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By Frank Pingue AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Three-time champion Phil Mickelson, who missed the Masters in 2022 for the first time in 28 years as part of a self-imposed hiatus from the sport, said on Tuesday he is thrilled to be back at Augusta National and that his reception has been wonderful. Mickelson missed the first two majors of 2022, including his title defence at the PGA Championship, as he […]

By David Shepardson and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A key SpaceX Starship Super Heavy rocket launch test could happen next week, according to a planning notice posted Tuesday by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA notice said the launch’s primary expected date is April 10, but listed backup dates as April 11 and 12. Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket and satellite company must still get a launch license for […]

By Frank Pingue AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Three-time champion Phil Mickelson, who missed the Masters in 2022 for the first time in 28 years as part of a self-imposed hiatus from the sport, said on Tuesday he is thrilled to be back at Augusta National and that his reception has been wonderful. Mickelson missed the first two majors of 2022, including his title defence at the PGA Championship, as he […]

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s armed forces said they had repelled 45 Russian attacks over the past 24 hours, as Bakhmut and Avdiivka remained the epicenter of fighting on Wednesday and Ukrainian aircraft had launched seven strikes on Russian forces and two command posts. The founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, recently claimed his forces had captured Bakhmut, a mining city and logistics hub, “in a legal […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Interim Chelsea coach Bruno Saltor said his players were only human as he tried to explain their dreadful goalscoring record this season which cost Graham Potter his job as coach and was on display again in a 0-0 draw with Liverpool on Tuesday. “Yes, we created enough chances to win the game, two goals disallowed,” Saltor told reporters. “The boys gave everything, they played with their heart […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden told Britain’s King Charles in a phone call on Tuesday that first lady Jill Biden will attend the king’s coronation in May, the White House said in a statement. Biden also congratulated Charles on his upcoming coronation and said he would like to meet with him in the United Kingdom at a future date, it said. Charles and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, […]

By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – How does a Masters champion celebrate after winning a first Green Jacket? If you’re world number one Scottie Scheffler, you buy a bottle of tequila and a cold tub. And what will Scheffler splurge on if he successfully defends his title on Sunday, joining Tiger Woods, Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus as the only golfers to win back-to-back Masters? Maybe a new car. […]

By Brendan Pierson and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical of 3M’s bid to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies to shield itself from nearly 260,000 lawsuits over allegedly defective military-issue earplugs. Paul Clement, a lawyer for Aearo, urged a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to reverse a bankruptcy court order allowing the lawsuits to move […]

By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -China, Taiwan and the United States all share a common interest in ensuring this week’s California stopover by Taiwan’s president gets the focus each thinks it deserves, but without setting off a new crisis. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is due in Los Angeles on Wednesday when she will meet U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the first such meeting on […]