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By Janina Nuno Rios NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Linda Noskova eased to a 6-4 6-2 win over Thailand’s Lanlana Tararudee on Wednesday to reach the U.S. Open third round as the Wimbledon champion bids for a second consecutive Grand Slam title. The sixth seed was in control throughout but had to stay alert as the 22-year-old Tararudee came close to a earning a break point after both players […]

JAKARTA, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Nearly 800 Indonesians have fallen ill in separate incidents of food poisoning linked to the government’s free meals programme, a member of a parliamentary commission overseeing health said, including more than 500 students in East Java province this week. President Prabowo Subianto launched his multibillion-dollar programme last year to eradicate under-nutrition by giving free meals to tens of millions of children, but the scheme has […]

Sept 3 (Reuters) – American Cole Houshmand took the Fiji Pro title ahead of Gabriel Medina in pumping conditions at the Cloudbreak reef on Thursday, while in-form Canadian teenager Erin Brooks earned a second straight world tour title. Californian Houshmand had lost six times in the first round this year but turned his season around by beating reigning world champion Yago Dora in the quarter-finals and Medina in the title-decider. […]

HONG KONG, Sept 3 (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Natural Resources conducted a survey of waters east of Taiwan last month that it said would help it create “one map” for territorial planning and resource management, state broadcaster CCTV said on Thursday. Taiwan’s coast guard said on August 21 that it had warned off and shadowed a Chinese research ship sailing in sensitive waters near the island, the third time […]

By Janina Nuno Rios NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Double defending champion Aryna Sabalenka bristled at a reporter’s suggestion the events and appearances surrounding the U.S. Open had included “parties and fun” after she cruised past Polina Iatcenko 6-1 6-1 on Wednesday. The Belarusian, who had faced a similar line of questioning after her first-round win, fired back that her off-court appearances had not come at the expense of […]

Sept 3 (Reuters) – Shares of Australia’s Regis Healthcare plunged nearly 35% on Thursday after the company said an increase in the government’s funding rate for residential aged care fell well short of inflation across the sector and economy. Here are some more details: • The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing increased the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) starting price from A$295.64 ($211.83) to A$303.19, effective October 1, taking […]

By Field Level Media Sep 03 (Field Level Media) – The controversy over an ill-received advertisement promoting a new golf club cost two top Good Good Golf executives their jobs on Wednesday. The company parted ways with chief executive officer Matt Kendrick and president Joe Flannery, Good Good head of finance and operations Alex Puchala announced. Puchala’s memo to the company’s staff included, “This is a difficult day for the […]

By Sarita Chaganti Singh Sept 2 (Reuters) – Nepal plans to rebuild an early-warning system for landslides on part of its border with China, installing seismic sensors, cameras and a satellite link, two Nepali government sources told Reuters, a week after a glacial flood killed more than 1,000. The equipment is being set up at Timure, a border settlement in Nepal’s Rasuwa district on the same river corridor along the border with China where […]

By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz’s comeback from a long wrist injury layoff gathered momentum on Wednesday as he came from behind to outclass Portugal’s Jaime Faria 4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2 and reach the third round of the U.S. Open. The Spaniard returned to action after nearly five months out with a straightforward first-round victory over Roman Safiullin on Monday, but found himself […]