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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has moved to ease Australian fears over the fitness of Sam Kerr ahead of the Women’s World Cup after the Matildas striker was withdrawn after half an hour of the London club’s Women’s Super League match on Sunday. Kerr is crucial to Australia’s hopes of going deep in the tournament, which the country is co-hosting with New Zealand from July 20 to Aug. […]

HAVANA (Reuters) -Cubans in Caimanera, a small port town near the U.S. military base at Guantanamo, took to the streets late on Saturday evening, according to social media and official reports, in the first known anti-government protests of the year in Cuba. Videos posted on social media, many shared by dissidents outside Cuba and by human rights groups, showed men in military uniforms and civilian clothing clashing with dozens of […]

(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchange Binance again temporarily closed bitcoin withdrawals late on Sunday, after briefly pausing withdrawals earlier in the day. (Reporting by Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) – An explosion was heard following a missile attack that hit the Black Sea city of Odesa overnight, a local Ukrainian official said, while air raid alerts rang out in other regions of the country including the capital, Kyiv. “There has been an enemy missile attack,” Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Odesa military administration, said on his Telegram channel. “Air defense is working on the outskirts of Kyiv!” Kyiv’s […]

By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) – Max Verstappen produced a tyre management masterclass to outwit Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez and win the Formula One Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, reaffirming his status as the man to beat for the drivers championship. As the reigning double world champion on F1’s dominant team, Verstappen had already been installed as the favourite but coming into Miami all the indicators were trending […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business conditions remained sturdy in April, supported by robust sales and labour market strength despite high inflation and rising interest rates, while cost pressures were still posing a challenge for firms. The survey from National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) released on Monday showed its index of business conditions fell two points to +14 in April, but stayed well above its long-run average. The volatile measure of […]

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean right-wing parties are projected to win a majority in a vote on Sunday to elect advisers to draft a new constitution, marking a sharp shift from a progressive majority that drafted a failed first constitutional rewrite. With 90.68% of votes tallied, Chile’s Republican Party, led by former conservative firebrand presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, leads with 35.53% of votes. A separate coalition of traditional right-wing parties […]

Isaac Paredes hit an RBI single with one out in the 10th inning to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to an 8-7 comeback win against the New York Yankees in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Paredes hit an opposite-field line drive to right off Albert Abreu (1-1) to score Brandon Lowe from second base. Jose Siri and Christian Bethancourt homered for Tampa […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — LaJoia Broughton, a 41-year-old small-business owner, considers herself a fan of President Joe Biden. He’s provided opportunities for Black-owned business while bringing integrity to the White House, she said. Her decision for 2024 is not in doubt. “Biden has proven himself in the last few years, and I’ll be voting for him in the next election,” said Broughton, who owns a lobbying and public affairs firm […]