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(Corrects paragraph 9 to clarify that Pereira was a former, not current, Funai official at the time of his disappearance) BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s federal police recommended misconduct charges be filed on Friday against two ex-officials of Indigenous agency Funai in the case of a journalist and a native expert murdered last June in the Amazon rainforest. The police said the two former officials failed to act on information ahead of […]

By Katya Golubkova and John Irish HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Leaders of the world’s richest democracies acted on Friday to stiffen sanctions against Russia, while a draft communique to be issued after their talks in the Japanese city of Hiroshima stressed the need to reduce reliance on trade with China. The Group of Seven (G7) leaders, to be joined this weekend by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, pledged to restrict any exports […]

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – The Group of Seven rich nations will issue a statement on a shared approach on China, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said early Saturday, adding that G7 members were looking to “de-risk, not decouple” from China. Sullivan said the G7 leaders planned to outline steps to protect sensitive technology, including outbound investment measures, in their joint statement or communique. “The communique will note that […]

By Steve Keating ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) -World number two Scottie Scheffler, Norwegian Viktor Hovland and Canada’s Corey Conners grabbed a share of the PGA Championship second round lead on Friday, while an unforgiving Oak Hill left some of golf’s biggest names fighting to make the cut. Scheffler, who posted his first ever bogey-free round at a major with a tidy 67 on Thursday, could not match that brilliance in […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will attend the Group of Seven (G7) Hiroshima summit in person on Sunday and hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his stay, Japan’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday. Zelenskiy will take part in a session regarding peace and security alongside the G7 leaders and invited outreach countries, according to the foreign ministry. The Ukrainian president is set to […]

By Steve Keating ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) -World number two Scottie Scheffler, Norwegian Viktor Hovland and Canada’s Corey Conners grabbed a share of the PGA Championship second round lead on Friday, while an unforgiving Oak Hill left some of golf’s biggest names fighting to make the cut. Scheffler, who posted his first ever bogey-free round at a major with a tidy 67 on Thursday, could not match that brilliance in […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will attend the Group of Seven (G7) Hiroshima summit in person on Sunday and hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his stay, Japan’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday. Zelenskiy will take part in a session regarding peace and security alongside the G7 leaders and invited outreach countries, according to the foreign ministry. The Ukrainian president is set to […]

By Steve Keating ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) – Canada’s Corey Connors climbed to the top of the PGA Championship second round leaderboard on Friday, with an error-free first nine to move one clear of the pack. Conners and world number two Scottie Scheffler started the day one back of first round leader Bryson DeChambeau but in early afternoon rain both surged past the 2020 U.S. Open champion. Scheffler, who posted […]

ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) – There may be no place like home, but Oak Hill Country Club is proving close enough for the Canadians playing in this week’s PGA Championship where Corey Conners grabbed a share of the halfway lead on Friday. A record six Canadians were in the 156-player starting field at Oak Hill, which is about a 90-minute drive from the Canadian border, and they are relishing in […]