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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian forces have thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the southern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of pro-Kyiv troops, the Russian defence ministry said early on Monday. In a statement, the ministry said Ukraine had launched the offensive on Sunday using six mechanised and two tank battalions. Reuters was unable to immediately verify the Russian statement. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. It was […]

By Maha El Dahan, Alex Lawler and Ahmad Ghaddar VIENNA (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia will make a deep cut to its output in July on top of a broader OPEC+ deal to limit supply into 2024 as the group seeks to boost flagging oil prices. Saudi’s energy ministry said the country’s output would drop to 9 million barrels per day (bpd) in July from around 10 million bpd in May, the […]

(Reuters) – Deputy U.S. Transportation Secretary Polly Trottenberg is expected to be named Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) next interim leader, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. Trottenberg’s appointment wasn’t final and could change, the people added. Acting FAA administrator Billy Nolen is expected to step down from the agency as soon as this week, the report said. Reuters earlier reported that Nolen is […]

By Phil Stewart and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft that violated airspace in the Washington D.C. area with an unresponsive pilot and later crashed into mountainous terrain in southwest Virginia, officials said. The jet fighters prompted a sonic boom over the U.S. capital, causing consternation among people in Washington area, in an attempt to catch […]

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Liberty are a long way from living up to the superteam hype after they squandered a 19-point lead in an 86-82 loss to Chicago Sky on Sunday, coach Sandy Brondello said. The club made headlines with an off-season acquisition spree that included Breanna Stewart, who scored highest average points per game in the league in 2022, and 2021 MVP Jonquel Jones, […]

(Reuters) – Deputy U.S. Transportation Secretary Polly Trottenberg is expected to be named Federal Aviation Administration’s next interim leader, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Diane Craft) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) – Deputy U.S. Transportation Secretary Polly Trottenberg is expected to be named Federal Aviation Administration’s next interim leader, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Diane Craft) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese warship came within 150 yards (137 meters) of a U.S. destroyer in the Taiwan Strait in “an unsafe manner,” U.S. military officials said, as China blamed the United States for “deliberately provoking risk” in the region. U.S. and Canadian navies on Saturday were conducting a joint exercise in the strait, which separates the island of Taiwan and China, when the Chinese ship cut in front […]

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) -Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz inched closer to a blockbuster French Open semi-final showdown with imperious wins on Sunday as Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka skipped another press conference due to being asked to comment on the war in Ukraine earlier in the tournament. Djokovic, who is chasing a men’s record 23rd Grand Slam to leapfrog Spaniard Rafa Nadal in the injured champion’s absence, blazed past Peruvian […]