By Shrivathsa Sridhar
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jelena Ostapenko apologised for some of the words she used in a tense altercation with American Taylor Townsend at the U.S. Open that led to a backlash, with the Latvian stating on Saturday that English was not her native language.
The controversy ignited after Townsend, who is Black, beat 2017 French Open champion Ostapenko 7-5 6-1 in a tough second-round battle on Wednesday before being dragged into... (continue reading...)
CAIRO (Reuters) -The Palestinian militant group Hamas confirmed on Saturday the death of its Gaza military chief Mohammad Sinwar, a few months after Israel said it killed him in a strike in May.
Hamas did not provide details on Sinwar's death but published pictures of him along with other group leaders, describing them as "martyrs".
Mohammad Sinwar was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the Islamist faction’s chief, who co-masterminded the... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) -A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Valmy, Nevada, on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 8.1 km (5.03 miles), USGS said.
It initially said the quake was of magnitude 5.3 and at a depth of 6 km.
(Reporting by Bipasha Dey in BengaluruEditing by Nick Zieminski)
(Reuters) -Israel identified the body of hostage Idan Shtivi, recovered from the Gaza Strip in a military operation this week that retrieved the remains of two hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Saturday.
Netanyahu's office had announced on Friday the retrieval of Ilan Weiss's body along with the remains of another hostage, whose identity is now known to be that of Shtivi but had not been disclosed at the time.
With... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) -A critic of the authoritarian Nicaragua government has died in state custody two weeks after his arrest, local media and opposition parties reported on Saturday, days after a second long-time critic was also reported to have died in detention.
The fatalities suggest a deepening crackdown by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, co-president Rosario Murillo, who have quashed dissent and overseen the arrest of hundreds of opponents in recent... (continue reading...)
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