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May 24 (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of the Group of Eight Arab-Islamic states on Sunday strongly condemned the actions of far-right Israeli police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir towards participants in the Gaza-bound flotilla while they were in Israeli detention. Governments have expressed outrage after Ben-Gvir posted a video in which he taunted activists who were pinned to the ground. Some of the detainees, who had intended to bring humanitarian aid […]

The Tampa Bay Rays placed outfielder Jonny DeLuca on the 10-day injured list Sunday due to a right hamstring strain. The move is retroactive to Saturday. DeLuca felt a tug at his hamstring while legging out an infield single in the seventh inning of Tampa Bay’s 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday. DeLuca is batting .269 with two homers and 19 RBIs in 41 games this season. […]

LAGOS, May 24 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will seek a second and final four-year term in January after overwhelmingly defeating a little-known challenger in ruling party primaries, results showed on Sunday. • The ruling All Progressives Congress party held its presidential primaries on Saturday after a surprise candidate, Stanley Osifo, challenged Tinubu. • The president ended up getting nearly 11 million votes against 16,500 for Osifo. • Tinubu […]

PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) – Highlights of the first day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT): 1730 RADUCANU FALLS TO SIERRA Britain’s Emma Raducanu, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, was sent packing by Argentine Solana Sierra 6-0 7-6(4). 1548 ANDREEVA CRUSHES FERRO Russian eighth seed Mirra Andreeva, 2024 French Open semi-finalist, carved out a comfortable 6-3 6-3 win over Frenchwoman Fiona Ferro. READ MORE: PREVIEW-Monfils embraces final Roland […]

Los Angeles Angels fans are making it clear that they want owner Arte Moreno to sell the team. Buoyed by the operators of various Instagram accounts — such as Angels Boycott and Angels Central — fans have held organized protests at Angel Stadium recently. The protests are expected to culminate with Sunday’s game against the Texas Rangers in a matchup that will be aired nationally on Peacock from Anaheim, Calif. […]

JIUQUAN, China (AP) — China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft Sunday night with three astronauts heading to its space station, including one set to stay in space for a year. The spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. The much-anticipated launch comes as China prepares for its first crewed lunar landing by 2030. The astronauts on the mission are Zhu Yangzhu, the commander, Zhang Zhiyuan […]

May 24 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers appearing on Sunday morning talk shows split sharply over a potential deal to end the Iran war, with Republicans mostly backing the publicly reported contours of an agreement being negotiated by President Donald Trump and Democrats dismissing it as accomplishing little. • Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the reported outlines of a […]

Slugger Juan Soto was scratched from the New York Mets’ starting lineup for Sunday’s game against the host Miami Marlins due to an illness. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Soto came to the ballpark on Sunday with a fever to go along with body aches. “Soto’s ill, so he is out of the lineup,” Mendoza said prior to the game. .”.. He’s been battling the past three days, show up […]

Tiger Woods’ $50 million private plane returned to Switzerland on Sunday, with the injured golfer presumably in line to resume his rehabilitation process. Per Celebplanes.com, the Gulfstream V took off Saturday night from Stuart, Fla., and flew just under nine hours to Zurich. The New York Post published photos on May 14 of Woods getting off of a private plane at Palm Beach International Airport, about 45 miles from his […]