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TURIN (Reuters) -A stoppage-time goal by forward Giacomo Raspadori earned runaway leaders Napoli a 1-0 win at Juventus on Sunday that leaves them on the brink of claiming their first Serie A title since 1990 after the hosts had two goals ruled out following VAR reviews. Raspadori came off the bench to fire Napoli 17 points clear on 78 points and they could claim their third Serie A championship next […]

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Inflation figures from Singapore top the Asian economic calendar on Monday, kicking off a week in which eyes of the Asia Pacific region – and beyond – will be focused on the Bank of Japan’s first policy meeting under guidance of new governor Kazuo Ueda. The BOJ’s decision, and Ueda’s press conference on […]

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Inflation figures from Singapore top the Asian economic calendar on Monday, kicking off a week in which eyes of the Asia Pacific region – and beyond – will be focused on the Bank of Japan’s first policy meeting under guidance of new governor Kazuo Ueda. The BOJ’s decision, and Ueda’s press conference on […]

(Reuters) – Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul charged up the leaderboard to share top spot with American Angel Yin in the final round of the Chevron Championship on Sunday, with the pair sitting two shots clear of the rest of the field. Thitikul’s pair of bogeys were offset by five birdies after 15 holes at the Club at Carlton Woods near Houston, putting the twice LPGA winner within striking distance of a […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -The armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom have evacuated embassy staff from Sudan, while other nations rushed to get their citizens to safety as rival military factions battled in the capital Khartoum on Sunday. The eruption of fighting eight days ago between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has triggered a humanitarian crisis, killed […]

US Closes Sudan Embassy as Conflict Enters 2nd Week The embassy closure comes amid power struggle and violence, threatening democratic progress By Crystal Jones/The Media Line US special operations forces conducted a successful evacuation of the American Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan on Sunday. The US troops, with the help of Ethiopia and other countries, airlifted all remaining embassy staff to an undisclosed location in Ethiopia after sweeping in and out […]

PARIS (Reuters) – A last-gasp own goal by Malo Gusto earned Olympique de Marseille a 2-1 win at Olympique Lyonnais and lifted them back up to second in Ligue 1 with six games left on Sunday. Alexandre Lacazette netted after the break to cancel out Cengiz Under’s first-half opener for Marseille, only for Gusto to deflect a poor clearance into his own net two minutes into stoppage time. The result […]

(Reuters) – The United States asked South Korea to urge its chipmakers not to fill any market gap in China if Beijing bans memory chipmaker Micron from selling chips, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The United States made the request as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol prepares to travel to Washington on Monday, the newspaper reported, according to four people familiar with the talks. China’s cyberspace regulator Cyberspace […]

(Reuters) – Nine teenagers were shot early Sunday at an after-prom party in Jasper, Texas, prompting what will be an increased police presence at the town’s high school this week, officials said. None of the gunshot wounds were life-threatening, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that offered few other details about the shooting at a residence in Jasper, a town of about 7,200 people some 134 miles […]