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By Fernando Kallas BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said it was a “magnificent feeling” as he clinched his first LaLiga title as manager of the club where he won eight as a player, ending a four-year drought for the Catalan giants. Xavi’s side wrapped up the title after two first-half goals from Robert Lewandowski spurred them to a 4-2 win against city rivals Espanyol on Sunday. Barcelona were […]

(Reuters) – ONEOK Inc agreed to buy Magellan Midstream Partners in a cash and stock deal valued at around $18.8 billion including assumed debt to diversify in the midstream oil and gas industry, the company said on Sunday. ONEOK will pay $25 and 0.6670 shares of ONEOK common stock for each outstanding Magellan common unit. The deal is expected to be accretive to earnings per share beginning in 2024, with […]

By Scott Murdoch and Himanshi Akhand (Reuters) -Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining Ltd said on Monday it would back Newmont Corp’s A$26.2 billion ($17.8 billion) takeover offer in one of the world’s largest buyouts so far this year. If the deal gets Newcrest shareholders’ approval and other regulatory approvals, it would lift Newmont’s gold output to nearly double its nearest rival, Barrick Gold Corp, further solidifying Newmont’s position as the […]

By Sarah N. Lynch and Tyler Clifford WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have unexpectedly fallen, not risen, since Title 42 curbs expired and reinstating criminal penalties for illegal entry is likely the biggest reason, the Biden administration said on Sunday. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said border patrol agents have seen a 50% drop in the number of migrants crossing the border since Thursday, when President […]

By Orhan Coskun, Ece Toksabay and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey appeared headed for a runoff presidential election after neither Tayyip Erdogan nor rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu cleared the threshold to win outright on Sunday, in a poll seen as a verdict on Erdogan’s 20-year rule and increasingly authoritarian path. With almost 91% of ballot boxes counted, both sides claimed to be ahead and contested the figures, warning against any premature […]

By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats won an election on Sunday in Germany’s smallest state, Bremen, in a vote that could give a modest lift to the centre-left party which has seen its popularity slide nationally. The state is not deemed a political bellwether for other parts of Germany given its specific characteristics and its small size with around 683,000 inhabitants in Bremen […]

(Reuters) – U.S. fighter jets intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Sunday. The Russian planes included TU-95 bombers, IL-78 tankers and SU-35 fighter jets, NORAD said in a written statement. NORAD described the interception as “routine” and said they happen roughly six or seven times per year in the so-called Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone. “This Russian […]

By Scott Murdoch and Himanshi Akhand (Reuters) – Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining Ltd said on Monday it would back Newmont Corp’s A$26.2 billion ($17.8 billion) takeover offer in one of the world’s largest buyouts so far this year. If the deal gets Newcrest shareholders’ approval and other regulatory approvals, it would lift Newmont’s gold output to nearly double its nearest rival, Barrick Gold Corp, further solidifying Newmont’s position as […]

By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s opposition secured a stunning election win on Sunday after trouncing parties allied with the military, setting the stage for a flurry of deal-making over forming a government in a bid to end nearly a decade of conservative, army-backed rule. The liberal Move Forward party and the populist Pheu Thai Party were far out in front with 99% of votes counted, but […]