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MADRID (Reuters) – The daughter of an environmentalist imprisoned by Iran said on Saturday she had lost confidence in U.S. President Joe Biden’s efforts to free her father. Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian-American who also holds British citizenship, has served five years of a 10-year sentence after being convicted of spying. He was briefly released to house arrest with an electronic tag in March 2022 when two other dual nationals, including […]

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) – World number one Iga Swiatek moved into the Stuttgart Open final on Saturday after her opponent Ons Jabeur retired injured three games into the first set. The Pole on Sunday will face Aryna Sabalenka in a repeat of last year’s final, following the Belarusian’s comfortable straight sets victory over Anastasia Potapova. Tunisian Jabeur, on a seven-match winning run after recovering from injury and surgery earlier this […]

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his foreign secretary met Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Saturday with Manila and Beijing pledging to work together to resolve their maritime differences in the South China Sea. Talks between the countries’ key officials in Manila mark the latest in a series of high-level meetings of the Philippines with leaders of the United States and China as […]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian telecom firm Oi SA said late Friday it decided to postpone the release of its 2022 financial statements to May 22, after an expected presentation of its judicial reorganization plan. The company, which entered into a second bankruptcy protection in March just months after it emerged from similar proceedings, said the delay was mainly due to ongoing negotiations with a group of its financial creditors. […]

(Reuters) – Russia said it was expelling a number of German diplomats in a tit-for-tat move. Germany did not immediately confirm any expulsions of its own, but said the arrival of a Russian government plane in Berlin was connected to the issue. Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency said Germany had decided to expel more than 20 Russians. TANKS, BATTLE * Russia’s Defence Ministry said Russian forces had captured three more […]

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his foreign secretary met Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Saturday with Manila and Beijing pledging to work together to resolve their maritime differences in the South China Sea. Talks between the countries’ key officials in Manila mark the latest in a series of high-level meetings of the Philippines with leaders of the United States and China as […]

By Tim McLaughlin (Reuters) – Hatfield’s Ferry Power Station, a Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant, stopped producing electricity in 2013. Its closure came in a wave of coal-plant shutdowns triggered by competition from cheaper, cleaner natural gas and incentives in the U.S. Clean Air Act. But the facility’s legacy of smog pollution continued long after it closed. That’s because a loophole in clean-air regulations allowed Hatfield’s Ferry to collect emissions allowances […]

LONDON (Reuters) -Barcelona edged Chelsea 1-0 in the first leg of their Women’s Champions League semi-final at Stamford Bridge on Saturday after Caroline Graham Hansen’s early strike gave the Spanish side a narrow advantage ahead of the return leg at the Camp Nou. In a repeat of the 2021 final when Barca beat Chelsea 4-0 for their first title, the Spaniards took an early lead just as they did in […]

BAMAKO (Reuters) – At least nine civilians were killed and over 60 injured in a triple suicide bomb attack in the central Mali town of Sevare early on Saturday, Yacouba Maiga, a spokesman for the regional governor, told Reuters. “The blast destroyed about 20 houses in the neighbourhood. There are a total of nine dead and about 60 wounded, all civilians,” Maiga told Reuters by phone. Earlier on Saturday, the […]