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(Reuters) – Former world number four Robin Soderling has stepped down from his role as Sweden’s Davis Cup captain due to health reasons, the Swedish Tennis Association said on Monday. Two-time French Open finalist Soderling was appointed Sweden’s Davis Cup captain in 2019, twice leading them into the Finals tournament. “With his knowledge, experience and great commitment, he has done a fantastic job as captain and I hope that in […]

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – A Virginia teacher shot by a 6-year-old student on Monday sued school administrators for $40 million, alleging they ignored warnings from staff and pupils that the boy had a gun. The Jan. 6 attack on Abigail Zwerner in Newport News was unusual among U.S. school shootings given the young age of the assailant and the fact police said the boy shot his first-grade teacher on […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested and charged with espionage in Russia last week, has appealed against his pre-trial detention through his lawyers, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the court. A Moscow court last Thursday remanded the Wall Street Journal reporter in pre-trial detention until May 29. The appeal seeks to overturn that ruling. The Wall Street Journal has “vehemently denied” the charges against Gershkovich, […]

By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co shareholders supported the 11 nominees to the company’s board of directors including Chief Executive Bob Iger and Chairman Mark Parker, according to vote tallies announced at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Monday. Parker, the executive chairman of Nike and its former chief executive, replaces the retiring chairman, Susan Arnold.  Shareholders rejected a proposal backed by the […]

(Reuters) – Former world number four Robin Soderling has stepped down from his role as Sweden’s Davis Cup captain due to health reasons, the Swedish Tennis Association said on Monday. Two-time French Open finalist Soderling was appointed Sweden’s Davis Cup captain in 2019, twice leading them into the Finals tournament. “With his knowledge, experience and great commitment, he has done a fantastic job as captain and I hope that in […]

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Coast Guard said on Monday it was forced to use a helicopter to rescue 32 migrants, including a child, who had been stranded on a desert island in the central Mediterranean since the previous say. Picking the migrants from the islet of Lampione, part of the same archipelago as Lampedusa island, proved impossible via sea due to “particularly adverse” sea and weather conditions, the Coast Guard […]

By Lizbeth Diaz CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (Reuters) – Eduard Caraballo screamed for help. Thick suffocating smoke was filling the cell where he was held with over 60 other migrants in northern Mexico, but there was no way out. The single door was locked shut. “We screamed for them to open the cell door, but no one helped us,” Caraballo, 26, said through tears during a phone interview from his hospital […]

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team chosen to fly on what would be the first crewed voyage around the moon in more than 50 years. Christina Koch, an engineer who already holds the record for the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman and […]

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team chosen to fly on what would be the first crewed voyage around the moon in more than 50 years. Christina Koch, an engineer who already holds the record for the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman and was […]