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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Gastroenterologist Wesley Kasen arrived in Hawke’s Bay New Zealand in February with his wife Marnie, two kids and dog from Colorado. Their arrival filled a vacancy at the local hospital. The Kasens are part of a migrant boom helping to ease the country’s acute labour shortages – a relief for firms desperate to fill vacancies and keep a lid on wages but which economists warn […]

(Reuters) -At least seven pedestrians were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV mowed down people near a homeless shelter that attends to migrants in Brownsville, Texas, police said. The male driver was in custody, Lieutenant Martin Sandoval of the Brownsville Police Department said, adding he was charged with reckless driving and could face additional charges. Sandoval said the victims in the morning crash were waiting at […]

(Reuters) -At least 20 people drowned after a boat capsized off the coastal town of Tanur in India’s southern state of Kerala, local authorities said on Monday. The death toll was likely to rise as the boat was stuck in muddy waters and was being pulled out to rescue those trapped inside, Kerala’s minister for fisheries and harbour development, V. Abdurahiman told reporters. He said 12 bodies had been identified […]

(Reuters) -At least seven pedestrians were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV mowed down people near a homeless shelter that attends to migrants in Brownsville, Texas, police said. The male driver was in custody, Lieutenant Martin Sandoval of the Brownsville Police Department said, adding he was charged with reckless driving and could face additional charges. Sandoval said the victims in the morning crash were waiting at […]

By Fernando Kallas MADRID (Reuters) -World number two Carlos Alcaraz beat lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the Madrid Open final on Sunday to defend last year’s title and win his fourth ATP Tour trophy of the year and his tenth overall. Alcaraz, who had an injury-plagued start to the season, came back in top form last month to win the Barcelona Open for the second consecutive year. […]

(Reuters) – The prominent Russian nationalist writer, Zakhar Prilepin, on Sunday described breaking both legs in a car bomb that killed his driver and which Moscow blamed on the United States and Ukraine. “To the demons I say: You will scare nobody. There is a God. We will win,” he said in a Telegram post apparently written from hospital in Nizhny Novgorod region, where Russia’s state Investigative Committee said his […]

By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) – Formula One spent much of the build-up to Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix shrugging off criticism it had become boring and uncompetitive with Red Bull in a league of their own winning every race. While Tom Garfinkel, CEO of the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium that hosts the race, cannot do anything about the on track product, they have upped their entertainment game by […]

By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) – Formula One spent much of the build-up to Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix shrugging off criticism it had become boring and uncompetitive with Red Bull in a league of their own winning every race. While Tom Garfinkel, CEO of the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium that hosts the race, cannot do anything about the on track product, they have upped their entertainment game by […]

By Fernando Kallas MADRID (Reuters) – World number two Carlos Alcaraz beat lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the Madrid Open final on Sunday to defend last year’s title and win his fourth ATP Tour trophy of the year and his tenth overall. Alcaraz, who had an injury-plagued start to the season, came back in top form last month to win the Barcelona Open for the second consecutive […]