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By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic could claim a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title at Sunday’s U.S. Open final but will put that landmark out of his mind as he prepares to face old foe Daniil Medvedev. The Serb battled past American Ben Shelton in straight sets on Friday to set up a rematch with Russia’s Medvedev, who denied him a rare calendar Grand Slam two years […]

By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) -Daniil Medvedev shocked defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3) 6-1 3-6 6-3 on Friday to move into the U.S. Open final, denying tennis fans the blockbuster finish to the Grand Slam season they had been hoping to see. A final involving former-U.S. Open champions Medvedev and three-time winner Novak Djokovic on Sunday is one of obvious high quality but not the next chapter in tennis’s […]

By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem endorsed Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Friday, potentially boosting the former president’s lead in the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential primary race. A rising star in the party, Noem has long been mentioned as a possible running mate for Trump should he win the nomination. Her endorsement will likely add fuel to that speculation. Noem announced her “full and complete […]

(Reuters) – Leaders of the world’s biggest economies begin a two-day G20 summit on Saturday in India’s capital of New Delhi. As India hosts such a powerful group of world leaders for the first time, New Delhi has been adorned with ornamental flowers and fountains at traffic roundabouts, with a fresh coat of paint for public buildings and sidewalks were spruced up. Security is being provided by 130,000 police and […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Revenues at China’s Didi Chuxing rose 52.6% for the April-June quarter from a year earlier to 48.8 billion yuan ($6.65 billion, as the ride-hailing firm emerged from a regulatory crackdown and demand rebounded with the end of strict COVID-19 restrictions. Didi posted a net loss of 300 million yuan, the company said in a statement on Saturday. The company, launched in Beijing in 2012 and backed by […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Revenues at China’s Didi Chuxing rose 52.6% for the April-June quarter from a year earlier to 48.8 billion yuan ($6.65 billion, as the ride-hailing firm emerged from a regulatory crackdown and demand rebounded with the end of strict COVID-19 restrictions. Didi posted a net loss of 300 million yuan, the company said in a statement on Saturday. The company, launched in Beijing in 2012 and backed by […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Revenues at China’s Didi Chuxing rose 52.6% for the April-June quarter from a year earlier to 48.8 billion yuan ($6.65 billion, as the ride-hailing firm emerged from a regulatory crackdown and demand rebounded with the end of strict COVID-19 restrictions. Didi posted a net loss of 300 million yuan, the company said in a statement on Saturday. The company, launched in Beijing in 2012 and backed by […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Revenues at China’s Didi Chuxing rose 52.6% for the April-June quarter from a year earlier to 48.8 billion yuan ($6.65 billion, as the ride-hailing firm emerged from a regulatory crackdown and demand rebounded with the end of strict COVID-19 restrictions. Didi posted a net loss of 300 million yuan, the company said in a statement on Saturday. The company, launched in Beijing in 2012 and backed by […]

By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) -A powerful earthquake struck Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday, killing at least 296 people, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes. The Interior Ministry said the number constituted a preliminary death toll and that 153 people had been injured. A local official said most deaths were in mountain areas that were hard to reach. Residents of Marrakech, the […]