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PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) – Highlights of the sixth day at the French Open on Friday (times GMT): 1336 ANDREEVA THROUGH TO LAST 16 Last year’s semi-finalist Russian Mirra Andreeva brushed aside Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-2 to reach the fourth round. 1154 RUBLEV EDGES BORGES Former quarter-finalist Andrey Rublev was tested by Portugal’s Nuno Borges, but the Russian 11th seed stayed cool in the tiebreaks to win 7-5 7-6(2) […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone that was part of an overnight attack on Ukraine slammed into an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two people in the NATO member country, Romanian authorities said, adding to concerns that the four-year war could spread across the alliance’s borders. In response to the crash in the city of Galati, Romania asked the alliance for a faster transfer of anti-drone capabilities to its military, the […]

PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) – Eighth seed Mirra Andreeva cruised past Czech Marie Bouzkova in straight sets on Friday to book her spot in the French Open fourth round. • Andreeva, a semi-finalist in Paris two years ago, won 6-4 6-2 and will next face either Jil Teichmann of Switzerland or 10th-seeded Czech Karolina Muchova in the round of 16. • Andreeva, 19, had a rocky start and hit the […]

By Ryan Patrick Jones TORONTO, May 29 (Reuters) – A Canadian man accused of selling a legal but potentially deadly chemical online to 14 people who took their own lives is expected to plead guilty on Friday to aiding their suicides, allowing him to avoid a murder trial. Kenneth Law, 60, is scheduled to appear on Friday morning at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Newmarket, Ontario, north of […]

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) – Some people inside and outside the Federal Reserve agree that rule changes easing how much cash banks need to keep on hand for emergencies could allow the central bank to further cut the size of its $6.7 trillion balance sheet but also harbor doubts holdings could be slashed by the degree new Chairman Kevin Warsh desires. By one bank’s estimate, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. Iran did not immediately confirm any deal. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday evening confirmed there was a tentative agreement, but said it was unclear if President Donald Trump would […]

ROME (AP) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson cast Pope Leo XIV as a powerful global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff at the Vatican, saying their shared roots and priorities could help amplify efforts to protect vulnerable communities. “As the mayor of Chicago, we are incredibly elated and proud of him,” Johnson told The Associated Press in an interview Friday, a day after meeting […]

KARACHI, May 29 (Reuters) – Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Washington on Friday for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that are expected to include the latest developments in negotiations on ending the Iran war. A first round of peace talks in Pakistan concluded without a pact but Reuters cited sources as saying on Thursday that Tehran and Washington had reached an initial agreement, to extend […]

By Xinghui Kok and Greg Torode SINGAPORE, May 29 (Reuters) – The world is beset with multiple risks and uncertainty that countries must confront squarely, To Lam, Vietnam’s top leader, said on Friday while inaugurating Asia’s premier defence forum, the Shangri-La Dialogue. He said the challenges facing the world included an erosion of international rules and law, a crisis of development models including slowing growth and climate change, and a […]