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By Dave Graham and Alberto Fajardo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was set to win a major opposition bastion in a state election on Sunday, preliminary figures showed, giving the country’s leader a boost as he seeks to pave the way for a successor next year. In the State of Mexico gubernatorial race, Lopez Obrador’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) was expected […]

By Dave Graham and Alberto Fajardo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was set to win a major opposition bastion in a state election on Sunday, preliminary figures showed, giving the country’s leader a boost as he seeks to pave the way for a successor next year. In the State of Mexico gubernatorial race, Lopez Obrador’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) was expected to […]

(Reuters) – Karim Benzema’s decision to leave Real Madrid after 14 trophy-laden years was a surprise, manager Carlo Ancelotti said, but insisted that the Ballon d’Or winner has earned the right to choose. The 35-year-old striker will exit Real as a free agent in the close season, with the Frenchman linked with a big-money move to Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad. “His departure has come as a surprise to everyone, […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A woman imprisoned for 20 years over the deaths of her four children was pardoned by New South Wales state on Monday after a judicial review found there was reasonable doubt about the original convictions. Kathleen Megan Folbigg was convicted in 2003 for the murder of her three children and manslaughter of her fourth. Folbigg maintained her innocence and said the children had died of natural causes. […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) is poised to win the governorship of the State of Mexico, the state’s electoral institute forecast on Sunday. A preliminary estimate showed MORENA’s candidate Delfina Gomez was on track to win 52.1-54.2% support, while opposition contender Alejandra del Moral was expected to garner between 43.0-45.2%, the electoral institute said after Sunday’s vote. (Reporting by Dave Graham; […]

By YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Investigators are probing an electronic track management system that they suspect malfunctioned and caused India’s deadliest train crash in more than two decades, railways officials said on Sunday. At least 275 people were killed on Friday when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train, went off the tracks and hit another passenger train passing in the opposite direction in the eastern state […]

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar firmed against major peers in Asian trading after a robust U.S. jobs report spurred traders to price in higher interest rates for longer. The Australian dollar erased early losses after a report showed a pick-up in services activity in key trading partner China. The yuan also got a boost. The Canadian dollar proved resilient, buoyed by a spike in crude oil prices. […]

By David Shepardson and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia, officials said. No survivors were found at the crash site, Virginia state police said. The jet fighters created a sonic boom over the U.S. capital as they pursued the […]

By Dave Graham and Alberto Fajardo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was tipped to seize the last major bastion of the country’s old rulers after a state election on Sunday as the president seeks to pave the way for a successor next year. With polling stations closing in the State of Mexico, Lopez Obrador’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) is expected to add […]