NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ons Jabeur overcame breathing difficulties to secure a gritty 7-5 7-6(4) first round win over Colombia’s Camila Osorio on Tuesday at the U.S. Open where the Tunisian fifth seed is hoping to end a run Grand Slam near misses. Jabeur, in her first Grand Slam since …

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, citing the risk of potential dangers, is advising LGBTQ travelers planning trips to the United States to check how they might be affected by recently passed laws in some states, Ottawa said on Tuesday. Anti-LGBTQ demonstrations in the United States last year rocketed 30-fold compared with …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Daniil Medvedev had been the forgotten man coming into the U.S. Open, but the third seeded Russian popped up on everyone’s radar after steamrolling past Attila Balazs 6-1 6-1 6-0 and into the second round at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday. With world numbers one and two …

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland has finished inventorying its existing bomb shelters in a government effort prompted by neighbouring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, and found it has 50,500 of them, its interior ministry said. Finland joined the NATO military alliance in April in a historic security policy U-turn but …

(Reuters) – Australian Kaden Groves of Alpecin-Deceuninck won stage four of the Vuelta a Espana on Tuesday in a sprint finish after an early breakaway was reeled in before the finale. The fourth stage was a 184.6-kilometre ride from Andorra la Vella to Tarragona which included two category three climbs …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday threw out an obstruction charge but mostly upheld the conviction of a former Central Intelligence Agency software engineer for carrying out the largest theft of classified information in the agency’s history. Joshua Schulte, 34, was convicted in July 2022 on four …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz has already surrendered the number one world ranking and will be in no mood to give up his U.S. Open title as well when the Spaniard begins the defence of his Flushing Meadows crown on Tuesday. The season’s final Grand Slam began on Monday …

PETALING JAYA: KPJ Healthcare Bhd is optimistic of maintaining its momentum for the upcoming quarters. The company said the current increasing revenue trend, coupled with its ongoing efforts in increasing the number of hospital beds, recruiting more consultants and expanding its range of services, are expected to maintain the group’s …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should have approved an application from Grayscale Investments to create a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, in a landmark victory for the asset manager that could pave the way for the first product of its kind. …

SEPANG: The departure of giant panda cubs Yi Yi and Sheng Yi for China will leave a long-lasting impression on one of its guardians, Azrennizam Ibrahim. During the process of unloading the two pandas at the animal hotel situated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Cargo Complex here, Azrennizam, …