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PHOENIX (Reuters) – U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner relied on her inner strength to return to the court after being detained nearly 10 months in Russia, the Phoenix Mercury center said on Thursday in her first news conference since she returned home. The two-times Olympic gold medallist was released from one of Russia’s most notorious penal colonies in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the United States late last year after […]

PHOENIX (Reuters) – U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner relied on her inner strength to return to the court after being detained nearly 10 months in Russia, the Phoenix Mercury center said on Thursday in her first news conference since she returned home. The two-times Olympic gold medallist was released from one of Russia’s most notorious penal colonies in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the United States late last year after […]

By Mahamat Ramadane N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in Chad said it expects to see more refugees fleeing across the border from Sudan to escape the fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Around 10,000 to 20,000 Sudanese have already crossed the border into Chad a week after the fighting began in Khartoum and other areas of the country. […]

(Corrects years to 350 in penultimate paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles became monarch of the United Kingdom and 14 other realms on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth in September, but in May he will be crowned in a ceremony full of pomp, pageantry and solemn religious significance. Why is he crowned and what does it all mean? WHAT’S THE HISTORY OF CORONATIONS? For the best part of a […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Thursday refused to revive a lawsuit filed by states against Meta’s Facebook that alleged the company had broken antitrust law. Dozens of states led by New York asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year to reinstate the lawsuit, which U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia rejected, saying they had waited too long to […]

(Corrects years to 350 in penultimate paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles became monarch of the United Kingdom and 14 other realms on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth in September, but in May he will be crowned in a ceremony full of pomp, pageantry and solemn religious significance. Why is he crowned and what does it all mean? HISTORY For the best part of a thousand years, the kings […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress on Thursday that it was necessary to speed up trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United State to counter increasing North Korean nuclear threats, and said the world must not “shy away” from its duty to promote freedom for the North. Yoon, on the fourth day of a state visit to mark the […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will dedicate specially trained asylum officers to new refugee centers in Guatemala and Colombia, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters on Thursday as Washington seeks to create new lawful pathways for migrants. The announcement was part of a series of actions rolled out by President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday to address a possible increase in illegal immigration when COVID-19 border […]

(Reuters) – USA Boxing’s withdrawal from IBA to join a breakaway world body will hurt its members as well as depriving others of opportunities, the Russian-led association said on Thursday. USA Boxing, representing the most successful country in the sport’s Olympic history, announced on Wednesday it had left the International Boxing Association (IBA) with immediate effect and was set to join the breakaway World Boxing. Mike McAtee, chief executive of […]