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By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA, June 7 (Reuters) – Kosovo heads to the polls for parliamentary elections on Sunday, the third in just 18 months, as no one party has been able to gain a strong enough majority to pull the Balkan country out of a political crisis.  Europe’s youngest nation has aspirations to join the European Union but has had no functioning government for much of the last year as […]

Clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement outside a New Jersey immigration detention center since late May have become the latest flashpoint for protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. More than 80 people have been arrested following a series of protests outside Delaney Hall in Newark, where demonstrators say they are showing up in solidarity with detainees inside over accusations of poor living conditions. The Trump administration has defended the […]

The day began with Jim Cornelison, the famed Chicago Blackhawks signer, doing his usual stirring “Star Spangled Banner,” so it was appropriate the fans in Chicago went to a soccer match and a hockey game broke out. Even though the U.S. men’s national team fell to Germany 2-1 on Saturday in their last match before the World Cup, they may have won the hearts and minds of a fanbase desperately […]

With star defensive end Myles Garrett traded away from Cleveland, cornerback Denzel Ward became the longest-tenured player on the Browns, and he has no plans to change that. “I definitely still want to be here,” Ward said Saturday at his inaugural celebrity softball game in Eastlake, Ohio, according to ESPN. “Myles is a good friend of mine, a great teammate, but things aren’t lost. It’s Ohio against the world. So […]

June 6 (Reuters) – Bouygues Telecom, Orange and Free-iliad Group have signed a memorandum of understanding with Altice France to buy telecoms operator SFR for €20.35 billion ($23.44 billion), including debt, the companies said on Saturday.     The Bouygues-led consortium had said on Friday that, in view of the progress made in the negotiations, the parties had given themselves another 48 hours to finalize the agreements. Last month, Altice France […]

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) – Road closures, bag bans and a gauntlet of security measures will greet fans at Madison Square Garden on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump descends on the heart of Manhattan to watch the New York Knicks play the San Antonio Spurs at home in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The Knicks have defied the odds to build a stunning 2-0 head start […]

ATHENS, June 6 (Reuters) – Hungary’s largest oil and gas corporation, MOL MOLB.BU, has been granted more time by the U.S. government to negotiate the purchase of a majority stake in Serbia’s NIS NIIS.BEL, an oil company controlled by Russia, MOL said late on Saturday. The deal involves buying a 56.16% stake held by Russia’s Gazprom Neft (SIBN.MM) in NIS.  NIS is subject to U.S. sanctions imposed in October over […]

BRUSSELS, June 6 (Reuters) – Harry Kane’s first-half header earned England a 1-0 World Cup warm-up win over New Zealand in Tampa on Saturday, while there were also victories for Scotland, Germany, Portugal and Belgium as teams fine-tune ahead of the tournament’s kickoff next week. With England manager Thomas Tuchel rotating his entire team at halftime and handing minutes to 22 players in the scorching 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 degrees […]

By David Lawder, Eman Abouhassira and Ahmed Elimam WASHINGTON/DUBAI, June 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. government will attempt to redirect Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding and repairs of future damage caused by Iran, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday, a day after a wave of attacks by Iran against Kuwait and Bahrain. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has also directed a team to assess costs […]