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TAIPEI, June 14 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government launched a website on Sunday to encourage Chinese nationals to report intelligence tips, saying it was offering a secure channel to what it says is an increasing number of people who are fed up with the system and want change. Taiwan and China, which views the democratically governed island as its own territory, have long spied on each other, and Taiwan in particular […]

June 13 – Armed men in Haiti have kidnapped a senior government and police official in Port-au-Prince, the highest-ranking abduction in recent years in a country gripped by gang violence, according to media reports on Saturday. James Boyard, cabinet director at the Defense Ministry and inspector general of Haiti’s national police, was seized on Thursday in the Bourdon neighborhood, according to the Associated Press, which cited a person familiar with […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — A nice win for the Guardians over a division rival quickly turned into a devastating loss. Cleveland star third baseman José Ramírez broke a bone in his left hand on a swing Saturday and will be sidelined for an indefinite period, a massive blow to the two-time defending AL Central champions. Ramírez sustained a fractured left hamate bone leading off the fifth inning in the Guardians’ 3-1 […]

PARIS (AP) — From the outset, China wasn’t included when major powers gathered in 1975 at a chateau outside Paris to fix the slumping global economy, the first of what have become annual summits by the G7 club of wealthy nations to forward their interests. No surprise there. Imagining Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong brainstorming with U.S. President Gerald Ford and other leaders would have been unthinkable. China was in […]

By William Schomberg BOSTON, June 13 (Reuters) – Scotland, roared on by their Tartan Army of travelling fans, savoured their first World Cup win in 36 years on Saturday when they edged past Haiti for a scrappy 1-0 victory settled by a first-half strike from John McGinn. The Scots – needing three points against a side ranked among the minnows of the game before facing tougher opposition in the shape […]

Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino left after five innings Saturday night against the Houston Astros with a right hand/hamate injury. Pasquantino, who extended his hitting streak to eight games with a single earlier in the contest, appeared to injure himself on a swing in the bottom of the fifth with the game tied 4-4. He was replaced in the lineup by Isaac Collins, who took over in left […]

Brazil rallies for 1-1 draw against Morocco in its World Cup opener behind Vinícius Júnior goal EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Vinícius Júnior scored an equalizing goal in the 32nd minute to give five-time champion Brazil a 1-1 draw against Morocco in a pulsating, high-profile group match at the World Cup. A semifinalist four years ago, Morocco dominated early, and Ismael Saibari put the African champions ahead in the 21st […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Aldon Smith, the troubled but talented pass rusher whose promising career was derailed by legal problems, has died at age 36. The San Francisco 49ers announced Smith’s death on Saturday night. The team did not disclose a cause of death. “We are devastated by the sudden and tragic passing of Aldon Smith,” the 49ers said in a statement. “Aldon’s undeniable talent and sheer dominance on the […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Tarik Skubal wasn’t seeking any sentimentality for his return from elbow surgery. Save the pats on the back and warm words for someone else. Skubal didn’t win back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards on fuzzy feelings or nostalgia. The fiery left-hander is all business, and his time away from the mound didn’t soften him at all. “I don’t want to play into that narrative of trying to be […]