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(Reuters) – Ducati’s reigning MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia smashed the circuit lap record to take pole position for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. The pole was the Italian’s first of the season, and 12th of his career, after starting the previous two races in Portugal and Argentina on the front row and taking a double victory in the opening round. The factory team […]

(Reuters) – Ducati’s reigning MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia smashed the circuit lap record to take pole position for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. The pole was the Italian’s first of the season, and 12th of his career, after starting the previous two races in Portugal and Argentina on the front row and taking a double victory in the opening round. The factory team […]

QUITO (Reuters) – At least 12 inmates were killed in an Ecuadorian jail amid a new clash between gangs, the SNAI prison agency said on Saturday, in the latest chapter in the South American nation’s prison violence.     The confrontation occurred on Friday in the prison known as La Penitenciaría, in the city of Guayaquil, one of the country’s most dangerous.     Ecuador has been plagued by prison riots since […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Tottenham Hotspur blew a gilt-edged chance to rekindle their hopes of finishing in the Premier League’s top four when relegation battlers Bournemouth snatched a last-gasp 3-2 away victory over them on Saturday. Substitute Dango Ouattara’s superb finish in the fifth minute of stoppage time secured a vital three points for Bournemouth whose fans celebrated wildly as their side took another step towards top-flight survival. For […]

QUITO (Reuters) – At least 12 inmates were killed in an Ecuadorian jail amid a new clash between gangs, the SNAI prison agency said on Saturday, in the latest chapter in the South American nation’s prison violence.     The confrontation occurred on Friday in the prison known as La Penitenciaría, in the city of Guayaquil, one of the country’s most dangerous.     Ecuador has been plagued by prison riots since […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Thousands of Palestinian Christians and pilgrims from around the world filled Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday to celebrate the Orthodox Holy Light ceremony, under a heavy Israeli police presence that has drawn anger from churches. The millennium-old celebration, symbolising Jesus’s resurrection, usually draws thousands of worshippers to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Christians believe Jesus was buried. But Israeli police this year have significantly limited access […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Here are some facts about Sudan’s main paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, which said on Saturday it had taken control of the presidential palace and the country’s international airport in an apparent coup attempt. It accused the army of attacking first; the military said it was fighting back. * The RSF is commanded by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who currently holds the position of deputy head […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s main paramilitary group and the regular armed forces exchanged gunfire in Khartoum and elsewhere in the country on Saturday in an apparent struggle for control. The army rejected assertions by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that they had seized the presidential palace, the army chief’s residence and airports in Khartoum and the northern city of Merowe. Army chief General Abdel Fattah […]

(Reuters) – Andrey Rublev moved into his third Masters final after fighting back from a set down in Monte Carlo to beat American Taylor Fritz 5-7 6-1 6-3 at the picturesque Court Rainier III on Saturday. The pair have met regularly in Masters tournaments and Fritz had the upper hand with a three-match win streak against Rublev, but it was the Russian who prevailed in an encounter that was suspended […]