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LONDON (Reuters) -Willian and Tom Cairney both scored twice to help Fulham beat Leicester City 5-3 at home on Monday, ending the visitors’ three-game unbeaten Premier League run and leaving them deep in relegation danger. Leicester, who had taken five points from their last three matches, are 16th in the standings on 30 points — tied with 18th-placed Nottingham Forest and a point above 19th-placed Everton, who are both in […]

By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A 2005 “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump says women let him “grab ’em by the pussy” bolsters the accounts of writer E. Jean Carroll and other women who accuse the former U.S. president of sexual assault, Carroll’s lawyer said on Monday. During closing arguments in a civil trial over Carroll’s claims of rape and defamation, the lawyer Roberta Kaplan […]

By Jose Devasia and Mrinmay Dey KOCHI, India (Reuters) -At least 22 people including children died when an overcrowded double-decker tourist boat capsized in an estuary in southern India, authorities said. Some passengers managed to jump off and swim to safety when the converted fishing vessel overturned in the waterway near the town of Tanur in Kerala state late on Sunday, one survivor said. But others among the estimated 40 […]

(Reuters) – Germany’s Merck KGaA has appointed Helene von Roeder as the new chief financial officer and member of the Executive Board after Marcus Kuhnert has decided to step down, the drugmaker announced on Monday. The changes would become effective from July 1, the company added. German real estate company Vonovia announced this month that von Roeder would be leaving its management board at her own request as of July […]

By Tom Polansek and Granth Vanaik (Reuters) -Tyson Foods Inc shares plunged 16% to a three-year low on Monday as the U.S. meatpacker posted a surprise second-quarter loss and cut its full-year revenue forecast following a decline in prices for its beef and pork. The weaker-than-expected results indicate cash-strapped consumers are cutting back on meat spending in a high-inflation environment while a shrinking cattle herd forces Tyson to pay more […]

(Reuters) – A Texas man accused of mowing down a group of pedestrians with his SUV near a Brownsville homeless shelter that attends to migrants was charged on Monday with eight counts of manslaughter, police said. Brownsville Police Chief Felix Sauceda said during a news conference that the driver, identified as George Alvarez, ran a red light, lost control of his vehicle and hit 18 people. Responding to a question […]

By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Thousands of people who fled deadly rioting and ethnic clashes in northeast India last week are returning home, escorted by security personnel, officials said on Monday. Fierce fighting broke out in the state of Manipur bordering Myanmar when members of about 30 tribal groups clashed with a non-tribal group, the ethnic majority Meitei, over the economic benefits and reservation status extended to some […]

(Reuters) – A Texas man was charged with eight counts of manslaughter on Monday, accused mowing down pedestrians with his SUV near a homeless shelter that attends to migrants in Brownsville, killing eight people and inuring 18 others, police said. (Reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Police blocked roads in the centre of Nigeria’s capital on Monday as judges started hearing opposition petitions disputing president-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory in February’s presidential election. Yards away from the Court of Appeal in Abuja, around 100 protesters stood quietly holding up pre-printed banners saying Tinubu should not be sworn in, before officers moved them on. Inside the courtroom, Judge Haruna Simon Tsamani appealed […]