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By Amy Tennery AUCKLAND (Reuters) – The United States kick off their World Cup campaign against Vietnam on Saturday in a tournament that will prove the ultimate test of head coach Vlatko Andonovski’s tenure. The Americans enjoyed tremendous success under previous manager Jill Ellis, who led the team to their third and fourth titles in 2015 and 2019. She may prove a tough act to follow. No country has ever […]

(Reuters) – Kylian Mbappe has not been included in Paris St Germain’s squad for their Asian pre-season tour amid reports that he has been put up for sale by the Ligue 1 side. Relations between Mbappe and PSG have been tense since the French forward said last month he would not renew his contract which expires at the end of next season, when he could leave Paris for free. PSG […]

By Noel Randewich and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising marginally to notch its 10th straight day of advances, its longest rally in almost six years. The blue-chip index was lifted by gains of more than 1% each in Procter & Gamble and Chevron . It is now up over 6% in 2023, compared to the S&P 500’s […]

By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward the sea to the west of the Korean Peninsula, the South Korean military said on Saturday. This would be North Korea’s latest missile launch since it fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, as Pyongyang and Washington step up displays of military force in a standoff over the isolated country’s nuclear weapons and missile programmes. A number of cruise […]

By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump’s trial over his alleged mishandling of classified documents will begin on May 20 next year, according to a U.S. court order on Friday. Trump’s lawyers had resisted setting a date but said any trial should take place after the November 2024 U.S. presidential election, in which he is front-runner for the Republican nomination. A Trump spokesperson said the trial schedule “allows […]

By Bill Trott (Reuters) -Tony Bennett, the smooth American singer who had an enduring hit with “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” and remained perpetually cool enough to win over younger generations of fans well into the 21st century, died on Friday, his publicist said. Bennett was 96. He died at his home in New York City of age-related causes, his publicist Sylvia Weiner said in a statement. No […]

By Marianna Parraga and Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) -A federal court in Delaware set Oct. 23 as the start date for a long-expected auction of shares in Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum’s parent to pay creditors with judgments against the South American nation. The sale process, which lays out a schedule that could lead to formal approval of any sale of shares in PDV Holding, a U.S.-based unit of state company […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during clashes with stone throwers in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian officials said. Israel’s border police said that during the clash in the village of Umm Safa near the city of Ramallah, “masked suspects threw stones and rocks endangering the lives of troops.” A border policeman responded with fire and “a hit was identified,” it said. […]

By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo called a Friday morning police raid on his party headquarters a “corrupt” show of “political persecution” just a month before the high-stakes run-off election. Police raided the headquarters of Arevalo’s Semilla party, the attorney general’s office announced earlier on Friday, saying it was carrying out a July 12 court order that had canceled the party’s legal status. Video from […]