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NASCAR’s road-racing superstar put on a comeback for the ages on Sunday afternoon. After a pit stop with 24 laps to go at Watkins Glen International, Trackhouse Racing’s Shane van Gisbergen amazingly erased a 29-second deficit as he chased down leader Ty Gibbs and roared away to win the NASCAR Cup Series’ Go Bowling At The Glen in Watkins Glen, N.Y. The New Zealand-born driver fell to 22nd place after […]

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle took the Fenway Park mound on Sunday afternoon with a heavy heart. Pitching two years and a day after his mother, Jina, died following a nearly eight-year battle with colon cancer, the 23-year-old Tolle wore his pant legs near his knees showing his pink socks on Mother’s Day. When his start was rained out Saturday, Tolle had a lot more time to […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts is set to return after missing more than a month because of a right oblique strain when the Los Angeles Dodgers open a four-game series against the San Francisco Giants on Monday. Betts hasn’t played since April 4, when he was hurt in a 10-5 win at the Washington Nationals. Manager Dave Roberts said he would have Betts hit second or third in the […]

CARACAS (AP) — Venezuela ’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday where she will defend her country’s claim to a mineral- and oil-rich region in western Guyana before the United Nations highest court in a dispute that has spanned decades. The International Court of Justice in The Hague is holding a series of hearings with the South American neighbors which both claim ownership of Essequibo — […]

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, May 11 (Reuters) – Share futures slipped and the dollar climbed in Asia on Monday on signs that talks between the United States and Iran were deadlocked, leaving the vital Strait of Hormuz all but shut and sending oil prices higher. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected Iran’s response to a U.S. proposal for peace talks to end the war, saying Tehran’s demands were “totally unacceptable.” […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off a visit to Kenya on Sunday ahead of the Africa Forward Summit, a gathering meant to showcase France’s new policy for the continent — a shift from a former colonial power seen as dominating to what Paris describes as a partnership of equals. Held for the first time in an Anglophone country, the summit is expected to draw reactions to […]

SINGAPORE, May 11 (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped $3 a barrel on Monday as the United States and Iran failed to agree to a peace proposal drafted by Washington while the Strait of Hormuz remained largely closed, keeping global energy supply tight. Brent crude futures climbed $3.21 or 3.17% to $104.50 a barrel by 2203 GMT and U.S. West Texas Intermediate was at $98.48 a barrel, up $3.06, or 3.21%. […]

By Echo Wang May 10 (Reuters) – Cerebras Systems is set to raise the size and price of its initial public offering as soon as Monday, as demand for the artificial intelligence chipmaker’s shares continues to climb, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. The company is considering a new IPO price range of $150-$160 a share, up from $115-$125 a share, and raising the number of […]

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will begin a political fightback on Monday in a speech that says rebuilding relations with the rest of Europe will be his government’s defining mission, as he moves to quell growing calls to quit. Starmer’s future was thrown into doubt after his Labour Party suffered heavy losses in local elections last week and a former minister threatened […]