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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The cargo of industrial fuel oil on a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak in small amounts, the Philippine coast guard said Saturday. Authorities were scrambling to start a delicate undersea operation to siphon off the highly toxic shipment from the sunken vessel, which has remained intact, to avert a major environmental crisis. The 65-meter (213-foot) tanker Terra Nova […]

By Helen Coster, Alexandra Ulmer and David Morgan (Reuters) – Republican nominee Donald Trump has called her “crazy,” “nuts” and “dumb as a rock.” Republicans in Congress disparage her as a diversity hire. Right-wing activists and trolls have smeared her online with racist, sexist and sexualized barbs. The attacks on Kamala Harris, the first woman and first Black and South Asian person to serve as U.S. vice president, have intensified […]

TOKYO (AP) — The UNESCO World Heritage committee on Saturday decided to register Japan’s controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit of its dark history of abusing Korean laborers during World War II. The decision signals an improvement in ties between Tokyo and Seoul. The mine on an island off the coast of Niigata in northern Japan operated […]

By Tim Reid, Stephanie Kelly and Jeff Mason (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plans a campaign rally on Saturday in Minnesota as he tries to recapture momentum after Vice President Kamala Harris’ whirlwind week that saw her emerge as his new Democratic opponent. Trump’s event with vice presidential running mate Senator JD Vance brings him to a Midwestern state that has not chosen a Republican presidential candidate in […]

By Kane Wu PARIS (Reuters) – Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani began China’s bid to capture all eight diving golds on offer by winning the women’s synchronised 3-metre springboard event on Saturday. First-time Olympians Chen and Chang, who arrived in Paris having won three consecutive world titles, finished on 337.68 points. (Reporting by Kane Wu, editing by Pritha Sarkar) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Amlan Chakraborty CHATEAUROUX, France (Reuters) -China’s Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the first gold medal of the Paris Games on Saturday in the 10 metres air rifle mixed team event. Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun of South Korea claimed silver and Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev of Kazakhstan were awarded bronze. Three years after Yang Qian and Yang Haoran won the gold in Tokyo, compatriots Huang and Sheng […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Paris 2024 Olympics chief Tony Estanguet on Saturday confirmed an investigation into his salary as president of the organising committee was ongoing. “I confirm there has been an ongoing investigation by the financial prosecutor’s office since a few months,” Estanguet said. “I don’t have any other comment other than saying my pay was decided in 2018 and I was not in the room when the decision was […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Paris broke with tradition on Friday by turning the Olympic Opening Ceremony into a parade down the River Seine rather than a stadium-based show. TV viewers around the world were treated to a spectacle performed on bridges, the riverbank and rooftops, culminating with French athletes Marie-Jose Perec and Teddy Riner lighting the Olympic cauldron and a performance from Canada’s Celine Dion. However, the 6,000-odd athletes, 3,000 performers, […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – More than 27,000 people in northeast China were evacuated and hundreds of factories were ordered to suspend production as Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rains, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. Gaemi lashed towns on China’s coastal Fujian province on Friday with heavy rains and strong winds as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year began its widely watched trek from the southeastern […]