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Golf-‘Goosebumps’ as Canadian Hughes sees maiden major title in reach
By Andrew Both (Reuters) - It was "goosebumps" for 30-year-old Canadian Mackenzie Hughes, who rocketed up the leaderboard at the U.S. Open on Saturday and will play in the final group of a major for t...
Jun 19, 2021
Golf-Reality check ends fairytale Bland run at U.S. Open
By Andrew Both SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - Halfway U.S. Open co-leader Richard Bland received a sobering reality check when he plunged out of contention with a six-over-par 77 in the third round at ...
Jun 19, 2021
Both sides in Peru’s contested election double down in weekend rallies
LIMA (Reuters) - Supporters of socialist Pedro Castillo and conservative Keiko Fujimori took to the streets by the thousands in Peru on Saturday, as tensions rose over the result of the June 6 preside...
Jun 19, 2021
‘Forces for good will prevail’ – Taiwan welcomes massive US vaccine aid
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan reacted with an outpouring of thanks to the United States for shipping 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the major semiconductor-producing island, more t...
Jun 19, 2021
ATP roundup: Andrey Rublev rallies into Halle final
No. 4 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia was tested by Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili but advanced with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 victory on Saturday to reach the final of the Noventi Open in Halle, Germany. It's the...
Jun 19, 2021
WTA roundup: Belinda Bencic reaches second final of season
No. 5 seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland held off unseeded Alize Cornet of France 7-5, 6-4 to reach the final of the Bett1Open on Saturday in Berlin. With the victory, Bencic reached her second final ...
Jun 19, 2021
China reports 23 new COVID-19 cases versus 30 the day before
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 23 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the mainland for June 19, down from 30 infections a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Sunday. All new cases were...
Jun 19, 2021
French far-right tests voters’ appetite in regional elections
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French voters go to the polls on Sunday in regional elections that will test the appeal of far-right leader Marine Le Pen's softened image less than a year before the ...
Jun 19, 2021
Cuba encouraged by early trials of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Soberana 2 vaccine candidate has shown 62% efficacy with just two of its three doses, state-run biopharmaceutical corporation BioCubaFarma said on Saturday, citing preliminar...
Jun 19, 2021
Motor racing-Di Grassi wins Puebla Formula E race
(Reuters) - Brazilian Lucas di Grassi won Formula E's Puebla e-Prix, the eighth race of the all-electric series' season, on Saturday after Germany's Pascal Wehrlein finished ahead but was disqualified...
Jun 19, 2021
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