Today: September 25, 2024
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US Treasury chief Yellen appeals to China for cooperation on climate and other global challenges

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen appealed to China on Saturday for cooperation on climate change and other global challenges and not to let disagreements about trade and other irritants derail relations. In a meeting with her Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier He Lifeng, Yellen defended U.S. restrictions on technology exports that rankle Beijing. She said the two governments shouldn’t let such disagreements disrupt thriving economic and financial relations. ″We also face important global challenges, such as debt distress in emerging markets and developing countries and climate change,” Yellen said. “We have a duty to both our own economies and

July 08, 2023
US Treasury chief Yellen appeals to China for cooperation on climate and other global challenges
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The rain returns to Wimbledon on Day 6 of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament

The rain returned to Wimbledon on Day 6 of the grass-court tournament, with only one match completed Saturday before play was suspended on all outside courts. Beatriz Haddad Maia, a 13th-seeded Brazilian who reached the semifinals at this year’s French Open, beat Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-2 in the third round on No. 3 Court. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova nearly made it in time, leading Natalija Stevanovic 6-3, 4-6 on No. 2 Court when the rain started. Only Centre Court and No. 1 Court have roofs at the All England Club. Play in those two stadiums

July 08, 2023
The rain returns to Wimbledon on Day 6 of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament
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Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France in last attempt to take outright record for most stage wins

Mark Cavendish will have to share the Tour de France record for most career stage wins at cycling’s biggest race. Competing in his final season, the ace sprinter from the Isle of Man who is known as “The Manx Missile,” crashed out of the race during the eighth stage on Saturday. Cavendish equaled Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour stage wins during the 2021 edition, 13 years after his first success, but was not selected last year. This edition was his last chance to become the outright record-holder after he announced in May during the Giro

July 08, 2023
Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France in last attempt to take outright record for most stage wins
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A Vermont police officer, aged 19, died in a crash with a burglary suspect she was chasing

A Vermont police officer was killed and two other officers were injured when a burglary suspect crashed into two police cruisers pursuing him, Vermont State Police said. Rutland City Police Officer Jessica Ebbighausen, 19, was killed on Friday afternoon. The crash happened as police chased a vehicle driven by Tate Rheaume, 20, a suspect in an attempted break-in at a house, state police said. Evidence indicates that Rheaume crossed the centerline and collided head-on with the Ebbighausen’s cruiser, police said. The suspect’s truck also hit another police cruiser. Ebbighausen was pronounced dead at the scene. Two

July 08, 2023
A Vermont police officer, aged 19, died in a crash with a burglary suspect she was chasing
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Verstappen takes pole at British GP for 5th straight F1 race as teammate Pérez struggles again

Max Verstappen shrugged off an unusual low-speed crash in the pits on Saturday to qualify in pole position for the British Grand Prix as his Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez continued to struggle in qualifying with 16th place. Verstappen secured pole for the fifth straight race and for all of those Pérez has failed to qualify in the top 10. Verstappen made contact with the pit wall and broke his front wing while leaving his garage during a red-flag stoppage in the first part of qualifying. Red Bull replaced the wing and checked there was no

July 08, 2023
Verstappen takes pole at British GP for 5th straight F1 race as teammate Pérez struggles again
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Struggle to certify results of Guatemala's June 25 presidential vote suffers another setback

The struggle to certify the results of Guatemala’s first-round presidential election has suffered another reverse after the chief justice of the Supreme Court issued an order blocking the certification. Chief Justice Silvia Valdés Quezada issued the unusual order late Friday. She stipulated the process could not go forward until the electoral authorities that conducted a review of vote tally sheets from the June 25 election reported back to her on their methods and any inconsistencies found. Valdés Quezada said they had to do that within 12 hours. The reviews witnessed by the AP found improperly marked

July 08, 2023
Struggle to certify results of Guatemala's June 25 presidential vote suffers another setback
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Six killed when small plane crashes, bursts into flames in field near Southern California airport

Six people were killed when a small plane crashed and burst into flames in a field near a Southern California airport before dawn Saturday, authorities said. The crash of the Cessna C550 business jet occurred around 4:15 a.m. in Murrieta, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It took firefighters more than an hour to extinguish the flames, which had engulfed the plane and charred about an acre of vegetation just north of French Valley Airport, said the Riverside County Fire Department. All six people on board died

July 08, 2023
Six killed when small plane crashes, bursts into flames in field near Southern California airport
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Airstrike in Sudanese city kills at least 22, officials say, amid fighting between rival generals

An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the weekslong fighting between Sudan’s rival generals. The assault took place in a residential area of Omdurman, the neighboring city of the capital, Khartoum, according to a brief statement by the health ministry. The attack wounded an unspecified number of people, it said. The attack was one of the deadliest of the clashes in urban areas in the capital and elsewhere in Sudan between the military and a powerful paramilitary group known

July 08, 2023
Airstrike in Sudanese city kills at least 22, officials say, amid fighting between rival generals
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Switzerland to become a net importer of cheese this year for the first time

Switzerland will import more cheese than it exports this year for the first time, according to the head of the country’s dairy association. The opening up of the Swiss milk market has put a squeeze on domestic producers in recent years, prompting some to give up, Boris Beuret told Geneva-based newspaper Le Temps in an interview published Saturday. Beuret said measures need to be taken to ensure Switzerland — famous worldwide for high-quality cheese varieties such as Gruyère and Emmentaler — can continue to produce for its own population. “If not, then we will end up importing

July 08, 2023
Switzerland to become a net importer of cheese this year for the first time
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Holmgren continues return from injury with strong game in Thunder's NBA Summer League opener

Chet Holmgren has taken another positive step on his surgically repaired right foot. Holmgren had 16 points and 10 rebounds Saturday, helping the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 91-80 in their NBA Summer League opener. The No. 2 pick in the 2022 draft missed the 2022-23 season after sustaining a Lisfranc injury in his right foot last summer. The 7-foot-1 Holmgren returned when the Thunder played three games in the Salt Lake City Summer League before heading to Las Vegas, finishing with 15 points, nine rebounds and four blocks Monday in a victory over

July 08, 2023
Holmgren continues return from injury with strong game in Thunder's NBA Summer League opener
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A mob storms Tbilisi Pride Fest site forcing the event's cancellation

Hundreds of opponents of gay rights on Saturday swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of Georgia, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the event’s bar. Deputy Georgian Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze said participants in the Tbilisi Pride Fest were safely evacuated from the scene. The event’s organizers called on people not to come to the lakeside park where the fest was to be held. Georgian news media estimated about 5,000 people marched toward the site. Many of them waved Georgian flags and carried religious icons. Animosity toward sexual

July 08, 2023
A mob storms Tbilisi Pride Fest site forcing the event's cancellation
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US soccer star Megan Rapinoe announces she’ll retire after the NWSL season

Days before heading to her fourth World Cup, Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday she’ll retire at the end of the National Women’s Soccer League season. Rapinoe, 38, made the announcement on Twitter, saying she “never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would shape & change my life forever.” “It is with a deep sense of peace & gratitude that I have decided this will be my final season playing this beautiful game,” the Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Cup champion said. The U.S. team is aiming for a third consecutive title when the Women’s World

July 08, 2023
US soccer star Megan Rapinoe announces she’ll retire after the NWSL season
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Wilson and Stewart go with familiar choices in WNBA All-Star Game draft

A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart made the WNBA All-Star draft about picking their current and former teammates. Wilson took her Las Vegas Aces teammates Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young with her first two picks in the draft Saturday. She drafted Kelsey Plum as her top reserve choice, keeping all four Aces players together for the game that will be played in Las Vegas next Saturday. Wilson’s team will be coached by the Aces’ Becky Hammon. “I mean, listen, you need to have a great point guard when it comes to games like this and I feel

July 08, 2023
Wilson and Stewart go with familiar choices in WNBA All-Star Game draft
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Protests grow as Israel's far-right government advances with its judicial overhaul

Israel’s anti-government protest movement gained new momentum on Saturday night as tens of thousands of people spilled into the streets of cities across the country to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system. The grassroots movement has staged protests for over six months since Netanyahu’s government unveiled the overhaul plan. But in recent weeks, the protests had shown signs of weakening. Plans by the government to push forward with the overhaul next week in parliament, coupled with the firing of Tel Aviv’s police chief, who was accused of being

July 08, 2023
Protests grow as Israel's far-right government advances with its judicial overhaul
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Gunman on scooter shoots randomly in NYC, police say, killing an 87-year-old and wounding 3 others

A scooter-riding gunman killed an 87-year-old man and wounded three others in a string of random shootings that stretched across two New York City boroughs, police said Saturday. A 25-year-old man was taken into custody without incident and his identity was not revealed by police, Assistant Police Chief Joseph Kenny said at a news conference. A 9 mm handgun with an extended magazine and a scooter were recovered. The New York Police Department pulled an image of the gunman from video and sent it to phones of officers, some of whom spotted the suspect about two

July 08, 2023
Gunman on scooter shoots randomly in NYC, police say, killing an 87-year-old and wounding 3 others
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Stanton homers twice as Yankees rebound with 6-3 win over Cubs

Giancarlo Stanton hit a mammoth homer in the first inning and added a two-run homer after a video review in the fifth and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 Saturday. Josh Donaldson hit his 10th homer and Harrison Bader hit a two-run double as the Yankees avoided their third four-game losing streak this year. After being held to two singles in Friday’s series opener, the Yankees improved to 14-16 since losing Aaron Judge to a torn ligament in his right big toe on June 3. Gerrit Cole (9-2) allowed a two-run homer to

July 08, 2023
Stanton homers twice as Yankees rebound with 6-3 win over Cubs
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Tigers have a combined no-hitter against Blue Jays through 8 innings

The Detroit Tigers have a combined no-hitter through eight innings against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Starting pitcher Matt Manning went the first 6 2/3 innings. Manning walked three batters and struck out five. He was pulled after walking Cavan Biggio with two outs in the top of the seventh. He threw 91 pitches. Jason Foley came on in relief and got Whit Merrifield to fly out to end the top of the seventh. Foley then retired the Blue Jays in order in the top of the eighth. The Tigers lead 2-0. Manning was aided by

July 08, 2023
Tigers have a combined no-hitter against Blue Jays through 8 innings
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Greece's government wins vote of confidence in Parliament to begin a second 4-year term

Greece’s conservative government won a vote of confidence Saturday in Parliament to start its second four-year term, two weeks after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party handily won the election. The 300 lawmakers voted 158-142 to approve the government’s policy statement after a low-key three-day debate. The vote went as expected, with only lawmakers from New Democracy voting for the government. Mitsotakis’ New Democracy won the June 25 election with 40.56% of the vote, compared to 17.83% for the left-wing Syriza and 11.84% for the socialist PASOK. There are eight parties represented in Parliament, up

July 08, 2023
Greece's government wins vote of confidence in Parliament to begin a second 4-year term
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Underwater music show in the Florida Keys promotes awareness of coral reef protection

Hundreds of divers and snorkelers listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection Saturday in the Florida Keys. The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival, which also spotlighted eco-conscious diving, took place at Looe Key Reef, an area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary located about 6 miles (10 kilometers) south of Big Pine Key. Established in 1990, the sanctuary protects 3,800 square miles (9,800 square kilometers) of waters including the barrier reef that parallels the 125-mile-long (201-kilometer-long) island chain. Participants swam among Looe Key’s colorful marine life and coral formations while

July 08, 2023
Underwater music show in the Florida Keys promotes awareness of coral reef protection
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Three Tigers pitchers combine to no-hit Blue Jays in 2-0 victory

Three Detroit Tigers pitchers combined to no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays in a 2-0 win on Saturday. It was the first combined no-hitter in Tigers history. Matt Manning (3-1) pitched 6 2/3 innings and Jason Foley got four straight outs. Tigers closer Alex Lange came in for the ninth and struck out Bo Bichette on three pitches. Brandon Belt lined out to center field, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded out to third on an 0-2 pitch. The Tigers celebrated at the mound with Manning and Foley joining the crowd. Manning was replaced after walking Cavan Biggio with

July 08, 2023
Three Tigers pitchers combine to no-hit Blue Jays in 2-0 victory
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Brendon Todd scrambles for closing par to take the lead in the John Deere Classic

Brendon Todd scrambled for par on the par-4 18th to take a one-stroke lead Saturday in the John Deere Classic, holing a 12-foot putt after drawing an awkward stance near a fairway bunker. Todd had a 5-under 66 in breezy conditions to reach 16-under 197 at TPC Deere Run. The three-time PGA Tour winner drove close to the left fairway bunker on 18, forcing him to hit with his left foot in grass and his right foot well below in the sand. He advanced it 65 yards to set up a 105-yard wedge. “Kept me bogey-free

July 08, 2023
Brendon Todd scrambles for closing par to take the lead in the John Deere Classic
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Carroll drives in winning run in the 10th in the Diamondbacks' 3-2 victory over the Pirates

Corbin Carroll singled with the bases loaded in the 10th inning and the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Saturday. Alek Thomas homered to tie it in the eighth, then singled in the tying run in the 10th against David Bednar (3-1). The infield hit followed a throwing error by Bednar on a bunt and scored automatic runner Dominic Canzone, making his debut in the majors. After Geraldo Perdomo sacrificed, Ketel Marte was intentionally walked, and Carroll lined a single just fair down the right-field line to keep the Diamondbacks in

July 08, 2023
Carroll drives in winning run in the 10th in the Diamondbacks' 3-2 victory over the Pirates
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Popovich, NBA's winningest coach, signs 5-year contract to remain Spurs coach and president

Gregg Popovich evidently doesn’t plan to leave the San Antonio Spurs anytime soon. The NBA’s winningest coach has signed a five-year contract to remain coach and president of the team, the Spurs announced Saturday. There has often been speculation about the 74-year-old Popovich’s future, though after the team landed the chance to draft Victor Wembanyama last month it was presumed that the five-time champion would continue coaching. And now, it’s official. The Spurs announced the move in a two-sentence release, not detailing any of the terms, without any quotes from Popovich or team personnel. Popovich took

July 08, 2023
Popovich, NBA's winningest coach, signs 5-year contract to remain Spurs coach and president
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Cardinals reliever Gallegos gets wiped down by umpire after using rosin bag on his left arm

Two years ago, it was Giovanny Gallegos’ hat. This time, it was rosin on his left arm. It’s just something about Gallegos and Chicago’s South Side. Gallegos pitched the eighth inning in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 3-0 victory over the White Sox on Saturday. But it wasn’t exactly a routine outing. It all started when plate umpire Lance Barrett saw Gallegos hit his left arm with the rosin bag after he warmed up. Barrett told Gallegos that was illegal and the umpire used a towel to clean off Gallegos’ arm. When the 31-year-old Gallegos did the same

July 08, 2023
Cardinals reliever Gallegos gets wiped down by umpire after using rosin bag on his left arm
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Wembanyama gets some lessons from Kareem and Isiah Thomas at NBA Con

Victor Wembanyama freely acknowledged that he was often confused in his first NBA Summer League game, going as far as to say that there were times when he didn’t know what he was doing. He’s in good company. Wembanyama shared the stage for a conversation on Saturday at NBA Con with a pair of champions, Hall of Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Isiah Thomas. And they may have given the San Antonio Spurs rookie a bit of solace by revealing that when they were breaking into the league, they had moments when they were lost as well.

July 08, 2023
Wembanyama gets some lessons from Kareem and Isiah Thomas at NBA Con

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