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(Reuters) -Three people were arrested in connection with homophobic and discriminatory chants made during the Premier League between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea on Saturday, Wolves said. Both teams and the Premier League condemned the chants directed at Chelsea supporters during the game which hosts Wolves won 1-0. “Homophobia, like all other forms of discrimination, has no place in football or society, and anyone engaging in discriminatory behaviour is committing a […]

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis appeared to ask Russians to seek the truth about their country’s invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world on Sunday and appealed for dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians following recent violence. Francis, 86, presided at a solemn Easter day Mass in a sunny St. Peter’s Square after unseasonal cold forced him to skip an outdoor service on Friday […]

DUBAI (Reuters) -An Iranian technical delegation will visit Saudi Arabia this week to prepare for the reopening of Iran’s embassy in Riyadh, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday. The announcement comes days after the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met in Beijing on Thursday for the first formal gathering of their top diplomats in more than seven years, after China brokered a deal to restore relations […]

(Reuters) – Ferrari Formula One driver Charles Leclerc has asked fans to respect his privacy after they keep turning up outside his Monaco apartment. The 25-year-old Monegasque, who had an exclusive watch stolen a year ago in Italy when he was approached for a selfie by two people wearing scooter helmets, posted the plea on Instagram on Sunday. “For the past few months, my home address has somehow become public, […]

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tesla Inc will build a factory in Shanghai to make the Megapack energy storage product, Chinese state media outlet Xinhua reported on Sunday. Elon Musk’s automaker will break ground on the plant in the third quarter and start production in the second quarter of 2024, Xinhua reported from a signing ceremony in Shanghai. Complementing a huge existing Shanghai plant making electric vehicles, the new factory will initially produce […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is aware of news reports about a leak of several classified U.S. military documents and it plans to discuss “issues raised” as a result of the leak with the United States, a South Korean presidential official said on Sunday. Several classified U.S. military documents have recently been posted on social media offering a partial, month-old snapshot of the war in Ukraine, three U.S. officials told […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Police in the German city of Hamburg warned locals on Sunday of possible toxins in the air after a fire at a storage facility. Some 140 people have been evacuated, and it is not yet possible to say how dangerous the situation is, a police spokesperson said. Authorities said the fire was in Rothenburgsort, just a few kilometres southeast of central Hamburg, and that the smoke cloud was […]

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tesla Inc will build a gigafactory in Shanghai to make the Megapack energy storage product, Chinese state media outlet Xinhua reported on Sunday. Elon Musk’s automaker will break ground on the plant in the third quarter and start production in the second quarter of 2024, Xinhua reported from a signing ceremony in Shanghai. The factory will initially produce 10,000 Megapack units a year, equal to around 40 […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Police in the German city of Hamburg warned locals on Sunday of possible toxins in the air after a fire at a storage facility. Some 140 people have been evacuated and it is not yet possible to say how dangerous the situation is, a police spokesperson said. (Reporting by Tom Sims; Editing by Hugh Lawson) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com