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Aug 22 (Reuters) – Serena Williams will make her competitive return to the U.S. Open alongside defending men’s singles champion Carlos Alcaraz after the pair received a wildcard for the mixed doubles event, tournament organisers said on Saturday. It will be Williams’ first competitive appearance at Flushing Meadows since 2022. The American, a 23-times Grand Slam singles champion and six-times U.S. Open winner, also captured the mixed doubles title in […]

Hand grip strength. Balance tests. Standing up from a seated position on the floor. These physical challenges are often touted as measurements of healthy aging and even predictors of longevity. They can provide valuable indications of your stamina and strength. They can estimate the risk of falls, which increase older adults ‘ risk of death. And they’re useful to doctors who work to address aging or people with injuries. But […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — “Do they still like Trump in Nebraska? I think so,” the president said during a recent event in Washington. Given that the state easily backed Republican Donald Trump three times and hasn’t supported a Democrat for the White House since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, the answer may seem obvious. But in Nebraska’s largest city, it’s an open question and could decide one of the country’s […]

(Corrects headline to reflect police have no official estimate and text to indicate eyewitnesses’ estimates.) LAGOS, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Armed men abducted several worshippers from a mosque in Nigeria’s north-central Niger state during Friday prayers, police said on Saturday, in the latest mass kidnapping in a region plagued by violent gangs. Police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun said the attackers stormed Kpenya Mosque in the Dekara district of the Borgu local […]

KYIV, Aug 22 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had discussed Ukraine’s shortage of air defences with French President Emmanuel Macron, who promised to accelerate the delivery of new French equipment. “We agreed to accelerate the delivery of the latest French equipment and missiles,” Zelenskiy said on the Telegram app, without providing further details. “Thank you for confirming the readiness to provide licenses for missile production.” Ukraine […]

MAGDEBURG, Germany, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Several thousand people gathered for the annual pride parade in Saxony-Anhalt’s capital Magdeburg on Saturday to show support for LGBT rights ahead of an election in the eastern German state that the far right Alternative for Germany is expected to win. This year’s Christopher Street Day celebration is taking place amid heightened security after last month’s deadly vehicle attack on Berlin Pride.   AfD is comfortably […]

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The victim of a deadly sword attack at a school in central Sweden was a 17-year-old girl, police said Saturday. An 18-year-old man armed with a sword carried out the attack at the Brinell School in Fagersta, northwest of Stockholm, while classes were in session on Friday. One person was killed and three others were wounded, two of them severely. Police said the suspect had been arrested […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Instead of adding new roses, President Donald Trump’s White House Rose Garden is growing statues. Trump put statues of some of America’s founders in the garden just off the Oval Office after he replaced its plush lawn with a white stone patio, turning the historic outdoor space into a look-alike of the one at his Mar-a-Lago home and private club in Palm Beach, Florida. At least one […]

One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the roof of his childhood home, one of tens of thousands damaged and destroyed across southern Florida. For days, first responders couldn’t get to them. For a month and a half, they relied on food donations. For more than a year, he lived […]