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By Jack Queen ATLANTA (Reuters) -One of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in a wide-ranging election-fraud case in Georgia remained behind bars on Friday, after he told a judge that he could not afford a private attorney to represent him and was denied bond. Harrison Floyd said at his first court appearance that he could not afford a private lawyer and had been denied representation by a public defender because he did […]

(Reuters) – Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino heaped praise on Raheem Sterling and said the England forward deserved “full credit” for returning to form after his dazzling two-goal display in Friday’s 3-0 win over Luton Town in the Premier League. Sterling has been one of the few bright spots for Chelsea in their opening 1-1 draw with Liverpool and last week’s 3-1 loss to West Ham United, and he again looked […]

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency said on Friday a Ukrainian drone attack had hit a Russian military base deep inside annexed Crimea, while residents reported casualties, explosions and a road closure. Early on Friday, Russia reported one of the biggest coordinated Ukrainian air raids yet over Russian-controlled territory but said air defence systems had downed all 42 drones attacking Crimea before they could hit their targets. Ukrainian intelligence […]

By Mitch Phillips BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Jamaica’s peerless Shericka Jackson delivered a command performance to retain her world 200 metres title in 21.41 seconds on Friday – the second-fastest time ever run. Jackson, second in the 100m final, ran a brilliant bend, was two metres clear coming into the home straight and tore to the finish to win by a street. She crossed the line with a totally expressionless face as […]

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic is bringing new appreciation to his latest Grand Slam campaign, chasing a men’s record-extending 24th title in New York where he has collected the trophy three times but also suffered bitter disappointment. He was disqualified in 2020 when he swatted a ball in frustration, inadvertently hitting a line judge, and in 2021 he was left heartbroken when Russian Daniil Medvedev ended […]

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Saturday morning that over the past 24 hours it had detected 20 Chinese air force planes entering the island’s air defence zone, including a combat drone the flew along Taiwan’s Pacific east coast. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for three years of increased military pressure from Beijing. Last Saturday, China held a day of drills around […]

By Rich McKay and Jack Queen ATLANTA (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s mug shot was released on Thursday evening after he was booked at an Atlanta jail on more than a dozen felony charges as part of a wide-ranging criminal case stemming from the former U.S. president’s attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. An unsmiling Trump – inmate no. P01135809, according to Fulton County Jail records – was captured […]

By Gram Slattery, Nathan Layne and Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s historic mug shot, posted by a Georgia courthouse on Thursday evening, is being turned into T-shirts, shot glasses, mugs, posters and even bobblehead dolls by friends and foes alike. The shot of Trump with a red tie, glistening hair, and an icy scowl was taken as the Republican presidential front-runner was arrested on more than […]

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday canceled a license granted by a federal agency to a company to build a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in western Texas, which the Republican-led state has argued would be dangerous to build in one of the nation’s largest oil basins. A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the U.S. Nuclear […]