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By Amy Tennery WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Forward Sarina Bolden headed the winner as the Philippines spoiled co-hosts New Zealand’s party with a stunning 1-0 victory in their Women’s World Cup Group A clash on Tuesday. The Philippines lost 2-0 to Switzerland in their opening match and looked to be an easy mark for the Football Ferns, who were coming off their first-ever World Cup win over former champions Norway and looking […]

KYIV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military on Tuesday reported making small advances against Russian forces in parts of southern Ukraine and south of Bakhmut in the east. In a counteroffensive launched early last month, Kyiv is trying to drive the Russian forces back in eastern Ukraine and to advance towards the southern coast to sever a land bridge between Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea. Progress has been slower than widely expected, […]

By Ryan Woo and Yimou Lee BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China urged fishing boats to seek shelter and farmers to speed up their harvest while Taiwan suspended annual military drills as super typhoon Doksuri spiralled closer to East Asia, potentially reaching deep into China. Doksuri will likely be the most powerful typhoon to land in China so far in the storm season this year. China narrowly escaped from Typhoon Mawar, one of […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Unilever on Tuesday beat underlying sales growth forecasts after again raising prices to offset higher costs, sending shares in the maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream 5% higher. The British company reported a 7.9% rise in underlying second-quarter sales, beating analysts’ average forecast of 6.4%, a company-provided consensus showed. The company said it expects underlying sales growth for the full year to be […]

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The yuan strengthened on Tuesday after China’s top leaders pledged to step up policy support for the country’s flailing economy, while the euro briefly hit a two-week low as a worsening business downturn muddied the euro zone rate outlook. The yuan surged more than 0.5% in both the onshore and offshore markets in Asia trade as investors cheered comments at the closely watched Politburo […]

By Lori Ewing SYDNEY (Reuters) – After numerous games at the Women’s World Cup have been halted for video assistant referee (VAR) review, South Korea coach Colin Bell angrily wondered why there was no VAR for a penalty called against his team in a 2-0 loss to Colombia on Tuesday. Catalina Usme scored on a 30th-minute penalty kick after Shim Seo-yeon was whistled for a handball, deflating the Korean side. […]

By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s top court on Tuesday ruled against a parliamentary vote to impeach the interior minister over a botched government response to a deadly Halloween crush in Seoul last year, sparking anger and dismay among relatives of the victims. Amid a heavy police presence at the constitutional court, some relatives attending the hearing broke down in tears after the ruling, with two mothers collapsing and […]

By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s top court on Tuesday ruled against a parliamentary vote to impeach the interior minister over a botched government response to a deadly Halloween crush in Seoul last year, sparking anger and dismay among relatives of the victims. Amid a heavy police presence at the constitutional court, some relatives attending the hearing broke down in tears after the ruling, with two mothers collapsing and […]

Chas McCormick produced a career-high six RBIs and Yainer Diaz delivered a walk-off single in the ninth inning as the host Houston Astros rallied for a 10-9 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday. In the ninth, Diaz followed walks from Kyle Tucker and McCormick with a single to right off Rangers reliever Alex Speas (0-2) to end the game. Tucker walked three times and scored four runs, while Alex […]