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☆ Wagner Group may be absorbed by the Russian Defense Ministry, which Prigozhin rallied against before his death. The mercenary group's current arrangement could 'disappear rather soon,' former GRU capt
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The fate of the Wagner Group is in the hands of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin. The New York Times reported the Russian Defense Ministry was considering absorbing the group. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The Wagner Group will disappear rather soon," Boris Volodarsky, a former captain in Russia's Spetsnaz GRU special forces and a fellow with the Royal Historical Society in London, told Insider. As tensions mounted between Wagner and Putin this summer, the Kremlin mandated that Wagner recruits sign contracts with the Russian army — which Prigozhin resisted. In his tirade, Prigozhin said the ministry "must be stopped" and the people responsible for the death of Wagner fighters must be punished.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Wagner, Boris Volodarsky, Russia's, Putin, Dmitry Utkin, Valery Chekalov, Volodarsky, —, Alexander Lukashenko Organizations: Wagner, Kremlin, The New York Times, Russian Defense Ministry, Service, Wagner Group, New York Times, Institute for, Royal Historical Society, Defense Ministry, Times, Central African, Associated Press, Russia's Defense Ministry, Belarusian Locations: Wall, Silicon, East, Africa, Russian, London, Tver, Moscow, Belarus, Bakhmut, Ukraine, Mali, Russia, Rostov

☆ Chopra wins India's first gold at world championships in javelin
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BUDAPEST, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships when he pipped Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem in the men's javelin on Sunday with an 88.17 metre effort in the final. Chopra won Olympic gold in Tokyo but managed only a silver at the worlds in Eugene last year. After the Olympic gold I really wanted to win the world championships. This is brilliant for the national team but it was my dream to win gold at the world championships," Chopra said. "I wanted to throw more than 90m tonight but it needs all parts of the puzzle to be there.

Persons: Neeraj Chopra, pipped Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, Chopra, Bobby George, Pakistan's Nadeem, Jakub Vadlejch, Nadeem, Julian Weber, Vadlejch, Kishore Jena, DP Manu, Rohith Nair, Pritha Sarkar, Toby Davis Organizations: Olympic, DP, Thomson Locations: BUDAPEST, Tokyo, Eugene, Paris, Czech, India, Pakistan, Budapest, Germany, Bengaluru

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Indie Semiconductor is not a buy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

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Persons: Zimmer, Zimmer Biomet, there's, they're, Cintas, Jim Cramer's Organizations: Nvidia, Networks, Extreme Networks, GE Healthcare, NRG Energy, Indie Semiconductor, Arista Networks, Arista, Cisco Locations: Southern, Republic

☆ Storm Franklin hits Dominican Republic and Haiti, killing one
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Franklin, which brought stormy winds and rainfall across the Dominican Republic and neighboring Haiti, is forecast to gather strength over the Atlantic Ocean and could near hurricane force this weekend. "Franklin could be near hurricane strength over the southwestern Atlantic by Saturday," the NHC said, saying it expected the storm to gradually strengthen from its current maximum sustained winds near 40 mph. The head of the Dominican COE emergency services a man had been found dead earlier on Wednesday in San Cristobal province, after trying to swim through floodwaters. In a briefing with COE, Dominican President Luis Abinader said the government would attend to communities whose infrastructure was damaged by the storm and that schools and businesses would resume on Thursday. The storm also cut off access to six Dominican communities and damaged roads, water infrastructure and the electrical grid, emergency services said.

Persons: SANTO, Storm Franklin, Franklin, Luis Abinader, Paul Mathiasen, Harold Isaac, Sarah Morland, Harshit Verma, Ananya, Lincoln Organizations: PORT, U.S, National Hurricane Center, NHC, country's Hydro, Meteorological Unit, The United Nations, Food Programme, Thomson Locations: SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola, Haiti, Puerto Plata, Dominican, Atlantic, San Cristobal province, Sud, Santo Domingo, Port, Mexico City, Bengaluru

☆ Dominican Republic's Paulino claims 400m gold
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BUDAPEST, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won World Championship gold in the women’s 400m on Wednesday, finally claiming top spot on the podium after silvers at last year’s worlds and Tokyo Olympics. The race was wide open in the absence of injured American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the 400m hurdles world record holder and fastest in the world this year over the flat, and with Olympic and defending world champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo going out in the heats four months after having a baby. Paulino, second-fastest this year, was out in lane seven and ran a controlled race to come off the final bend in the lead and drive home for an emphatic victory in 48.76 seconds. Poland's Natalia Kaczmarek took silver in 49.57 followed by Sada Williams of Barbados in 49.60. Reporting by Mitch Phillips, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Marileidy Paulino, Sydney McLaughlin, Shaunae Miller, Paulino, Natalia Kaczmarek, Sada Williams, Mitch Phillips, Ed Osmond Organizations: Dominican Republic, Tokyo Olympics, Olympic, Thomson Locations: BUDAPEST, Barbados

REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsHANOI/SINGAPORE, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Thailand's second-biggest lender Kasikornbank (KBANK.BK) is in talks to buy consumer finance provider Home Credit Vietnam in a deal of up to $1 billion that would further its push to expand in Vietnam, two sources said. The Bangkok-based lender, also called KBank, hopes to become one of Vietnam's top 20 banks in terms of assets by 2027. It has total assets worth $119.7 billion, second only to Bangkok Bank (BBL.BK) in Thailand, Refinitiv data showed. KBank and Home Credit Group did not respond to Reuters' requests for comments. Home Credit Group is controlled by the Czech Republic's biggest investment group, PPF, which was founded by late billionaire Petr Kellner.

Persons: Athit, KBank, Petr Kellner, Phuong Nguyen, Kane Wu Organizations: Kasikorn, REUTERS, Rights, Home Credit Vietnam, Bangkok Bank, Stock Commercial Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui, Home, Home Credit, Home Credit Group, Thomson Locations: Bangkok, Thailand, Rights HANOI, SINGAPORE, Vietnam, Vietnam Prosperity, Asia, Netherlands, Czech, Hanoi, Singapore

☆ Attack on Iran's shrine kills at least one, injures several people - official
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Rescuers transport an injured person after an attack in Shah Cheragh Shrine in Shiraz, Iran August 13, 2023. Iranian state media earlier reported that at least four people had been killed in the attack. "It happened around 19:00 local time (15:30 GMT) ... an armed terrorist entered the Shrine area and started shooting ... he was arrested," said Mohammad Hadi Imaniyeh, the governor of Fars province. State TV said the shrine area had been cordoned off by security forces. Videos on Iranian state media showed panicked worshippers running to find their relatives and bloodied clothes left in the aftermath of the attack.

Persons: Mohammadreza, Mohammad Hadi Imaniyeh, Shah, IRNA, Ruhollah Khomeini, Parisa Hafezi, Nick Macfie, Ros Russell Organizations: Rescuers, West Asia News Agency, REUTERS, State TV, Islamic, Dubai Newsroom, Thomson Locations: Shah Cheragh, Shiraz, Iran, REUTERS DUBAI, Iran's, Fars province

☆ Attack on Iran's shrine kills at least one, injures several people, official says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

☆ Commercial ships told to stay far away from Iran due to a heightened possibility of attack or seizure
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The US Navy is warning commercial ships to avoid traveling near Iranian territory. Iranian forces have already seized two oil tankers this year. Attacks on ships in the region have increased ever since Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal. Timothy Hawkins said ships "are being advised to transit as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible," noting a warning issued by the US-based International Maritime Security Construct. Since 2021, Iran has "harassed, attacked, or interfered with" the navigation rights of 15 internationally flagged merchant ships, according to the US Navy.

Persons: Timothy Hawkins, Biden, Trump, —, Michelle Grisé, Grisé Organizations: US Navy, Trump, Service, Associated Press, US, AP, International Atomic Energy Agency, RAND Corporation Locations: Iran, Wall, Silicon, Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Chevron, Islamic Republic, Europe, Iranian, United States, Washington, Tehran

☆ WTA roundup: Nao Hibino upsets Linda Noskova for Prague title
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Aug 7, 2023; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Venus Williams (USA) waves to the crowd after her loss against Madison Keys (USA) (not pictured) in first round play at IGA Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY SportsAugust 8 - Japan's Nao Hibino ended a four-year title drought Monday with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of No. 4 seed and home favorite Linda Noskova at the Livesport Prague Open in the Czech Republic. After taking the opening set rather easily, Keys needed nine match points to put Williams away. "You have to find that balance between playing risky, aggressive, but not too risky, not too much, because then (Swiatek's) not going to give you many points," Pliskova said.

Persons: Venus Williams, Eric Bolte, Nao Hibino, Linda Noskova, Romania's Jaqueline Cristian, Hibino, Noskova, Keys, Williams, Karolina Pliskova, Lin Zhu of, Pliskova, Katie Boulter, Belinda Bencic, Cirstea, Victoria, Italy's Jamine Paolini, Marie Bouzkova, Sloane Stephens, Jennifer Brady Organizations: Madison Keys, IGA, Livesport, WTA, Hiroshima, Omnium Banque, Venus, Iga, Victoria Azarenka of, Thomson Locations: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, USA, Czech Republic, Tashkent, Omnium, Czech, Lin Zhu of China, Switzerland, Romanian, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus

☆ Inside Prague's Institute of Crypto Anarchy — where they're plotting to bring down the dollar
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +19 min

Today, that union of minds finds refuge in Prague in a retrofitted factory building called Paralelní Polis, or "parallel world." The dark stucco of Polis' Prague headquarters is an outlier among the ornate, brightly-colored buildings that tower over it. ETHPrague 2023 was held at Paralelní Polis in the Czech Republic Pavel SinaglThe 'parallel world' concept is sticky. The Vienna branch goes so far as to self-describe as a living example of how "the Paralelní Polis cryptoliberation virus is spreading." The most popular Czech bitcoin YouTuber boasts 90k subscribers, while the annual Czech-only bitcoin conference called Chaincamp attracts around 2000 visitors, even during the bear market."

Persons: Czech Republic Pavel Sinagl, Ztohoven —, Ztohoven, provocateurs, Václav Benda, Dan Ligocký, Ligocký, William Lobkowicz, ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum, Pavel Sinagl, Prague MacKenzie Sigalos, Holy, William, Ileana Lobkowicz, Josef Tětek, Tětek, isn't, biohacking, —, Carl Menger, Friedrich Hayek, BTCPrague, Michael Saylor, Satoshi cryptographer, Adam Back, Saifedean Ammous, bitcoin, Gary Gensler, bitcoin maximalist, Vaclav, — Matěj Žák, Jan Čapek, Christoph Kassas, YouTuber Jakub Vejmola, Jameson Lopp, Stephan Livera, Robert Breedlove, Stani Kulechov, Ondrej Polak, Czech Republic Pavel Sinagl Ligocky Organizations: Paralelní, CNBC, European Union, Polis, of Cryptoanarchy, Austrian, Securities, Exchange, Czech Craft, U.S, Treasury, Casa, Ethereum Foundation, Czech Blockchain Association, optimist Locations: Paralelní Polis, Czech Republic, Czech Republic Pavel Sinagl PRAGUE, Czech, Bohemian, Prague, It's, Polis, Polis —, Lobkowicz, Nazi, Vienna, Barcelona, Bratislava, Slovakia, Košice, Austrian, ., Alza, Bohemia, Europe, Old Town, Holešovice

☆ Serb victims commemorated in Bosnia town infamous for killings of non-Serbs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A building is seen at the former Trnopolje detention camp near Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File PhotoAug 4 (Reuters) - Serbia and Bosnia's Serb Republic on Friday marked the 1995 exodus of Serbs from Croatia in a Bosnian town notorious for Serb war crimes during the Bosnian war, triggering outcry from survivors and human rights activists. "This is an ugly political message," said Gordana Katana, a journalist and activist from the Serb Republic's city of Banja Luka. Many Bosniak survivors feel hurt that victims from another state are commemorated in the town in which Bosniak victims have been ignored. Local Serb authorities have for years rejected pleas to raise a monument to the 102 children killed in Prijedor.

Persons: Dado, Gordana Katana, Satko Mujagic, Milorad Dodik, Aleksandar Vucic, Dodik, Daria Sito, Louise Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Bosnia's, Croatian, Local, Serbian, Thomson Locations: Prijedor, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Bosnia's Serb Republic, Croatia, Bosnian, Republic's, Banja Luka, Yugoslav, Slovenia, Belgrade, Croatian, Serb Republic

☆ 'Unprecedented heat': Iran begins two-day nationwide shutdown amid soaring temperatures
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A motorcyclist has a drink from a bottle to cool off during a heat wave in Tehran on July 11, 2023. Iran on Wednesday began a two-day nationwide shutdown because of soaring temperatures, shortly after the Islamic Republic's health ministry warned of a possible increase in cases of heat exhaustion. The ministry also warned that the shutdown may need to be extended to protect people's health. Many Iranian cities and towns have suffered from temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Degrees Fahrenheit) in recent days, while the oil-rich southwestern city of Ahvaz hit 50 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. The capital city of Tehran experienced temperatures of 39 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.

Persons: Ali Bahadori Jahromi Organizations: Wednesday, Islamic Republic News Agency Locations: Tehran, Iran, Ahvaz

ORTN/via Reuters TV/Handout via REUTERSNIAMEY, July 27 (Reuters) - Niger's army command on Thursday declared its support for a coup instigated the previous day by soldiers of the presidential guard, saying its priority was to avoid destabilising the country. President Mohamed Bazoum and Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massoudou earlier urged democratic forces in the country to resist the power grab, as western officials said the status of the coup attempt was unclear. They earlier cut off the presidential palace in the capital Niamey, with the president inside. Massoudou also called on "democrats and patriots" to make the "attempted coup" fail, according to a posting on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Niamey was quiet on Thursday morning as citizens awoke to heavy rain, closed borders and a nationwide curfew imposed by the coup instigators.

Persons: Major Amadou Adramane, Mohamed Bazoum, Hassoumi Massoudou, Bazoum, Massoudou, Bate Felix, Boureima Balima, Moussa Aksar, John Irish, Sofia Christensen, John Stonestreet Organizations: Niger Army, Reuters, REUTERS, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Niamey, Niger, REUTERS NIAMEY, West, Central Africa, Sahel

According to a decree signed by Putin on Sunday, the Russian state had taken control of Danone's Russian subsidiary along with beer company Carlsberg's (CARLb.CO) stake in a brewer. Yakub Zakriev, 32, a deputy prime minister of Chechnya and the republic's agriculture minister, took the post of general director of Danone Russia on Tuesday, Interfax's SPARK database of company disclosure documents in Russia showed. "Choosing him as general director of Danone Russia shows that representatives of the team of Chechen President and Hero of Russia Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov are talented and successful managers," Dudayev said on his Telegram messaging app. Kadyrov, a close ally of Putin, has referred on social media to Zakriev as his "dear nephew". Danone sought alliances with big local players during the boom years, eventually gaining at least a fifth of Russia's dairy market.

Persons: Kadyrov, Danone Russia Kovalchuk, Carlsberg, Ramzan Kadyrov, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Yakub Zakriev, Akhmed Dudayev, of Russia Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov, Dudayev, Zakriev, Zulai, Akhmad Kadyrov, Kadyrov's, Danone, Yuri, Mikhail Kovalchuk, Bolloev, Guy Faulconbridge, Lidia Kelly, Shubhendu, Stephen Coates, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Danone Russia, Danone, Kremlin, Sunday, Chechen, Moscow State University, Cuban Missile, Soviet, Financial Times, Shubhendu Deshmukh, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Chechnya, Grozny, Paris, Red, Soviet Union, United States, China, Baltika, St Petersburg, Moscow, Melbourne, Bengaluru

☆ Risking revival of unrest, Iran rulers tighten curbs on dissent
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Parisa Hafezi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Police on Sunday announced that the morality police force has intensified its crackdown on women flouting the compulsory dress code. Security forces crushed months of unrest during which protesters from all walks of life called for the downfall of the Islamic Republic and women took off and burned the compulsory headscarves in fury. "The Islamic Republic feels threatened. By redeploying the morality police, the regime is fuelling the people's revolution," said Atena Daemi, a prominent human rights activist in Iran. "People are very angry due to repression, rights violations and worsening economic problems.

Persons: Mahsa, Amini, Atena Daemi, Mohammad Khatami, Parisa, Michael Georgy, Angus MacSwan Organizations: West Asia News Agency, REUTERS, Islamic, Police, Sunday, Thomson Locations: Tehran, Iran, WANA, DUBAI, Islamic Republic, Republic

☆ Strycova wins doubles title with Hsieh on her farewell at Wimbledon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strycova captured their second Wimbledon women's doubles title in four years by defeating third seeds Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens 7-5 6-4 under a closed Centre Court roof on Sunday. The Taiwan-Czech 37-year-olds, who also triumphed together in 2019, sealed the first set after Australian Hunter slapped a forehand into the net. "I couldn't ask for a better finish," said Strycova, who reached the Wimbledon singles semi-finals in 2019. The doubles title was Hsieh's fourth at Wimbledon, having also teamed up with Belgian Mertens in 2021 and China's Peng Shuai in 2013. Reporting by Pritha Sarkar, editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Hsieh, Strycova, Storm Hunter, Elise Mertens, Hunter, Taiwan's Hsieh Su, Belgium's Elise Mertens, Australia's, Belgian Mertens, China's Peng Shuai, Pritha Sarkar, Ken Ferris Organizations: Wimbledon, Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Thomson Locations: Taiwan, Czech, London, Britain, U.S

☆ Most painful defeat ever, says heart-broken Wimbledon runner-up Jabeur
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"It will be tough to speak because this is very tough," the sixth seed, her eyes wet with tears, said on court after losing in the Wimbledon final for the second year in a row. Jabeur was also the favourite last year but lost the final to big-hitting Elena Rybakina. But despite winning the first two games, she produced a nervous, mistake-strewn display that was painful to watch at times as her dream faded. "It's going to be a tough day for me today. I promise I will come back one day and win this tournament," she told the crowd.

Persons: Marketa Vondrousova, Dylan Martinez, that's, Jabeur, Elena Rybakina, Marketa, I'm, It's, Martyn Herman, Clare Fallon Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Czech, Marketa Vondrousova REUTERS, Dylan Martinez LONDON, Wimbledon, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Tunisia, Africa

☆ Vondrousova writes her own happy ending at Wimbledon to leave Jabeur in tears
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Pritha Sarkar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Instead, a distraught Jabeur was left with tears streaming down her face as her Wimbledon dream was wrecked in the final for the second year running with a 6-4 6-4 drubbing. I am going to have a beer as it's been an exhausting two weeks," said Vondrousova. I am going to look ugly for those photos," the 28-year-old Jabeur told the crowd through tears. It's been a tough journey but I promise I will come back and one day win this tournament." Jabeur knows she could have won the first set 6-0, having had game points in each of the opening six games.

Persons: Marketa Vondrousova, Dylan Martinez, Vondrousova, Jabeur, Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Stepan Simek, Wales, I'm, It's, Iga Swiatek, Navratilova, Jana Novotna, Petra Kvitova, Pritha Sarkar, Clare Fallon Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, REUTERS, Dylan Martinez LONDON, Wimbledon, All England, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Czech, Prague, tennis, Vondrousova, bask

☆ Unseeded Vondrousova stuns Jabeur to win Wimbledon title
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The 24-year-old left-hander, who a year ago needed wrist surgery, proved too steady for the error-strewn Jabeur who ended up as runner-up as she did in 2022. "Today is going to be a tough day for me but I'm not going to give up and I am going to come back stronger. "It's been a tough journey but I promise I will come back and one day win this tournament." The unassuming Vondrousova had managed to win only one match in her previous four visits to Wimbledon and last year came with her wrist in a plaster cast to support a friend and go shopping. It looked as though Jabeur was getting on top as she won three games in a row, but Vondrousova never panicked.

Persons: Marketa Vondrousova, Andrew Couldridge, Vondrousova, Jabeur, Elena Rybakina, Iga Swiatek, I'm, It's, Jessica Pegula, Elina Svitolina, Stepan Simek, Frankie, Wales, Martina Navratilova, Jana Novotna, Petra Kvitova, Martyn Herman, Ed Osmond Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, REUTERS, Wimbledon, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Czech, Prague

☆ Your Guide to Second-Quarter Bank Earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

JPMorgan's profit jumped after it rescued First Republic. (Clarissa Bonet for The Wall Street Journal)Bank earnings have started to roll in, with early-morning reports from JPMorgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo. The question at the top of everyone's mind: Is Bank Crisis '23 over? Things have calmed down since March, when Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed in spectacular fashion. First Republic's demise, which followed in early May, was supposed to be the finale.

Persons: Clarissa Bonet Organizations: Wall, Bank, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank Locations: Republic, Wells Fargo

☆ Vondrousova battles through roller-coaster clash with Pegula to reach semis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Christian Radnedge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

However, it was 24-year-old Vondrousova who secured the crucial break at 4-4 when a baseline rally ended with Pegula sending a backhand long. The twists and turns kept coming, though, as Pegula began finding her range in the second set. In the decider, momentum looked to be staying with the 29-year-old Pegula as she saved three break points in the first three games and then broke Vondrousova by forcing her long. I just wanted to stay as long as I could and fought until the end and I'm just so happy. For Pegula, it was another quarter-final heartbreak, having never gone beyond the last eight at a Grand Slam.

Persons: Marketa Vondrousova, Jessica Pegula, Hannah Mckay LONDON, Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, Pegula, Vondrousova, Vondrousva, Zheng Jie, Barbora, Christian Radnedge, Ken Ferris Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, U.S, REUTERS, Wimbledon, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Czech, Poland

☆ Jabeur crushes Kvitova to set up rematch of 2022 final with Rybakina
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Tunisian sixth seed Jabeur had to come from a set down against Bianca Andreescu on Saturday but had no such problems on a blustery afternoon as she raced through the first set in 22 minutes, almost unchallenged. Her crowd-pleasing variety of slice and change of pace and angle left the 2011 and 2014 champion flailing. The ninth-seeded Czech had the briefest of recoveries in the second set but it did not last and Jabeur finished off in style, breaking to love. Third-seeded Kazakh Rybakina, who beat Jabeur in three sets in last year’s final, went through after Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia retired at 4-1 down in the first set with a back injury. Reporting by Mitch Phillips; editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Petra Kvitova, Hannah Mckay LONDON, Elena Rybakina, Jabeur, Bianca Andreescu, flailing, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Mitch Phillips, Ken Ferris Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Czech, Court, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Tunisian, Czech, Kazakh

☆ Iran hangs two men over deadly shrine attack - state media
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI, July 8 (Reuters) - Iran executed two men on Saturday over an attack on a Shi'ite shrine that killed at least 13 people in October and was claimed by the militant group Islamic State, Iranian state media reported on Saturday. The men had said during their trial that they had been in contact with the Islamic State in neighbouring Afghanistan and helped organise the attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz, according to Iranian media reports. The gunman, identified as a citizen of Tajikistan, later died in a hospital from injuries sustained during the attack. Officials initially said 15 had been killed in the attack, but later revised the figure to 13. Islamic State, which once posed a security threat across the Middle East, has claimed earlier violence in Iran, including deadly twin attacks in 2017 that targeted parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Persons: IRNA, Shah, Ruhollah Khomeini, Kim Coghill Organizations: Islamic, Dubai, Thomson Locations: DUBAI, Iran, Islamic State, Shiraz, Afghanistan, Tajikistan

☆ Experienced Kvitova beats Paolini in three sets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The duo also met at the last year's championships when the Czech ninth seed came on top in another three-setter. Paolini found some momentum and made Kvitova work in the second set but the experienced Czech comfortably took the third, firing eight aces and 36 winners throughout the match. "I was trying hard in the second set to break her but this didn't happen. In the third I got an opportunity and I made it, and I think that since then I just kept going," Kvitova said. The 33-year-old will face the winner of unseeded pair Aliaksandra Sasnovich v Nuria Parrizas Diaz in the second round.

Persons: Petra Kvitova, Italy's Jasmine Paolini REUTERS, Dylan Martinez, Italy's Jasmine Paolini, Kvitova, I've, it's, Paolini, Nuria Parrizas Diaz, Anita Kobylinska, Toby Davis Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Dylan Martinez LONDON, Wimbledon, Centre Court, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Czech, Gdansk

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