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BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden delighted thousands of locals from his Irish ancestral home of Ballina on Friday when he saved the final words of his Ireland tour to back their Gaelic football team to break a famous decades-long curse. The proud Irish-American, wrapping up a nostalgic three-day visit to Ireland with a rally in the County Mayo town that his great-great-great-grandfather left for the United States […]

BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden delighted thousands of locals from his Irish ancestral home of Ballina on Friday when he saved the final words of his Ireland tour to back their Gaelic football team to break a famous decades-long curse. The proud Irish-American, wrapping up a nostalgic three-day visit to Ireland with a rally in the County Mayo town that his great-great-great-grandfather left for the United States […]

BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden delighted thousands of locals from his Irish ancestral home of Ballina on Friday when he saved the final words of his Ireland tour to back their Gaelic football team to break a famous decades-long curse. The proud Irish-American, wrapping up a nostalgic three-day visit to Ireland with a rally in the County Mayo town that his great-great-great-grandfather left for the United States […]

By Graham Fahy and Steve Holland BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) -Thousands took to the streets of U.S. President Joe Biden’s ancestral home town in the west of Ireland on Friday for a farewell rally to end a nostalgic three-day state visit ahead of what is expected to be a grueling 2024 re-election bid. The speech and concert in front of a cathedral that Biden’s great-great-great-grandfather helped build is likely to provide […]

By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee on Friday said it would accelerate its discussions on quota reforms at the global lender with an eye to making “considerable progress” by its next meeting in October. Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino, who chairs the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), said members were committed to revisiting the adequacy of the IMF’s quotas for shareholders […]

By Kai Pfaffenbach and Manuel Ausloos NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile strike killed eight people in eastern Ukraine on Friday as a British assessment said Ukrainian troops had been forced to withdraw from parts of the city of Bakhmut, the focus of Moscow’s slow advance through the region. Ukrainian troops have been doggedly defending Bakhmut, shattered after months of shelling and bombardment. Ukrainian military commanders this week rejected […]

By Lewis Jackson and Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian man who had recently returned from China was arrested in Sydney on Friday and charged with a foreign interference offence, police, court officials and neighbours of the man said. Alexander Csergo, 55, will appear before Parramatta local court on Saturday to face a charge of reckless foreign interference, a New South Wales courts spokeswoman told Reuters. The court listing shows […]

By Fergal Smith (Reuters) -Canada’s main stock index edged up on Friday to its highest closing level in six weeks, helped by gains for energy and financial shares, while weaker gold prices drove down mining stocks. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index rose 15.42 points, or 0.1%, to 20,579.91, its highest closing level since March 3. For the week, it was up 1.9%, its fourth straight week of gains. […]

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian missiles hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding 21, the governor of Donetsk region said. Pavlo Kyrylenko told national television that seven Russian S-300 missiles had been fired. “As of now, casualties at all sites — 21 people were injured and eight people have died,” Kyrylenko said on national television. Kyrylenko said there were “no fewer than seven […]