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By Andrew Cawthorne NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Arsenal’s last-flickering hopes of winning the Premier League were extinguished on Saturday by Nottingham Forest, whose 1-0 win courtesy of Taiwo Awoniyi secured their top-flight status. Eight points clear at the top just two months ago, Mikel Arteta’s team have had a dismal end to the season, with their latest defeat ensuring what had become an inevitable-looking consecutive title for Manchester City. “I […]

(Reuters) -Russia claimed on Saturday to have fully captured the smashed eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which if true would mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15-month war. The assault on the largely levelled city was led by troops from the Wagner Group of mercenaries, whose leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said earlier in the day that his troops had finally pushed the Ukrainians out of the […]

By Steve Keating ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) -Canada’s Corey Conners was holding steady at the top of the PGA Championship leaderboard midway through a soggy third round on Saturday, as challengers stalled in the rain. Conners started a grey, rainy day at Oak Hill sharing top spot with world number two Scottie Scheffler and Norway’s Viktor Hovland but with nine to play finds himself alone two clear of the pack […]

(Reuters) -Russian troops have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the Russian defence ministry said on Saturday, which if true would mark an end to a ferocious and bloody battle that raged for months. The head of the Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries reported the capture of Bakhmut earlier in the day. Russia refers to the city by its Soviet-era name of Artyomovsk. “As a result of […]

(Reuters) -Russian troops have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the Russian defence ministry said on Saturday, which if true would mark an end to a ferocious and bloody battle that raged for months. The head of the Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries reported the capture of Bakhmut earlier in the day. Russia refers to the city by its Soviet-era name of Artyomovsk. “As a result of […]

(Reuters) -Russian troops have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the Russian defence ministry said on Saturday, which if true would mark an end to a ferocious and bloody battle that raged for months. The head of the Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries reported the capture of Bakhmut earlier in the day. Russia refers to the city by its Soviet-era name of Artyomovsk. “As a result of […]

(Reuters) – Russian troops have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the Russian defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday. (Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Cynthia Osterman) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Moira Warburton and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House and Republican congressional negotiators on raising the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling were not expected to meet on Saturday after talks on Friday failed and as the country inched closer to the debt ceiling deadline on June 1. U.S. Representative Patrick McHenry, a Republican negotiator, said no meetings were scheduled for Saturday. Republicans leaders were “going to huddle as a […]

(Reuters) – Russian troops have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the Russian defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday. (Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Cynthia Osterman) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com