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By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) -Sergio Perez was gifted a dream pole position at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday after Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crashed in the top 10 shootout and Red Bull’s championship leader Max Verstappen qualified ninth after being unable to set a time. Leclerc brought out red flags when he hit the barriers with a minute and 36 seconds remaining and race control announced the session would […]

(Reuters) -Early favourite Forte has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby hours before post time for the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown due to concerns about a bruised front foot, Churchill Downs said on Saturday. The Todd Pletcher-trained dark bay colt had brought a five-race win streak to the 1-1/4-mile Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and was installed as the early 3-1 favourite. The decision to scratch […]

By Jonathan Stempel and Carolina Mandl OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) – Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc is not planning to acquire Occidental Petroleum Corp but remains happy with its large investment in the oil company. Speaking at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting, Buffett rejected speculation that Berkshire would buy Occidental after having accumulated a 23.6% stake. “We will not be making any offer for Occidental,” Buffett said. “We […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 43 Republicans in the U.S. Senate said they oppose voting on a bill that only raises the U.S. debt ceiling without tackling other priorities, in a letter to Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, showing they could block such a plan by Democrats. Citing an economy “in free fall,” the Republicans, led by Senator Mike Lee and including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, said “substantive […]

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -A prominent Russian nationalist writer, Zakhar Prilepin, was wounded in a car bombing that killed his driver on Saturday and investigators said a detained suspect admitted acting on behalf of Ukraine. The attack took place three days after the Kremlin said Ukraine attempted to hit the Kremlin with drones – Ukraine denied it had anything to do with the attack. Russia’s Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine and […]

By Fernando Kallas MADRID (Reuters) – Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka beat Iga Swiatek 6-3 3-6 6-3 to win the Madrid Open on Saturday, avenging her defeat by the Polish world number one in last month’s Stuttgart final. Sabalenka produced a great performance to beat Swiatek for the first time on clay, proving that she will be a serious title contender when the French Open begins later this month. The […]

By Rami Amichai TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests across the country on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bitterly disputed 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 in […]

By Jonathan Stempel, Carolina Mandl and John McCrank OMAHA/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Warren Buffett on Saturday offered a vote of confidence in the United States and his company Berkshire Hathaway Inc, but criticized the handling of recent tumult in the banking sector and said a debt ceiling showdown could bring “turmoil” to the global financial system. Speaking at the annual meeting of his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc, criticized how politicians, regulators […]

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Police arrested the leader of anti-monarchy group Republic and 51 others at King Charles’s coronation on Saturday, saying their duty to prevent disruption outweighed the right to protest. Hundreds of yellow-clad demonstrators gathered among the 10-deep crowds lining the procession route in central London to stand out from those clad in red, white and blue, and to hold up signs saying “Not My King”. Republic […]