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Tennis-French hopes down the drain as Garcia stumbles out of Roland Garros
PARIS (Reuters) - French hopes of a Roland Garros singles' champion were all but extinguished as Russian Anna Blinkova sent fifth seed Caroline Garcia tumbling out with a 4-6 6-3 7-5 second-round vict...
May 31, 2023
Factbox-Who is Chris Christie, Republican 2024 presidential hopeful?
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who backed Donald Trump's successful 2016 presidential campaign but has since become a vocal critic, will launch his campaign for th...
May 31, 2023
Tunisian judge opens new probe into political figures, lawyer says
TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian judge has opened a new investigation into political figures including major opponents of President Kais Saied on suspicion of conspiring against state security, a lawyer f...
May 31, 2023
U.S. bank deposits fell at record pace, while profits flat in Q1: FDIC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banks saw total deposits decline by a record 2.5% in the first quarter of 2023, and industry-wide profits were relatively flat after taking into account the effects of two ...
May 31, 2023
Irish court orders wind-up of two Russian state-owned lessors
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's High Court on Wednesday ordered the winding up of two sanctions-hit state-owned Russian leasing firms based in Ireland after a group of creditors said the companies had no...
May 31, 2023
Tennis-Djokovic has the right to speak freely on Kosovo, says Ukraine’s Svitolina
By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) - Ukraine's Elina Svitolina defended on Wednesday fellow tennis player Novak Djokovic, who caused a furore over a statement related to Kosovo, saying that in a free...
May 31, 2023
Column-U.S. banks tighten lending standards to small business and consumers: Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. domestic banks reported a widespread tightening of lending standards by the end of the first quarter of 2023 - even before the full impact of the regional banking ...
May 31, 2023
Wildfire in Canada’s Halifax stoked by wind gusts, low humidity
By Eric Martyn HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - Canadian fire officials warned on Wednesday gusty winds and low humidity could fuel a raging wildfire in Halifax that has forced thousands to evacuate w...
May 31, 2023
Czech Senate backs setting NATO spending target of 2%/GDP as law
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech parliament's upper house approved a bill on Wednesday that will set the state's minimum defence spending at 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) from next year, matching its...
May 31, 2023
Dead Israeli agent flown home after Italy boat accident
ROME (Reuters) - The body of a retired Mossad agent was flown back to Israel on Wednesday, three days after he died along with two Italian intelligence officers and a Russian woman in a boating accide...
May 31, 2023
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