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By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – After a five-set nailbiter in the previous round, Novak Djokovic was in no mood for another tense evening at the U.S. Open on Sunday and the Serb cruised into the last eight of the year’s final Grand Slam with a 6-2 7-5 6-4 over Borna Gojo. Djokovic had endured a far more testing match on Friday, having to come back from two-sets down […]

(Reuters) -Australia’s Qantas apologised for its service standards falling short and acknowledged it was suffering reputational damage, after the country’s competition regulator sued it for allegedly selling tickets for thousands of cancelled flights. Last week, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a court filing that the carrier broke consumer law when it sold tickets to more than 8,000 flights between May and July 2022 without disclosing they […]

By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) -The United States expects to elevate its diplomatic relations with former foe Vietnam to the top level as President Joe Biden travels to Hanoi in a week, in a move that may irk China and with unclear business implications. Fearful of the potential reaction from its much larger neighbour, Vietnam had initially expressed caution about the upgrade. That led the Biden administration to multiply efforts […]

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan worked to restore power to more than 30,000 households after Typhoon Haikui barrelled into the east and south of the island, as cities and counties in the affected areas closed schools and businesses and domestic airlines cancelled flights. Haikui made landfall in the mountainous and sparsely populated far southeast of Taiwan on Sunday afternoon, the first typhoon to directly hit Taiwan in four years. It then moved […]

(Reuters) – Australia’s Qantas apologised on Monday for its service standards falling short and acknowledged it was suffering reputational damage, days after the country’s competition regulator sued the carrier for allegedly selling tickets to thousands of flights after they were cancelled. (Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Mediation talks to avert strikes at U.S. energy major Chevron’s two major liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Australia began on Monday after workers rejected the company’s offer on wages and working conditions last week. A senior member of the Fair Work Commission (FWC), Australia’s industrial umpire, will host the talks from 9 a.m.(0100 GMT) in the Western Australia state capital of Perth through this week, a schedule […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Mediation talks to avert strikes at U.S. energy major Chevron’s two major liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Australia began on Monday after workers rejected the company’s offer on wages and working conditions last week. A senior member of the Fair Work Commission (FWC), Australia’s industrial umpire, will host the talks from 9 a.m.(0100 GMT) in the Western Australia state capital of Perth through this week, a schedule […]

By Philip Pullella ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Monday wrapped up a historic trip to Mongolia whose main purpose was to visit the miniscule Catholic community but which took on international connotations because of his overtures to China over freedom of religion in the bordering communist country. Francis ended his five-day visit with a stop to inaugurate the House of Mercy, a multi-purpose structure to provide temporary health care […]

(Reuters) – Australia’s Qantas apologised on Monday for its service standards falling short and acknowledged it was suffering reputational damage, days after the country’s competition regulator sued the carrier for allegedly selling tickets to thousands of flights after they were cancelled. (Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com