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By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) -French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or on Saturday, beating out 20 other films in competition for the top prize. Triet called being only the third woman to win “surprising” and said the decision was encouraging for the future. “We’re at the dawn of deep-seated changes in this respect,” she said after winning. Triet used […]

By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee on Sunday welcomed news of a deal to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling, saying failure to forge an agreement would be “extremely negative” for the financial system and broader economy. Interviewed on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” he declined to say whether he would support an interest-rate hike at the Fed meeting on June 13-14. He said the full impact […]

PARIS (Reuters) – French Open organisers were again opting to give men prime time billing at the claycourt major, and overlooking women’s matches, as Italian Jannik Sinner’s first round outing was scheduled for Monday’s evening session on Court Philippe Chatrier. French fifth seed Caroline Garcia’s popularity has grown since she reached the U.S. Open semi-finals last September — hence she seemed to be a prime candidate to be given top […]

(Fixes typo in headline) By Ece Toksabay and Can Sezer ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan appeared to be headed for victory in Turkey’s runoff election on Sunday, with data from both state-run Anadolu agency and opposition ANKA news agency giving him an edge with about 93% of the ballot boxes counted. The head of the High Election Board said at a news conference that Erdogan was leading challenger Kemal […]

By Ece Toksabay and Can Sezer ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan appeared to be headed for victory in Turkey’s runoff election on Sunday, with data from both state-run Anadolu agency and opposition ANKA news agency giving him an edge with about 93% of the ballot boxes counted. The head of the High Election Board said at a news conference that Erdogan was leading challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu with 54.47% support, […]

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan led Turkey’s runoff election with 54.78% support based on Sunday’s initial results versus challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu with 45.22%, with 67% of ballot boxes opened, according to data from the state-run Anadolu Agency. The gap between the two candidates was expected to narrow as more and larger ballot boxes are tallied in cities. The Anadolu data was cited by several broadcasters. Separate data published by […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has put forward a bill that would see Ukraine impose sanctions on Russian ally Iran for 50 years, Zelenskiy’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak said on Sunday, a response to what Kyiv says is Tehran’s weapons supplies to Moscow. Kyiv and its allies say Iran has been supplying Russia with arms, including hundreds of drones, since Moscow invaded Ukraine last year. Tehran rejects […]

By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) – World number five Stefanos Tsitsipas will be downing red wine, munching on baguettes and smiling a lot in Paris, hoping this will lead to success at the French Open, he said on Sunday. The Greek, known for his occasional outbursts during matches even directed at his own team, said he was a great admirer of top seed Carlos Alcaraz’s sunny approach to the game. […]

By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) – Double world champion Max Verstappen led a soggy and slippery Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday to stretch his Formula One lead to 39 points and earn Red Bull a sixth win in as many races this season. In a race livened up by a downpour after a processional 51 laps in dry conditions, Spaniard Fernando Alonso finished second for Aston […]