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Tennis-Djokovic dismisses Dimitrov to soldier on at Australian Open
By Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic continued his charge towards a 10th Australian Open title with a superb 7-6(7) 6-3 6-4 victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov to reach the fo...
Jan 21, 2023
Tennis-Shelton gets better of Popyrin and ‘rowdy’ crowd to roar into last 16
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - American Ben Shelton put on a masterclass in powerhouse hitting to down local favourite Alexei Popyrin 6-3 7-6(4) 6-4 in the Australian Open on Saturday to move into the last 16 ...
Jan 21, 2023
Tennis-Zhang wishes WTA could return to China
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Chinese number one Zhang Shuai hopes the WTA tour can return to her country this season as it opens up after abandoning the "zero-COVID" policy but said the Peng Sh...
Jan 21, 2023
Russia’s Wagner chief writes to White House over new U.S. sanctions
(Reuters) - The head of the Russian private military contractor Wagner published on Saturday a short letter to the White House asking what crime his company was accused of, after Washington announced ...
Jan 21, 2023
Six injured in Jammu blasts before India opposition leader Gandhi arrives
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) - At least six people were injured on Saturday in two blasts in Jammu, the principal Indian city in a region disputed by neighbouring Pakistan, police said, ahead o...
Jan 21, 2023
Yellen, at former slave port, sees path of renewal for Africa and U.S.
By Andrea Shalal GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday spoke of the "unspeakable cruelty" and enduring consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but ...
Jan 21, 2023
Bitcoin rises 2.3% to $23,199
(Removes extraneous word in para 3) (Reuters) - Bitcoin rose 2.3% to $23,199 at 10:07 GMT on Saturday, adding $521 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is...
Jan 21, 2023
Ukraine adviser tells allies ‘think faster’ on military support
KYIV (Reuters) - A senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Kyiv's allies on Saturday to "think faster" about stepping up their military support, a day after they failed to agre...
Jan 21, 2023
In Mexico, a reporter published a story. The next day he was dead
By Sarah Kinosian MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Just after sunset on Thursday, February 10th, two men in a white Dodge Ram pickup pulled up in front of Heber Lopez Vasquez's small radio studio in southern M...
Jan 21, 2023
China says COVID outbreak has infected 80% of population
BEIJING (Reuters) - The possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a prominent government scientist said on Saturda...
Jan 21, 2023
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