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PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) – Highlights of the first day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT): 0909 PLAY UNDER WAY Play began under sunny skies with the temperature at Roland Garros hovering around 28 degrees Celsius and public weather service Meteo France forecasting a high of 34 degrees later in the day. Former Olympic champion Belinda Bencic, seeded 11th, will take on Austrian qualifier Sinja Kraus in the […]

ANKARA, May 24 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities ordered police to evict the leadership of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) from their headquarters on Sunday, enforcing a court ruling that reinstated the former leader and fuelled a political crisis.   Riot police and crowds gathered outside the gates of CHP headquarters in the Turkish capital after the Ankara governor’s office issued the order to remove CHP members aligned with ousted […]

MOSCOW, May 24 (Reuters) – Russian forces hit targets in Ukraine using four types of missiles – Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal and Zircon – in overnight attacks on Sunday, in retaliation for Kyiv’s strikes on civilian targets in Russia, state news agencies reported. The attacks, all successful, were carried out on Ukrainian military command facilities, air bases and other enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex, the Interfax news agency cited the Russian […]

By Michele Kambas NICOSIA, May 24 (Reuters) – Cypriots went to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to deliver gains for anti-corruption campaigners and the far right, while weakening centrist parties that back President Nikos Christodoulides. In a vote being closely watched for signs of public sentiment ahead of a 2028 presidential election, more than half a million registered voters will elect 56 lawmakers from a record […]

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb exploded near a railway track as a train carrying passengers passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, wounding more than two dozen people, officials said. The force of the explosion caused two of the train cars to overturn and catch fire, sending thick black smoke into the air, according to footage shared online. The attack happened in an area where […]

QINYUAN, China (AP) — Rescuers in northern China looked for survivors Sunday after the country’s deadliest coal mine explosion in recent years killed at least 82 people. An Associated Press reporter witnessed police and security guarding the entrance to the mining facility located in Qinyuan county in the city of Changzhi as emergency vehicles were on site. Hundreds of rescuers and medical personnel were sent to help with rescue efforts, […]

BEIJING, May 24 (Reuters) – The death toll has risen to three with 17 missing following flooding in the Chongqing municipality of southwestern China, China’s state-run Xinhua reported. That was as of 2:30 pm (0630 GMT) on Sunday, after Chongqing’s Yongchuan district was hit with sudden extreme rainfall from Saturday night through the early hours of Sunday, Xinhua said. Rescue work is underway. China’s state planner allocated 20 million yuan […]

May 24 (Reuters) – An explosion on a railway track in Pakistan’s Quetta killed at least 24 people, news outlet Al Arabiya reported on Sunday, citing officials. More than 50 were injured in the blast, which derailed a cargo train and was followed by gunfire, Al Jazeera reported. (Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

TAIPEI, May 24 (Reuters) – The Taiwanese and Chinese coast guards were engaged in a tense standoff for the second day near the strategically located Pratas islands at the top of the South China Sea, Taiwan’s Coast Guard said on Sunday.  China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, a position the government in Taipei rejects. China has pressured Taiwan by increasing its military presence around the island over […]