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CAIRO (AP) — Bahrain’s government said Saturday that Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones towards it and Kuwait. The foreign ministry said they had been intercepted and called on Iran to immediately cease attacks on its Gulf neighbors. The statement came hours after the U.S. military said it shot down Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf Arab allies on Friday, while striking some […]

BENICIA, Calif. (AP) — The handwritten sign at a Northern California public library warned patrons to expect more noise than usual. That warning quickly proved to be an understatement as professional wrestlers, accompanied by booming music, thundered into the reading space and jumped into a ring flanked by row upon row of bookshelves. Dozens of children and adults greeted the theatrics with hoots and hollers at the Benicia Public Library […]

By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Allison Lampert RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6 (Reuters) – Global airline chiefs open their annual summit in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday facing a sharper test of the industry’s post-pandemic recovery, as the Iran war drives up fuel costs and disrupts airspace while carriers try to cushion the blow with higher fares and tighter capacity. The June 6-8 annual meeting of the International Air Transport […]

SHANGHAI, June 6 (Reuters) – China’s top securities regulator on Saturday urged the country’s $13 trillion fund industry to support domestic innovation, but warned against excessive speculation and concept hype. Wu Qing, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), told a conference that fund managers must not make blind bets on certain sectors or launch funds when share prices are high to make a quick buck. His call comes […]

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Olesya Astakhova ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 6 (Reuters) – Rosneft Chief Executive Igor Sechin said on Saturday that U.S. energy companies were the main beneficiaries of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and that Washington was trying to change the fundamental contours of the global energy markets to suit U.S. interests.  Iran blockaded the Strait, the main route for about a fifth of world oil supplies […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roki Sasaki is finally becoming the pitcher in real life that the Los Angeles Dodgers first saw on video in Japan. The 24-year-old right-hander didn’t allow a hit through 4 1/3 innings and had a career-high 10 strikeouts over six innings in a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Sasaki notched his first career scoreless start after 18 previous starts. He threw […]

Matt Chapman hit a grand slam and a three-run homer, Willy Adames and Casey Schmitt each chipped in a pair of homers and the visiting San Francisco Giants routed the Chicago Cubs 18-3 on Friday. Chapman finished with a career-high eight RBIs, Adames scored four times and drove in four and Schmitt logged four hits, three runs and three RBIs to propel the Giants to their second-highest run total of […]

Texas Tech’s appeal to have quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s eligibility restored was denied by the NCAA on Friday, according to multiple media reports. Sorsby was one of the most coveted quarterbacks in this year’s transfer portal class after he left Cincinnati. He entered a treatment program for a gambling addiction on April 27. He was ruled ineligible by the NCAA after admitting to gambling on college football games, among other sports. […]

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo will hold its third parliamentary election in 18 months this weekend as frustration grows over a continued political impasse in the small Balkan country that is aspiring to move closer to the European Union and NATO. The early parliamentary vote on Sunday was scheduled after Kosovo’s main political parties failed to agree on who should replace former President Vjosa Osmani, whose mandate ended in late […]