Oct 24 (Reuters) – Defending Ningbo Open champion Elena Rybakina overcame Russian sixth seed Diana Shnaider 6-3 7-5 in the semi-final on Saturday to reach another title clash and remind rivals of her threat ahead of next month’s WTA Finals. The world number one will…
Oct 24 (Reuters) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino laughed off questions about whether he had considered resigning in the wake of the failed FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal, pointing to overwhelming support from member associations around the globe. Three months after facing calls to resign…
MILAN, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Five Italian activists who were detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank this week were released and repatriated on Saturday morning, Italy’s foreign ministry said. The women were detained on Thursday by Israeli police in Kiryat Arba along with…
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Oct 24 (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party announced key personnel changes in six provinces on Saturday, two days before it holds a closed-door conclave in Beijing from October 26 to 29. The official focus of the secretive meeting, also known…
Oct 24 (Reuters) – Several industrial facilities were damaged in a drone attack on the Russian city of Togliatti on Saturday, local authorities said, while Ukraine said it had struck a major petrochemical plant there. Togliatti mayor Ilya Sukhikh said preliminary reports indicated no fatalities…
By AbdelHadi Ramahi HAMOUD, Jordan, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Prayer services had just started at a church in Jordan on Friday when Nasser al-Burqan heard what he thought was an exploding air conditioner. Then the blasts kept coming. He soon realised it was gunfire. Some…
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Just days before his 81st birthday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva this week took ownership of a brand new smartphone, one that former aides said was his first ever. Lula’s choice to finally adopt a foundational artefact of…
Oct 24 (Reuters) – After warmer relations between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy over the summer, ties have soured in recent weeks, sparking worries of a deeper break between the United States and Ukraine. Here is a timeline of the main…
By Tim McLaughlin, Nichola Groom, Timothy Gardner and Leah Douglas KINGSTON, New Hampshire, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Eighty-year-old Rick Russman of New Hampshire spent five decades as a Republican. This year, as his state braces for a winter of soaring heating oil costs, he will…
By Heather Schlitz DETROIT, Oct 24 (Reuters) – It was her son’s eighth birthday, but Dayna Broadnax could not afford a present. Broadnax, a 42-year-old single mother of four in Detroit, said soaring gas and grocery prices left little money to pay the bills, let…
