LONDON (Reuters) – A month ago, Italian sport fans may have thought they would be seeing their team defend their European Championship title in soccer this weekend – but they will have other reasons to cheer as two of their tennis stars stand on the brink of history. Jasmine Paolini …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Shortly after President Joe Biden’s halting debate with Donald Trump on June 27, his exit from the 2024 U.S. presidential race seemed all but inevitable to some longtime allies. Donors called it a disaster and held frantic calls to discuss next steps. Newspaper columnists demanded he bow out. …

PETALING JAYA: Sabah-based steel product maker Colform Group Bhd is seeking a listing on the ACE Market, with plans to use the proceeds raised to install a colour coil coating production line, build a new storage facility in Kota Kinabalu and to venture into Peninsular Malaysia by setting up a …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday announced a new security package for Ukraine worth $225 million, which includes a Patriot missile battery, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery rocket systems and missiles, among other items. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Washington, Ukraine’s biggest supporter, has provided more than $50 billion in military …

LONDON (Reuters) – Barbora Krejcikova returned to a Grand Slam singles final three years after her only triumph with a stirring Wimbledon comeback on Thursday that set up a meeting with Italian Jasmine Paolini, who continued to break new ground at the All England Club. Despite a wealth of major …

GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan’s warring parties are in Switzerland for U.N.-led talks aimed at brokering possible local ceasefires to facilitate aid and protect civilians, but only one side showed up for the start of discussions on Thursday, the United Nations said. War erupted in April last year between the Sudanese …

(Reuters) – More than 30 European anti-doping agencies expressed concern on Thursday, in a letter seemingly aimed at the U.S., that professional and college athletes competing in major events such as the upcoming Olympics were not being sufficiently tested. They said they were alarmed that athletes competing in professional and …

(Reuters) – England’s newly crowned hero Ollie Watkins kept a promise to unused substitutes Dean Henderson and Lewis Dunk when he made a beeline for the bench after his 90th-minute goal in the 2-1 semi-final victory over the Netherlands at Euro 2024. Watkins, who has played just 30 minutes in …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some of President Joe Biden’s close campaign aides met with Senate Democrats on Thursday to try to ease growing opposition from within his party to Biden’s reelection bid, ahead of his first solo news conference in almost eight months. Biden’s campaign has been on the ropes for two …

LONDON (Reuters) -Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov compared Russia’s justice system to that of Nazi Germany on Thursday as a judge rejected his appeal against his two-and-a-half-year prison term. Orlov, co-leader of the rights group Memorial that won a share of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, was found guilty …