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The Chicago White Sox placed reliever Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a right lat strain on Saturday and recalled fellow right-hander Jordan Leasure from Triple-A Charlotte. The move is retroactive to Thursday for Hicks, who is 0-1 with a 5.60 ERA in 20 relief appearances this season. Hicks, 29, was acquired by Chicago from the Boston Red Sox in a trade on Feb. 1. He is 17-36 […]

PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) – Ignacio Buse beat Tommy Paul 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3 in the Hamburg Open final on Saturday to become the first Peruvian winner on the ATP Tour in nearly 20 years, denying the United States a sweep of the men’s claycourt tune-up events ahead of the French Open. The 22-year-old qualifier captured his maiden tour-level trophy and became the first Peruvian to triumph on the circuit since […]

KYIV, May 23 (Reuters) – Russia is preparing a strike against Ukraine using a hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, citing intelligence from Ukraine, the U.S. and Europe. The warning came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to prepare options for retaliation against Ukraine for a drone strike on a student dorm in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s […]

MADRID, May 23 (Reuters) – Renewables tycoon Enrique Riquelme confirmed on Saturday that he would be running for the presidency of Real Madrid, presenting the first challenge in more ‌than two decades to Florentino Perez’s hold on the world’s richest soccer club. On May 12, Perez, 79, called new elections ​despite having two years left on his mandate. It followed a second successive season without silverware for the record 15-times […]

NASCAR driver Kyle Busch died from severe pneumonia that turned into sepsis, according to a statement provided by his family on Saturday. “The medical evaluation provided to the Busch Family concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated complications,” the family statement read. “The Family asks for continued understanding and privacy during this difficult time.” Dakota Hunter, vice president of Kyle Busch Companies, said the […]

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Saturday that negotiators for the United States and Iran were “getting a lot closer” to finalizing an agreement to end the war, according to an interview with CBS News. He said a final agreement would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and would ensure that Iran’s enriched uranium would be “satisfactorily handled,” according to CBS. “I will only sign […]

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — A tent used for treatment of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo was set on fire for the second time this week, and 18 people suspected of infection escaped, a local hospital director said Saturday. Unidentified people arrived at the clinic in Mongbwalu, a town at the center of the outbreak of the Bundibugyo virus, a rare type of Ebola, on Friday night and set fire […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran on Saturday signaled “narrowing differences” in negotiations with the U.S. after Pakistan’s army chief held more talks in Tehran and the United States weighs a new round of attacks on the Islamic Republic. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told journalists in India that “there’s been some progress made” and “there may be news later today.” Iran has rebuilt military assets after weeks of war and […]

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) – Americans coming back from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan now have a second entry point for returning to the United States, with the CDC on Saturday expanding its enhanced Ebola screening to include Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. • Hartsfield-Jackson has previously been used to screen passengers and has established operational procedures in place, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]