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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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 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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Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Jo Swinson has told the BBC’s Andrew Marr that a no-deal Brexit would be irresponsible, and repeated calls for a second referendum. Swinson, who is running to be the next leader of her party, criticised Conservative leadership hopefuls who have said they are planning for no-deal – likening it to planning
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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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A towering, out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist river boat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning. Italian media reported that at least five people were injured in the crash. The collision happened about 8:30 a.m. on the Giudecca Canal, a major thoroughfare that leads to Saint Mark’s Square in
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Only three of the 16 women still in the French Open field have won a Grand Slam tournament — and two of them play each other in the fourth round. The most intriguing matchup at Roland Garros on Sunday might just be 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens against two-time major champ Garbiñe Muguruza, which
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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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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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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption China was one of the first nations to ground the Boeing 737 Max EU transport officials say they will work with other regulators on approving new software for the Boeing 737 Max. But they say they reserve the right to take their own decision on when to return the
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