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By Cheney Orr and Julia Harte DADEVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) -At least four people were killed, including a high school football player, in a shooting that erupted during a birthday party held inside a dance studio in the small town of Dadeville, Alabama, state police and local news media said on Sunday. A local television station reported on Sunday that more than 20 people had been injured in the shooting, about […]

(Reuters) -Teck Resources Ltd has been approached by a unit of Vale SA, Anglo American Plc and Freeport-McMoRan Inc to explore deals if a planned split of the company happens, The Globe and Mail reported on Sunday, citing two sources familiar with the discussions. A vote on Teck’s plan to fully separate the copper and zinc business Teck Metals from the steelmaking coal Elk Valley business is scheduled on April […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The exiled son of the Iranian Shah toppled in the 1979 Islamic revolution will visit Israel this week, Israel’s government said on Sunday, calling him the “most senior Iranian personality” to ever pay a public visit to Israel. Israel and Iran enjoyed warmer ties under the U.S-backed Shah, though they have become enemies since. Israel, in its statement, said the visit by Reza Pahlavi is meant to […]

(Reuters) – Third-placed AS Roma secured a comfortable 3-0 home win against Udinese thanks to goals from Edoardo Bove, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Tammy Abraham in Serie A on Sunday. Roma now have 56 points from 30 games, five adrift of second-placed Lazio and three above AC Milan in fourth. They took the lead in the 37th minute through Bove who tucked the ball away after Bryan Cristante’s penalty for handball […]

(Reuters) -Talking points from the weekend in European soccer leagues: SERIE A FAVOURITES STRUGGLE AFTER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ACTION Three Serie A sides will continue their Champions League campaigns in the quarter-finals next week but things did not go to plan for any of them in domestic action over the weekend. AC Milan and Napoli were held to disappointing draws against Bologna and Hellas Verona respectively, while Inter Milan suffered a […]

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) -Alex Rins won a crash-hit Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin on Sunday after MotoGP world champion Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia, the Saturday sprint winner, fell while leading from pole position. The Spaniard’s surprise victory on a clear afternoon in Texas was a first for the LCR Honda team since Britain’s Cal Crutchlow in Argentina in 2018. It was also the first by any Honda rider other […]

By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Japan’s new central bank Governor Kazuo Ueda gave a clear message to policymakers gathered for global finance meetings here over the last week: The country will remain a dovish outlier by keeping interest rates ultra-low – at least for now. Since taking the helm a week ago, Ueda has dropped some hints the massive stimulus of his dovish predecessor Haruhiko Kuroda will eventually be […]

By Julia Harte (Reuters) -Four people were killed and multiple others injured in a shooting on Saturday night that was tied to a birthday party in the small town of Dadeville, Alabama, the state law enforcement agency said on Sunday. A local TV station reported on Sunday that more than 20 people had been injured in the shooting, citing investigators on the scene. The state agency declined to answer questions […]

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on Sunday and both men hailed military cooperation between the two nations, which have declared a “no limits” partnership. GRAIN IMPORTS * Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, a European Commission spokesperson said on Sunday, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on grain and other food imports from Ukraine to protect […]