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(Reuters) – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said he has full belief in goalkeeper David de Gea despite the Spaniard’s error handing West Ham United a 1-0 victory in the Premier League on Sunday. De Gea let a tame first-half effort from Said Benrahma slip into the net as United suffered their second straight league defeat. They remain fourth and a point above Liverpool, who have played a game […]

By Gabriella Borter and Maria Caspani (Reuters) – Texas police on Sunday were investigating what motivated a 33-year-old gunman to kill at least eight people at a mall over the weekend, as President Joe Biden called for stricter gun laws. The Texas Department of Public Safety on Sunday confirmed the identity of the assailant in Saturday’s shooting as Mauricio Garcia, a 33-year-old resident of Dallas, Texas. Police said Garcia killed […]

By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) – Formula One has decided that a big show needs a big introduction and the Miami Grand Prix opened with a bang on Sunday as drivers appeared through a line of pompom-waving cheerleaders and a 30-piece orchestra provided a musical backdrop. That over-the-top scene seemed to go down quite well with fans but left drivers unimpressed, with some looking unsure of what to do beyond […]

(Reuters) – At least three people have died in raging fires that have consumed swaths of Russia’s Urals mountains, destroying hundreds of houses, forcing evacuations and prompting a number of investigations, officials said on Sunday. Minister of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov flew to the Kurgan region in Russia’s south early on Monday, where wildfires have spread to a number of settlements. “A difficult situation has developed,” Kurenkov said in a […]

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is proposing collecting financial entity data on cyber incidents to better understand cyber risks and resilience in the financial sector, it said in a statement on Monday.     The central bank said it is proposing introducing mandatory reporting of material cyber incidents with 72 hours of detection, reporting of all cyber incidents periodically even if they are not material, and a […]

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chilean right-wing parties won a majority of votes on Sunday to elect advisers to draft a new constitution, marking a sharp shift from a progressive majority that drafted a failed first constitutional rewrite. With 95.13% of ballots tallied, Chile’s Republican Party, led by former conservative firebrand presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, secured nearly 35% of the vote. A separate coalition of traditional right-wing parties gained just over 20% […]

(Reuters) – At least three people have died in raging fires that have consumed swaths of Russia’s Urals mountains, destroying hundreds of houses, forcing evacuations and prompting a number of investigations, officials said on Sunday. Minister of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov flew to the Kurgan region in Russia’s south early on Monday, where wildfires have spread to a number of settlements. “A difficult situation has developed,” Kurenkov said in a […]

By Mrinmay Dey and Jose Devasia (Reuters) -At least 21 people drowned after a boat capsized off the coastal town of Tanur in the Malappuram district of India’s southern state of Kerala, local authorities said on Monday. The boat, which was carrying about 40 inbound passengers, overturned as it was overcrowded, said Abdul Nazar, Malappuram district’s junior superintendent of police. It was not immediately clear exactly how many more people […]

Outlook for Palestinian Economy ‘Bleak,’ World Bank Says A new report found that low economic growth in the West Bank and Gaza will hinder the territories’ ability to improve their standards of living Mohammad Al-Kassim/The Media Line Economic growth in the Palestinian territories is expected to slow in 2023, according to a World Bank report released in late April. The report explained that the territories had seen 4% economic growth […]