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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Revenge will fuel Gujarat Titans’ title defence when they clash with four-time winners Chennai Super Kings in Sunday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) final in Ahmedabad. Gujarat, who won the title in their debut season last year, topped the group stage this season but went down to Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai in the first qualifier on Tuesday. Hardik Pandya’s men bounced back from that […]

(Reuters) – Juergen Klopp said he would personally drive any of his players to another club if they wished to leave Liverpool after the Premier League side failed to qualify for the Champions League. Liverpool will finish the season in fifth place, qualifying for the Europa League but missing out on Europe’s premier competition for the first time since Klopp’s first full season at the Anfield club. Mohamed Salah said […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – A passenger on an Asiana Airlines flight told police he opened a door on the plane minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday because he was “uncomfortable”, Yonhap News Agency reported. The man, in his thirties, told police that he opened the door because he “wanted to get off the plane quickly”, Yonhap said, citing the Daegu Dongbu Police Station. He also told police […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Economic and trade development in the Asia-Pacific still faces many disturbances and challenges, China’s commerce minister Wang Wentao said. Wang made the comments at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in Detroit, where he met with several leaders and exchanged views on multilateral and bilateral economic and trade issues amid wider global trade rifts and uncertainties. Wang said he recognized the difficulties faced by the region, but […]

By Jorge Garcia LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Unions representing teachers, truck drivers and other workers who will be headed soon to the bargaining table turned out in downtown Los Angeles on Friday to support Hollywood’s striking film and television writers. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) began a work stoppage on May 2 after failing to reach an agreement for higher wages with media companies including Walt Disney Co, Netflix […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas said on Saturday an anti-corruption probe into the firm’s dealings involving a $90 million project had not found any wrongdoing by the company. Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said on Friday it was investigating allegations of corruption involving Petronas and an international oil and gas company in a project worth 399 million ringgit in the state of Sarawak. It did not identify the […]

By Jorge Garcia LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Unions representing teachers, truck drivers and other workers who will be headed soon to the bargaining table turned out in downtown Los Angeles on Friday to support Hollywood’s striking film and television writers. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) began a work stoppage on May 2 after failing to reach an agreement for higher wages with media companies including Walt Disney Co, Netflix […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas said it had given its full cooperation to the country’s anti-graft agency in an investigation into the firm’s award of a contract to a Malaysian subsidiary of an international oil company in 2021. The investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission “had not found any wrongdoing by Petronas, its employees, and directors”, Petronas said in a statement. (Reporting by Rozanna Latiff and […]

By Michael Church HONG KONG (Reuters) – Ex-Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke has called for greater recognition of his former team’s treble-winning exploits as expectation grows that Manchester City will emulate their cross-city rivals’ historic 1999 achievement. City completed the first leg of a potential treble last week by winning the Premier League title and will become the second team to claim all three trophies if they win the FA […]