The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 1:25 p.m. Lights will be installed on the four top show courts for next year’s French Open and all courts the year after, putting an end to matches being suspended due to darkness. Tournament organizers announced that Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen, Court Simonne Mathieu […]
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France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, says the French government’s priority as a shareholder in automaker Renault SA is to fortify its alliance with Nissan. Le Maire told reporters during a news conference Sunday after a meeting in Japan of the Group of 20 major economies that protecting jobs and Renault’s factories and technology was
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Image copyright Rex Features Image caption Neil Woodford is unconventional and has been successful for investors The boss of broker Hargreaves Lansdown has issued an apology following the suspension of a fund it sells. Chris Hill, chief executive, said he shares clients’ “disappointment and frustration”. The Woodford Equity Income Fund, managed by Neil Woodford, stopped
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Viktoria Modesta, who chose to have her own leg amputated aged 20, takes to the stage this weekend at the Crazy Horse in Paris. The artist, who spent most of her childhood in Latvia, had felt hampered by the leg after 15 surgeries and decided to make the drastic decision. Since then she has performed
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Sam Kerr hopes there will be plenty reasons to flip for this Women’s World Cup. But even if Australia‘s prolific scorer known for backflip celebrations doesn’t find the back of the net, she’d happily take a trophy instead. “Every time I step on the field I want to score for my country, but to do
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Conservative leadership candidate Michael Gove has said he “deeply regrets” taking cocaine more than 20 years ago. He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show he was “fortunate” that he didn’t go to prison after using the class A drug “several” times. The environment secretary said he believed the “mistake” should not be held against him
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Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin worried when Kumar Rocker came off the mound after a first inning where the freshman pitcher hit Duke centerfielder Kennie Taylor with a pitch near the left eye. Taylor returned to the Duke dugout after a trip to a hospital for tests. Rocker settled down and pitched the eighth no-hitter in
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WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Senator Kamala Harris of California has, for months, faced criticism from activist Democrats who have said her record as California attorney general was at odds with her progressive reputation. But on Saturday, as Ms. Harris seeks to reinvigorate her presidential campaign, she went on the offensive, laying out a robust defense
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Tony Ferguson‘s path to the lightweight title is becoming clear. Ferguson won by technical knockout after a medical stoppage in a lightweight fight against Donald Cerrone at UFC 238 on Saturday night. Ferguson (26-3) won his 12th straight fight, the longest active streak in the UFC, after a doctor stopped the fight after the second
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BAGHDAD — If people remember anything about the Iraq Museum, it is most likely the televised images of it being looted in 2003 as American troops watched from their tanks. Statues too heavy to move were knocked from their pedestals, their 3,000- and 4,000-year-old shoulders bashed to powder. Some lost their eyes or one side
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