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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian air defences shot down all 28 Russian missiles and 15 out of 16 drones launched overnight, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, said on Wednesday. Ukrainian authorities have said at least two people were killed and two wounded in an attack on Kyiv on Wednesday morning. Several people were also injured in Kyiv region. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Tom Hogue) Brought to […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jessica Pegula may be the top ranked American at the U.S. Open but the third seed says she is happy to let red-hot compatriot Coco Gauff carry some of the burden of expectation as they bid to end the country’s Grand Slam drought. World number three Pegula and number six Gauff arrived in New York having won WTA 1000 titles to spark hopes of a first […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jessica Pegula may be the top ranked American at the U.S. Open but the third seed says she is happy to let red-hot compatriot Coco Gauff carry some of the burden of expectation as they bid to end the country’s Grand Slam drought. World number three Pegula and number six Gauff arrived in New York having won WTA 1000 titles to spark hopes of a first […]

(Reuters) -At least two people were killed and two wounded in an attack on Kyiv on Wednesday morning, Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on the Telegram messaging app, as debris from targets destroyed by air defences fell on several buildings in the Ukrainian capital. The bodies of two people were found in a nonresidential building and one person was wounded by glass shards, Klitschko said, adding that debris fell in four […]

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp’s soaring rally has thrilled investors this year – except for the sizeable number of fund managers who avoided what they believe to be an expensive stock. Shares of the semiconductor company – whose chips power generative AI apps such as ChatGPT – have more than tripled this year in a rally fueled by excitement over the prospects for artificial intelligence. Yet […]

By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – A big selloff that pushed U.S. borrowing costs to 15-year highs left euro zone bonds relatively unscathed in August, reflecting investor bets the bloc’s economic growth and funding needs will increasingly lag those in the United States. A resilient U.S. economy and rising borrowing needs pushed Treasury yields to their highest in over 15 years in August amid growing expectations that interest rates would stay […]

LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, after the state election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term. Appearing on the television channel Gabon 24, the officers said they represented all security and defence forces in the Central African nation. They said the election results were cancelled, all borders […]

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp’s soaring rally has thrilled investors this year – except for the sizeable number of fund managers who avoided what they believe to be an expensive stock. Shares of the semiconductor company – whose chips power generative AI apps such as ChatGPT – have more than tripled this year in a rally fueled by excitement over the prospects for artificial intelligence. Yet […]

(This Aug. 29 story has been corrected to fix Greet Minnen’s nationality to Belgian) NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams suffered her most lopsided loss in 24 appearances at the Grand Slam tournament with a 6-1 6-1 defeat at the hands of qualifier Greet Minnen in the first round on Tuesday. The Belgian smacked 24 winners and saved all six break points she faced to dispatch […]