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(Reuters) – Goals from Danilo and Federico Chiesa earned Juventus a 2-0 victory at Empoli in Serie A on Sunday, with the visitors squandering several other chances and missing a penalty. Captain Danilo put the visitors ahead after 24 minutes, deftly sweeping the ball into the net following a scramble after a corner. Arkadiusz Milik’s pass sent Chiesa clear on goal and he skipped around keeper Etrit Berisha’s challenge to […]

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Senior U.S. officials visited Syria’s eastern oil-rich Deir al Zor province on Sunday in an attempt to defuse an uprising by Arab tribes against Kurdish rule that is destabilising northeast Syria, U.S. officials, security sources, and residents said. An Arab tribal backlash against the rule of the Kurdish YPG militia has led to clashes, with over 150 killed and dozens injured. The militia forms […]

By Stephen Culp (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Stephen Culp, financial markets journalist. Asian markets have a tough act to follow on Monday – their own. On Friday, Asian stocks wrapped up a mixed August with robust weekly gains. The Shanghai SE Composite, the blue-chip Shenzhen, the Hang Seng and the broader MSCI Asia Pacific index all enjoyed their biggest weekly percentage gains […]

LYON, France (Reuters) -Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris St Germain romped to a 4-1 away triumph over troubled Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday to record a second win in the new Ligue 1 season. Mbappe converted a fourth-minute penalty, and netted the fourth goal just before the halftime break, as victory took PSG up to eight points from four games and into second spot, two behind leaders Monaco. The spotkick […]

LYON, France (Reuters) – Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris St Germain romped to a 4-1 away triumph over troubled Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday to record a second win in the new Ligue 1 season. Mbappe converted a fourth-minute penalty, and netted the fourth goal just before the halftime break, as victory took PSG up to eight points from four games and into second spot, two behind leaders Monaco. The […]

By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – Romanian Sorana Cirstea reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time in 14 years on Sunday after upsetting 15th seed Belinda Bencic 6-3 6-3 at the U.S. Open. Making her 59th Grand Slam main draw appearance and 15th at the U.S. Open, the 33-year-old Romanian’s only other quarter-final appearance was at the 2009 French Open. Cirstea becomes the oldest woman […]

By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had decided to replace his defence minister, setting the stage for the biggest shake-up of Ukraine’s defence establishment since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. In his nightly video address to the nation, Zelenskiy said he would dismiss Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and would ask parliament this week to replace him with Rustem Umerov, head […]

MUNICH (Reuters) – Renault cannot afford to enter a discount race with Tesla or Chinese rivals, the French carmaker’s head of engineering told journalists at the IAA Munich car show. “The good strategy is to maintain prices and to adjust fixed costs,” Gilles Le Borgne said. Renault’s high exposure to Europe makes it one of the most exposed names to new competition from Tesla and Chinese rivals in electric vehicles, […]

By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had decided to replace his defence minister, setting the stage for the biggest shake-up of Ukraine’s defence establishment since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. In his nightly video address to the nation, Zelenskiy said he would dismiss Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and would ask parliament this week to replace him with Rustem Umerov, head […]