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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Europa League thoroughbreds Sevilla worked their magic yet again to beat AS Roma 4-1 on penalties on Wednesday and lift the trophy for a record-extending seventh time, handing Roma boss Jose Mourinho his first defeat in six European finals. After an unspectacular match ended 1-1 after extra time, Sevilla ruthlessly punished the Italians in the shootout, with Gonzalo Montiel firing home the winning spot kick, just as […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian home prices rose for the third consecutive month in May, with the pace of growth accelerating sharply as demand remained strong despite high mortgage rates, and the number of available homes nudged lower. Figures from property consultant CoreLogic released on Thursday showed national home prices surged 1.2% in May after rising in March and April, and finding a floor in February. The report showed the rise […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have a 2021 audio recording of former President Donald Trump acknowledging he kept a classified Pentagon document about a possible attack on Iran after leaving the White House, CNN reported on Wednesday. CNN did not listen to the recording but cited unidentified multiple sources describing it. Reuters was not able to confirm the report. The recording shows Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential […]

By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – Applied maths graduate Liang Huaxiao tried to land a job with one of China’s tech giants for two years. Then she tried customer service and sales. Then she applied for assistant roles in a bakery and in a beauty parlour. Like a rising number of her highly educated peers, Liang keeps trading down to try and find a source of income in China’s worst […]

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, has said her country’s military spy satellite will soon enter into orbit and promised Pyongyang will increase military surveillance, state media KCNA reported on Thursday. “We are ready to act whatever it may be in defending its sovereign right and interests,” Kim, a powerful government official in her own right, said in a statement […]

By Roxanne Liu and Kane Wu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -China-focused venture capital fundraising is heading for its weakest first half year in at least eight years, data from researcher Preqin showed, as a teetering economic recovery and Sino-U.S. tensions unsettle investors and startups. Concern about the impact of a weak business environment on startups’ prospects and valuations means a turnaround in fundraising may take time as venture funds take longer […]

By Caroline Valetkevitch (Reuters) -Investors were awaiting a critical vote in the U.S. House of Representatives over the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling late on Wednesday, which could further ease concerns of a destabilizing default that have hung over markets for most of 2023. Any stock market rally on passage of the deal would likely be short-lived, with the S&P 500 already near its highest levels since August 2022, said Alan […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s supreme court voted on Wednesday to sentence former President Fernando Collor de Mello to 8 years and 10 months in prison on corruption and money laundering charges. The Brazilian prosecutor’s office accused Collor, 73, of having received around 30 million reais ($6 million) in bribes from a subsidiary of state-run oil company Petrobras. The top court convicted the former senator in mid-May, but justices had still […]

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -Novak Djokovic briefly struggled before bulldozing past Hungarian journeyman Marton Fucsovics 7-6(2) 6-0 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the French Open third round. The world number three, who sparked controversy by writing “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia” on a camera lens earlier this week, survived a high-octane end to the first set to advance to a clash with Spanish 29th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. […]