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(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic stayed on course for his third title of 2023 by powering into the semi-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-3 7-5 win over Hubert Hurkacz on Thursday. The 35-year-old Serbian won in Adelaide before sealing his 22nd Grand Slam trophy at the Australian Open while managing a hamstring injury and has hit top form after a slow start in Dubai on his return to […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed new sanctions on Thursday on Iranian or Iran-linked shipping and petrochecmical companies, including two shipping firms based in China, the Treasury Department’s website showed. The sanctions also target 20 shipping vessels linked to firms in China, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates, the website showed. The website did provide details on the new sanctions. A Treasury spokesperson referred questions to the State Department, […]

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices pared gains on Thursday as signs of a strong economic rebound in top crude importer China were offset by a stronger dollar and fears over the impact of potential increases to European and U.S. interest rates. Brent crude futures were unchanged at $84.31 a barrel by 12:38 p.m. EST (1738 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 12 cents, or […]

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil rose on Thursday on signs of a strong economic rebound in top crude importer China, but fears over the impact of potential increases to European interest rates kept prices from moving higher. Brent crude futures were up 44 cents, or 0.5%, at $84.75 a barrel by 11:22 a.m. EST (1622 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 57 cents, or 0.7%, […]

By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) -A hidden corridor nine metres (30 feet) long has been discovered close to the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, and this could lead to further findings, Egyptian antiquities officials said on Thursday. The discovery within the pyramid, the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, was made under the Scan Pyramids project that since 2015 has been […]

By Sruthi Shankar and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) -The benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell on Thursday as the 10-year Treasury yield held above 4% following hotter-than-expected labor market data, while strong results from software company Salesforce boosted the blue-chip Dow. The yield on 10-year Treasury notes touched a fresh four-month high of 4.07% after data showed the number of Americans filing new unemployment claims fell again last […]

(Reuters) – American forward Brianna Decker announced her retirement on Thursday after a highly-decorated career during which the three-time Olympian established herself as one of the game’s best female players. The 31-year-old Wisconsin native, an Olympic gold medallist and six-time world champion, was a steady presence with the U.S. team and earned a reputation as a tenacious forward and reliable playmaker. She is a twice NWHL Most Valuable Player with […]

By Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) -Boeing Co has nominated the head of a Paris-headquartered utility company to become a new member of its board of directors, the first to be based in Europe, the company said on Thursday. Boeing shareholders will vote on the nomination of Sabrina Soussan, chief executive of water and waste management company Suez SA, at its annual meeting on April 18. If elected, […]

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s energy minister on Thursday apologised to Indigenous Sami groups for the construction of wind turbines on reindeer pastures, calling it a “human rights violation”. The apology by Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland followed a week of protests by Sami activists and others that led to a growing crisis for the government. “I have apologised (today) on behalf of the government to the reindeer herding […]