LONDON (Reuters) – Under-stated Elena Rybakina barely broke into a smile after winning the Wimbledon title on Saturday but endeared herself to the Centre Court crowd with a stunning display. The 23-year-old became the first player representing Kazakhst…
Zelenskiy sacks Ukraine’s envoy to Germany, other ambassadors
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday dismissed several of Kyiv’s senior envoys abroad including the country’s outspoken ambassador to Germany, the presidential website said. In a decree that gave no reason for the move, Z…
Russia threatens broad Ukraine offensive as U.S. presses China over war stance
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian defenders battled on Saturday to contain Russian forces along several fronts, officials said, as the United States urged China to align itself with the West in opposing the invasion following an ill-tempered …
Former Mexican President Echeverria, famed for role in repression, dies at 100
By Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria, who took office in 1970 promising a democratic opening for the country but oversaw six of the harshest years of a so-called “dirty war” against dissidents, has died age…
Exclusive-Iran escalates enrichment with adaptable machines at Fordow, IAEA reports
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Iran has escalated its uranium enrichment further with the use of advanced machines at its underground Fordow plant in a setup that can more easily change between enrichment levels, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in …
Japan’s ruling coalition makes strong election showing after Abe murder
By Elaine Lies and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO/NARA, Japan (Reuters) -Japan’s conservative coalition government was projected to increase its majority in the upper house of parliament in an election on Sunday, two days after the assassination of dominant po…
Blinken and China’s Wang Yi hold ‘candid’ talks on Ukraine and trade
By David Brunnstrom and Stanley Widianto NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday he had discussed Russian aggression in Ukraine during more than five hours of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, …
Sri Lanka president to step down, parliamentary speaker says, amid storm of protests
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country’s parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to intense pressure after a violent day of protests in which demonstrators stormed the pre…
‘Very shocking’: Four stabbed by assailant at major Shanghai hospital
By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Four people at a renowned Shanghai hospital were wounded by a knife-wielding assailant on Saturday, in the second reported stabbing incident after a COVID-19 lockdown of the financial hub was lifted early in June. Off…
Elon Musk pulls out of $44 billion Twitter deal
By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) -Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had failed to provide information abou…