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By Graham Fahy AUGHAGOWER, Ireland, June 14 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday met distant cousins in his grandparents’ home village in the west of Ireland on a visit to celebrate his Irish roots while urging closer cooperation in the wake of a global geopolitical “rupture”. Grandfather Robert Carney and Nora Moran emigrated to Canada in 1925 and married in Vancouver, where Robert got a job in […]

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 14 (Reuters) – Protesters set fire to a Tesla and smashed the windows of a bank in Geneva on Sunday as they vented their anger at a Group of Seven summit about to take place just across the border in France. The march was otherwise largely peaceful, with up to 7,000 people attending, according to police, who said they confiscated some knives and pyrotechnic […]

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, June 14 (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani had three words for his constituents early on Sunday after his beloved Knicks broke a 53-year-old NBA title drought: “PARADE THURSDAY MANHATTAN”. The New York Knicks mounted yet another double-digit comeback to beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on the road on Saturday, ending an excruciating wait for […]

HOUSTON, June 14 (Reuters) – An early morning storm soaked Germany and Curacao fans arriving early at the stadium for their teams’ World Cup opener on Sunday, sending them scrambling for umbrellas, rain gear and — more importantly for some — beer.   The quick storm caught many unprepared and forced a pit stop at a store across from the stadium that saw brisk sales of a fast-dwindling supply of umbrellas […]

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 73,000, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday, despite a fragile ceasefire that has been described as stalled. Israel has continued to strike inside the territory despite the deal reached in October, saying it carries out strikes against Hamas and other militants who pose a threat, and in response to ceasefire violations, including occasional attacks. Five […]

ROME (AP) — In a packed auditorium steps from the Vatican, Roberto Vannacci — the former Italian army general known to supporters as “Il Generale” — is rallying followers of his fledgling party, casting himself as an outsider while reshaping Italy’s right and challenging Premier Giorgia Meloni. Vannacci’s fast-rising “Futuro Nazionale” party is injecting new uncertainty into the conservative bloc that has underpinned Meloni’s government, exposing tensions ahead of the […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) – Croatia’s Donna Vekic resisted a gutsy fightback by Emma Raducanu in front of a partisan crowd to claim the Queen’s Club title with a 6-0 7-6(6) victory on Sunday. Vekic, who only got into the main draw as a lucky loser after defeat in qualifying, needed five match points to finally end Raducanu’s resistance and win her first title since 2023. The […]

CAIRO, June 14 (Reuters) – Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health officials said, as mediators stepped up efforts to salvage the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Medics said an Israeli airstrike killed at least four people near Al-Yeman Al-Saeed Hospital in the Jabalia refugee camp, north of the enclave, while two others were killed in separate shooting incidents in Khan Younis, in the […]

By Alan Baldwin BARCELONA, June 14 (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton celebrated an emotional first grand prix victory with Ferrari in Spain on Sunday to end Kimi Antonelli’s five-race run of success and become, at 41, Formula One’s oldest winner since Australian Jack Brabham in 1970. The Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix triumph was the Briton’s first win since Belgium 2024, his record seventh at the Circuit de Catalunya and 106th of the […]