September 12, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Sunday said she would run for president in 2022 on a socialist ticket, though polls indicate she has little chance of mounting a serious challenge unless she can unite the fragmented left. “Knowing the seriousness of our times and to give hope to our […]
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Israeli minister says Iran giving militias drone training near Isfahan
September 12, 2021 HERZLIYA, Israel (Reuters) – Israel’s defence minister accused Iran on Sunday of providing foreign militias with drone training at an airbase near the city of Isfahan, a month after Tehran came under global scrutiny over a suspected drone attack on an Israeli-managed tanker off Oman. Israel has combined military strikes with diplomatic […]
In Hungary, pope meets PM Orban, his political opposite
September 12, 2021 By Philip Pullella and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Pope Francis arrived in Hungary early on Sunday, starting an unusually short stay that underlines differences with his political opposite, nationalist and anti-immigrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Francis, 84, who is spending only seven hours in the capital Budapest, went directly from the […]
MLB roundup: Yankees chase down Mets on 9/11 anniversary
September 12, 2021 Aaron Judge hit two homers Saturday night, including the game-tying, two-run blast in the eighth, and Andrew Velazquez scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error by Javier Baez as the New York Yankees edged the host New York Mets, 8-7. The Yankees snapped a seven-game losing streak and remained tied for […]
Top 25 roundup: No. 12 Oregon knocks off No. 3 Ohio State
September 12, 2021 CJ Verdell scored three touchdowns and ran for 161 yards as No. 12 Oregon overcame No. 3 Ohio State 35-28 at Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday. Quarterback Anthony Brown was 17 of 35 for 236 yards and two touchdowns for Oregon (2-0) while also running for 65 yards. Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud […]
Vatican Swiss Guard’s new barracks designed to include women, newspaper says
September 12, 2021 VIENNA (Reuters) – The new barracks of the Vatican Swiss Guard, the elite and colourfully dressed corps that protects the pope, will be designed to accommodate female guards even though they are not yet allowed, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday. Nearly all of the guard are single men who live in […]
Pope Francis arrives in Hungary for lightning visit
September 12, 2021 BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Pope Francis arrived in Hungary early on Sunday, starting an unusually short stay that will underline differences https://ift.tt/2VxLkim with nationalist and anti-immigrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Francis, 84, will spend only seven hours in the capital Budapest to close an international Roman Catholic meeting before moving on to Slovakia, […]
Japan says suspected Chinese submarine seen near territorial waters
September 12, 2021 TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s defence ministry said on Sunday that a submarine believed to be from China was spotted in waters near its southern islands, as maritime tensions persist in the Pacific. Japan’s navy on Friday morning identified a submerged vessel sailing northwest just outside territorial waters near Amami Oshima island, part […]
IAEA chief in Iran for talks before showdown with West
September 12, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi is set for talks in Iran on Sunday that may ease a standoff between Tehran and the West just as it threatens to escalate and scupper negotiations on reviving the Iran nuclear deal. Grossi arrived in Tehran overnight, Iranian state media said, ahead […]
Israel strikes Gaza in retaliation for rocket fire, military says
September 12, 2021 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to Palestinian rocket fire into its territory, the Israeli military said. Tension between Israel and the Palestinians has risen over the past week, after six Palestinian militants escaped from a maximum security Israeli jail on Monday. […]
Japan’s vaccines minister Kono leads opinion poll on succeeding Suga
September 12, 2021 TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s minister in charge of vaccines, Taro Kono, led a public opinion poll on who should succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Kono had 27% support in the poll by the Nikkei newspaper and TV Tokyo that asked who would be “the […]
Tennis-Fernandez pays tribute to New York City on anniversary of 9/11
September 12, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leylah Fernandez may have come up short in the U.S. Open final on Saturday, but the Canadian teen won over the New York crowd after the match when she paid homage to the city’s resilience on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The 19-year-old Fernandez, speaking […]
Rays stifle Tigers, 7-2
September 12, 2021 Joey Wendle had a triple and a home run, Dietrich Enns tossed four innings of hitless relief for his first career victory, and the Tampa Bay Rays topped the host Detroit Tigers 7-2 on Saturday. Wendle’s homer was his 10th of the season. Kevin Kiermaier supplied two extra-base hits, scored twice and […]
Backup QB Zach Calzada leads late drive as No. 5 Texas A&M tops Colorado
September 12, 2021 Backup quarterback Zach Calzada threw a go-ahead TD pass to Isaiah Spiller with 2:41 left, and the fifth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies rallied to beat the Colorado Buffaloes 10-7 in Denver on Saturday. Calzada came on for injured starter Haynes King in the first quarter and finished 18-for-38 passing for 183 yards and […]
Mountaineers rebound with 66-0 win over LIU
September 12, 2021 Jarret Doege threw three touchdown passes and Leddie Brown rushed for two scores as host West Virginia cruised to a 66-0 rout over Long Island University on Saturday. The Mountaineers (1-1) rebounded from their disappointing season-opening loss at Maryland by dominating all facets and taking the lead 11 seconds in on Winston […]
Somber Sept. 11 marked at New York Mets-Yankees matchup, US Open
September 12, 2021 By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – Before he died responding to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the World Trade Center, Brian McAleese, a New York City firefighter and father of four, often shopped at the Key Food supermarket in Brooklyn where Artie Bentley worked for nearly 40 years. Twenty years […]
Two decades after 9/11, one of the last U.S. Marines killed in Afghanistan comes home
September 12, 2021 By Tim McLaughlin LAWRENCE, Mass. (Reuters) – U.S. Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket on Saturday, one of the last American soldiers killed in Afghanistan during a war set in motion exactly two decades ago by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Several hundred people gathered near […]
Australia’s Victoria state records small decline in COVID-19 infections
September 11, 2021 CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s second most populous state said on Sunday daily COVID-19 infections fell slightly. Victoria state said it recorded 392 COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, down slightly on the 450 cases recorded one day earlier. Victoria state is struggling to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta […]
Factbox-Tennis-List of U.S. Open women’s singles champions
September 11, 2021 (Reuters) – List of U.S. Open women’s singles champions since tennis turned professional in 1968: 2021 – Emma Raducanu (Britain) v Leylah Fernandez (Canada) 6-4 6-3 2020 – Naomi Osaka (Japan) beat Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 1-6 6-3 6-3 2019 – Bianca Andreescu (Canada) beat Serena Williams (U.S.) 6-3 7-5 2018 – Osaka […]
Factbox-Tennis-U.S. Open women’s singles champion Emma Raducanu
September 11, 2021 (Reuters) – Factbox on Britain’s Emma Raducanu, who beat Canada’s Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Saturday to win her first Grand Slam title: Age: 18 Nation: Britain WTA ranking: 150 Seeding: Unseeded Grand Slam titles: 1 (U.S. Open 2021) ROAD TO FINAL First round: beat Stefanie Voegele […]
