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By Rohith Nair (Reuters) – Manchester City face Inter Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul on Saturday. Here are three key tactical battles to watch out for: HOW DO YOU STOP 52-GOAL HAALAND? In his debut season in England, Erling Haaland has scored 52 goals in all competitions – including 12 in the Champions League – as City celebrate the runaway success of his capture by sitting on […]

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The northeastern United States is blanketed under a pungent haze caused by smoke carried down from wildfires burning in Canada that contains a host of noxious gases and particulate matter that carry serious health risks. Here is what you need to know about the risks of the lingering smoke that has left the air quality in New York City, for example, ranked among the worst […]

By Martyn Herman ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Manchester City’s domination of the English soccer landscape is undisputed after another season of silverware-gathering under Pep Guardiola but against Inter Milan in Saturday’s Champions League final they can finally become kings of the continent. Guardiola delivered an 11th trophy in seven years to owner Sheikh Mansour when City beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup last weekend, having claimed a fifth Premier […]

By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lionel Messi on Wednesday announced that he intends to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent after parting ways with French champions Paris St Germain and snubbing a lucrative contract offer in Saudi Arabia. Messi, who played his final game for PSG over the weekend, was also linked with a return to Barcelona but the Spanish club have had […]

By Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Wednesday that talks about resolving the conflict with Russia could not start with a mere cessation of hostilities. “If anyone thinks they should freeze the conflict and then see how to solve it, they don’t understand it,” he said in an online briefing aimed at African journalists, following a tour of African countries. More than 100 […]

By Kylie Madry and David Shepardson MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is traveling to Mexico to meet with the country’s president and cabinet members to discuss transportation, his office said on Wednesday, as Mexico awaits U.S. approval to regain a coveted air safety rating. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said talks would center on his country’s efforts to recover the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Category […]

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, under scrutiny following revelations that he did not disclose luxury trips paid for by a billionaire Dallas businessman, has received an extension to file his mandatory annual financial disclosure, the court said on Wednesday. Seven of the nine justices disclosed their outside income and gifts from 2022, as required for certain senior government officials, while […]

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) – Alexander Zverev rolled into the French Open semi-finals on Wednesday a year after leaving the Grand Slam in a wheelchair and said his injury issues in the last 12 months made his achievement a little sweeter. Zverev was in excruciating pain after suffering a serious ankle injury during his Roland Garros semi-final against Rafa Nadal in 2022 and had surgery to repair his ligaments. […]

By Shubham Batra, Shristi Achar A and David Carnevali (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed in negative territory on Wednesday as investors took profits after a months-long megacap stocks run and ahead of key economic and policy events next week. The small-cap index Russell 2000 ticked higher as investors kept moving away from megagap and growth stocks after their strong gains. “Over the past week, we’ve seen a […]