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By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lionel Messi on Wednesday announced that he intends to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent after parting ways with French champions Paris St Germain and snubbing a lucrative contract offer in Saudi Arabia. Messi, who played his final game for PSG over the weekend, was also linked with a return to Barcelona but the Spanish club have had […]

By Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Wednesday that talks about resolving the conflict with Russia could not start with a mere cessation of hostilities. “If anyone thinks they should freeze the conflict and then see how to solve it, they don’t understand it,” he said in an online briefing aimed at African journalists, following a tour of African countries. More than 100 […]

By Kylie Madry and David Shepardson MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is traveling to Mexico to meet with the country’s president and cabinet members to discuss transportation, his office said on Wednesday, as Mexico awaits U.S. approval to regain a coveted air safety rating. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said talks would center on his country’s efforts to recover the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Category […]

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, under scrutiny following revelations that he did not disclose luxury trips paid for by a billionaire Dallas businessman, has received an extension to file his mandatory annual financial disclosure, the court said on Wednesday. Seven of the nine justices disclosed their outside income and gifts from 2022, as required for certain senior government officials, while […]

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) – Alexander Zverev rolled into the French Open semi-finals on Wednesday a year after leaving the Grand Slam in a wheelchair and said his injury issues in the last 12 months made his achievement a little sweeter. Zverev was in excruciating pain after suffering a serious ankle injury during his Roland Garros semi-final against Rafa Nadal in 2022 and had surgery to repair his ligaments. […]

By Shubham Batra, Shristi Achar A and David Carnevali (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed in negative territory on Wednesday as investors took profits after a months-long megacap stocks run and ahead of key economic and policy events next week. The small-cap index Russell 2000 ticked higher as investors kept moving away from megagap and growth stocks after their strong gains. “Over the past week, we’ve seen a […]

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) -Major League Soccer (MLS) has signed a few big names over the years but the recruitment of Lionel Messi by Inter Miami could be a game-changer for American soccer. The great Argentine forward announced on Wednesday he had decided to join the MLS side and play for a club outside Europe for the first time in more than 20 years, though he told Mundo […]

By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hotel room rates in the U.S. and Europe are rising and may get even more expensive as supply has failed to keep up with demand, industry executives said. U.S. hotel room supply is barely growing as tighter lending standards from regional banks make it harder for developers to secure funding, even as travel demand has grown after the COVID-19 pandemic. This is helping to […]

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has committed to the removal of Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive government sites as part of its latest plans to address national security concerns related to China. Under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has cast China as the world’s greatest challenge to security and prosperity, the government told its departments last year to stop installing Chinese-linked surveillance cameras at sensitive buildings. In an announcement setting out a […]