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FREIBURG, Germany (Reuters) – An unstoppable 25-metres strike from defender Matthijs de Ligt handed Bayern Munich a 1-0 victory over Freiburg on Saturday, keeping them two points clear at the top of the table with seven games remaining. The Bavarians, who face Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-final first leg next week, had been beaten at home by Freiburg 2-1 in the German Cup last eight on Tuesday. Desperate […]

By Frank Pingue AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) -Jon Rahm mounted a charge when the weather-hit second round of the Masters resumed in rainy and chilly conditions at Augusta National on Saturday to finish two shots back of the halfway lead held by LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka. Five-times champion Tiger Woods, walking the hilly course on his rebuilt leg, bogeyed the closing hole and finished right on the three-over-par cut line, tying […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Russia or pro-Russian elements are likely behind a leak of classified U.S. military documents that offer a partial snapshot of the war in Ukraine, three U.S. officials told Reuters, while the Justice Department said it was probing the leak. FIGHTING * A missile fired from Ukrainian-held territory was shot down over the Black Sea town of Feodosia in Russian-controlled Crimea, the Moscow-installed head of Crimea’s administration said […]

By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag blamed the club’s busy fixture schedule for striker Marcus Rashford’s groin injury suffered in Saturday’s 2-0 home win over Everton and said he “can only pray” the injury was not serious. The 25-year-old, who has scored 28 goals for United in all competitions this season, grabbed the inside of his right leg after stretching for a high […]

By Amina Ismail ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) -The Iraqi government called on Turkey on Saturday to apologize for what it said was an attack on Sulaymaniyah airport in northern Iraq, saying Ankara must cease hostilities on Iraqi soil. The Iraqi presidency said in a statement that Turkey had no legal justification to continue “intimidating civilians under the pretext that forces hostile to it are present on Iraqi soil”. “In this regard […]

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas on Friday suspended approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, which will essentially make sales of the pill illegal in the U.S., while a legal challenge proceeds. The legal battle over medication abortion is only beginning and could wend its way through multiple levels of appeals courts over a period of months or years before it is resolved. Here […]

Israel Strikes Lebanon, Gaza Following Rocket Attacks on Israel, Jerusalem Violence Rare strikes in Lebanon come after violence at Jerusalem holy site and a barrage of rockets from Lebanon toward Israel. Both countries tell the UN they are not interested in a conflict, but tensions remain high. By Mohammad Al-Kassim/The Media Line Tense calm is holding as normal life seems to be returning to southern and northern Israel following a […]

(Reuters) -The U.S. arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance is struggling to find a bank to handle its customers’ cash after the failure of Signature Bank last month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. Previously, the deposits were sent to either Signature Bank or Silvergate Capital Corp, both seen as crypto-friendly banks. However, after both failed, the exchange is rushing to find a new […]

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The federal judge who on Friday suspended approval of the abortion pill mifepristone is a former Christian legal activist whose small courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, has become a go-to destination for conservatives challenging Biden administration policies. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former Republican President Donald Trump, had a long track record of opposing abortion and LGBTQ rights before the U.S. Senate confirmed […]