NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Trout vs. Aaron Judge transformed a baseball game into a heavyweight slugfest. Trout’s second home run of the game bounced off the back wall behind the Angels bullpen in left-center, giving Los Angeles a two-run, eighth-inning lead on a night when Judge had homered twice to put the New York …
PARIS, April 14 (Reuters) – U.S. officials who met leaders of France’s far-right National Rally were underwhelmed by their economic plans, two diplomatic sources said, in a blow to the party’s efforts to present itself as a credible steward of the euro zone’s No. 2 economy before next year’s election. The National Rally has become …
BUENOS AIRES, April 14 (Reuters) – A new trial over the death of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, with seven members of his medical team charged with negligent homicide nearly a year after a previous case collapsed in a mistrial https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/diego-maradonas-homicide-trial-declared-invalid-says-local-media-2025-05-29/. An enduring presence in Argentina – from towering murals https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/giant-new-mural-celebrates-warrior-maradona-buenos-aires-2022-10-24/ …
GENEVA (AP) — The bling is back, but the war in the Persian Gulf has tarnished the outlook for the luxury watch industry — the ultimate in bling. Starting Tuesday, Geneva hosts the annual “Watches and Wonders” fair, a premiere gathering in an industry eager for a rebound after two years of market contraction, hopefully …
SEOUL, April 14 (Reuters) – South Korea will begin construction of a presidential office in the administrative city of Sejong in August next year, the presidential Blue House said on Tuesday, as President Lee Jae Myung seeks to ensure the complex can be used within his term. A tender notice for site construction will be …
DUBAI, April 14 (Reuters) – Iranian oil sales in recent weeks have been favourable and part of the revenue will be allocated to repairing damage to industry caused by wartime attacks, Iran’s oil minister said on Tuesday. Mohsen Paknejad said oil workers had maintained operations across facilities during the conflict, ensuring oil exports were not …
BEIJING, April 14 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for a more robust and dynamic partnership between China and the Arab world as the world undergoes unprecedented changes. Greater coordination and cooperation are needed as human society faces the choices of peace and war, as well as unity and confrontation, Xi told …
Human-driven activities – including the creation of data centers, mining and pollution – are threatening the nation’s water supply, leaving 80% of U.S. rivers without “adequate protection” and half with unsafe levels of pollution, according to the conservation organization American Rivers in its 2026 annual report of the country’s most endangered rivers released Tuesday. Millions …
Once a leading candidate to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, Swalwell suspended his campaign — then announced he would resign from Congress — following allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman. A lengthy lineup of remaining candidates is scheduled to gather Tuesday in Sacramento, their first public appearance together since Swalwell’s departure reshaped the …
Pope Leo XIV, a studious and soft-spoken cleric, and Donald Trump, an unapologetically bellicose and pugilistic politician, have long been on a rhetorical collision course. Now their disagreement over the war in Iran has escalated in spectacular fashion, and their comments show how differently each see the conflict and its impact. On social media, Trump …