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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Martin Amis, a British writer of dark comedic novels, has died at the age of 73, his publisher said Saturday on Twitter. Penguin Books said Amis “leaves a towering legacy and an indelible mark on the British cultural landscape, and will be missed enormously.” Amis died Friday at his home in Lake Worth, Florida, the New York Times reported earlier, quoting his wife, Isabel Fonseca, as saying the […]

(Reuters) – The Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a seven-day humanitarian truce and ceasefire, two negotiation sources told Reuters on Saturday. The new agreement will take effect after 48 hours, the sources added. Past similar ceasefires were not honoured by the warring parties. Sudan has been mired in turmoil since a conflict broke out between the army and the RSF in mid-April. Fighting has killed […]

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday and also hold a joint meeting with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, according to a U.S. official. The United States, South Korea and Japan will discuss deepening three-way ties between their countries, including military “interoperability,” according to the senior Biden administration official who declined to be named briefing reporters. The countries will […]

By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) – A transgender Mississippi girl declined to participate in high school graduation on Saturday after a U.S. District Judge said the school district could bar her unless she dressed in clothes required for boys, a lawyer for the girl said. U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel, an appointee of former Republican President Donald Trump, said in filing late on Friday after a hearing that he would not […]

By Trevor Hunnicutt HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – The United States and other rich democracies on Sunday will bring to a close a Group of Seven gathering that has focused on undermining Russia and managing China with a show of force behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Zelenskiy will receive a hero’s welcome during the closing day of the G7 summit hosted in Hiroshima, Japan, where leaders debated how to respond to […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Manchester City wrapped up their fifth Premier League title in six seasons a day earlier than expected thanks to Nottingham Forest’s victory over second-placed Arsenal on Saturday. A title race that had come to the boil since March ended abruptly as Forest won 1-0 at the City Ground to end Arsenal’s slim hopes while ensuring their own survival. City, who have now won three in […]

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests across the country, now entering their 20th week, on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contested plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court. The planned overhaul, which would give the government control over naming judges to the Supreme Court and let parliament override many rulings, was paused after opponents organised some of the biggest street protests ever seen […]

(Reuters) – A horse trained by Bob Baffert was euthanized on the track after going down with an injury and throwing Panamanian jockey Luis Saez during a race on the Preakness States undercard at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday. Havnameltdown went down as he came around the final turn and sustained a “non-operable left fore fetlock injury” that led to the decision to euthanize the 3-year-old colt, 1ST […]

By Steve Keating ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) – Co-leaders world number two Scottie Scheffler, Norway’s Viktor Hovland and Canadian Corey Conners headed out for a soggy third round at the PGA Championship with umbrellas in hand on Saturday as rain continued to swamp Oak Hill Country Club. From the first players off at 8:10am ET (1210 GMT) until the last pairing of Scheffler and Conners almost seven hours later the […]