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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, June 6 (Reuters) – Lithuania’s ruling Social Democrat party voted on Saturday to remove the populist Nemunas Dawn, whose leader was sentenced for antisemitism, from the coalition government. The Social Democrats, which led a three-party coalition with a slim majority in parliament, will seek to replace Nemunas Dawn with the centre-right For Lithuania party in order to maintain its majority, leader Mindaugas Sinkevicius said. “We were […]

The World Cup pitches cover so much ground they’ll be hard to ignore. The crews that put them there would prefer if fans didn’t notice them at all. While it took a herculean effort to engineer the right grass for the different stadiums and to make sure it’s in pristine condition for the duration of the tournament, the goal is that it never really attracts attention. After all, there’s nothing […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A zoo in Taiwan’s capital received a pair of endangered red pandas from China on Saturday, in the first exchange of animals in more than a decade as tensions between the two sides run high. The pandas, a 3-year old male and a 2-year-old female, will be in quarantine for a month and then acclimated to their new home in the Taipei City Zoo before they […]

By Ebrahim Hajjaj GAZA, June 5 (Reuters) – In a Gaza workshop, a group of men patch up pleasure dinghies with reclaimed fibreglass, wood and door frames pulled from the rubble, racing to get the boats ready for a tougher line of work. The small vessels, which were used by families and swimmers before the war, have become a lifeline for the enclave’s fishing industry which has been struggling to […]

SEOUL, June 6 (Reuters) – Protesters outside a ballot-counting site in South Korea on Saturday rallied for a second day, demanding a re-run of local elections held earlier this week. Around 10,000 citizens were estimated to have gathered at the SK Olympic Handball Stadium as of 5:30 p.m. (0830 GMT), where votes were counted from Wednesday’s elections to pick mayors and local government officials and assembly members, Yonhap News Agency […]

PARIS, June 6 (Reuters) – Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos successfully defended their French Open men’s doubles title with a dominant 6-4 6-2 win over Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten on Saturday, claiming their third Grand Slam title as a pair. Spaniard Granollers and Argentine Zeballos, who initially paired up in 2019, won the French Open and U.S. Open last year and justified their top seeding, having not dropped a […]

BRUSSELS, June 6 (Reuters) – A fire that broke out early on Saturday at a warehouse in the Brussels suburb of Anderlecht has been brought under control, Belgian public broadcaster VRT reported, citing Brussels fire brigade spokesperson Walter Derieuw. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear. Smoke continued to linger over the area as police wearing gas masks cordoned off the warehouse and surrounding streets. A Reuters reporter […]

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Leo XIV acknowledged Saturday as he headed to Spain that he’s competing with another VIP in Madrid this weekend. Puerto Rican sensation Bad Bunny is performing two shows of his 10-concert Spanish tour in the Spanish capital. Speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane, Leo acknowledged the Bad Bunny draw when he referred to anecdotal reports of a newfound spiritual awakening especially among […]

June 6 (Reuters) – Marc Marquez shrugged off a qualifying crash to claim back-to-back pole positions at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday, pipping fellow Spaniard Pedro Acosta at Balaton Park. The Ducati rider’s tumble earlier in qualifying looked set to hand Acosta pole position, but a sluggish final sector left the KTM rider settling for second place as Marquez bounced back with authority. Gresini Racing’s Fermin Aldeguer completed the […]