cities in the first electoral test for the …