June 2019

Serena bids early adieu at French, like Osaka before her

Maybe it was the daunting deficit Serena Williams faced in the French Open’s third round. Maybe it was the way her 20-year-old American opponent, Sofia Kenin, was questioning line calls. Either way, as Williams attempted to start a comeback Saturday with a three-ace game, she followed those big serves with some serious staredowns. Whether it […]

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Acting Defense Chief Sees No Need to Restart Big Military Exercises With South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Sunday that he did not see a need to restore the large-scale joint military exercises that the United States and South Korea suspended over the past year as a concession to North Korea. American and South Korean troops have continued low-key, smaller-scale exercises during

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The Latest: Czech teen Vondrousova into French quarterfinals

The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova has reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal without dropping a set. The 19-year-old Vondrousova beat 12th-seeded Anastasija Sevastova 6-2, 6-0 in just 59 minutes. The only two games that Vondrousova lost came immediately after she took a medical timeout to

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Chances Of Survival ‘Bleak’ For 8 Climbers Missing In Indian Himalayas: Officials

MUMBAI, June 2 (Reuters) ― Two Indian air force helicopters and a rescue team scoured the Himalayan region around the Nanda Devi mountain for eight missing climbers without success on Sunday and survivors are unlikely to be found, two government officials said. The rescue effort for the climbers from Australia, Britain, the United States and

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Insurgent Democrats, Many of Them Women, Worry a New Party Policy Will Block Them

WASHINGTON — A move by House Democratic leaders to thwart party members from mounting primary challenges to incumbents, even in safe Democratic districts, could have the unintended consequence of arresting the party’s shift toward a more female and racially diverse caucus, one of its most striking achievements of the last election. This past week, a

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Glastonbury 2019: Bands who called for Tories to be killed booked to perform

Image caption Fat White Family performing at Glastonbury 2015 Two bands who have called for members of the Conservative Party to be killed are to perform at Glastonbury Festival 2019. One of Killdren’s best known songs is called Kill Tory Scum while Fat White Family have called for violence against Conservatives on social media. The

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