TOKYO (AP) — Two players from Russia and two from China advanced to the semifinals of the Pan Pacific Open. Liudmila Samsonova eliminated 2017 Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals and will next face Zhang Shuai. Zhang defeated Petra Martic 7-5, 6-2. Samsonova also beat current Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Federer bid adieu Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after a superlative
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Federer bid adieu Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after a superlative
Continue Reading PRAGUE (AP) — Portugal plays the Czech Republic in the Nations League on Saturday with Cristiano Ronaldo’s team hoping to set up a showdown with Spain to decide who advances to the Final Four tournament. Ronaldo is one of seven Portugal players who are only one yellow card from a suspension that would rule them
Continue Reading PRAGUE (AP) — Portugal plays the Czech Republic in the Nations League on Saturday with Cristiano Ronaldo’s team hoping to set up a showdown with Spain to decide who advances to the Final Four tournament. Ronaldo is one of seven Portugal players who are only one yellow card from a suspension that would rule them
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden has elevated three veteran White House officials to the most senior level of his West Wing staff, highlighting their roles as key players on his team as the administration enters a critical stretch. Biden promoted Jennifer Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council; Vinay Reddy,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Cuando el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, se reunió con el líder de China, Xi Jinping, en Uzbekistán la semana pasada, el ambiente era notablemente diferente al de su triunfal encuentro en Beijing, semanas antes de la invasión rusa de Ucrania. Ya no hubo más pregones de su amistad “sin
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Chris Buescher’s win at Bristol last week marked the first time in this version of NASCAR’s playoffs that drivers who are not racing for the championship swept the three races of the first round. Buescher wants to play spoiler again Sunday. The second round of the playoffs start
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Chris Buescher’s win at Bristol last week marked the first time in this version of NASCAR’s playoffs that drivers who are not racing for the championship swept the three races of the first round. Buescher wants to play spoiler again Sunday. The second round of the playoffs start
Continue ReadingCNNEE Nota del editor: Jorge G. Castañeda es colaborador de CNN. Fue secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de México de 2000 a 2003. Actualmente es profesor de la Universidad de Nueva York y su libro más reciente, “America Through Foreign Eyes”, fue publicado por Oxford University Press en 2020. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El comediante infantil argentino Carlitos Balá falleció a los 97 años, le confirmó a CNN su representante, Maxi Marbuk, este viernes. Según la agencia estatal de noticias Télam, el popular comediante había sido internado de urgencia este jueves en un hospital de Buenos Aires tras sufrir una descompensación. Carlos
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, Oren Liebermann and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US has privately communicated to Russia for the past several months that there will be consequences if Moscow chooses to use a nuclear weapon in the Ukraine war, according to US officials. It was not immediately clear how or when the warnings were sent.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to back up out-of-court assertions that the FBI may have planted evidence at the property during their search last month. Judge Raymond Dearie, the court-appointed special master, said in a filing Thursday that Trump’s team needs to
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer VATICAN CITY (AP) — A plain white helmet like the pope’s skullcap. The Holy See’s crossed keys seal stamped on his white and yellow jersey over his heart. Dutch-born cyclist Rien Schuurhuis will carry an enormous sense of duty when he races for the Vatican in Sunday’s road race
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer VATICAN CITY (AP) — A plain white helmet like the pope’s skullcap. The Holy See’s crossed keys seal stamped on his white and yellow jersey over his heart. Dutch-born cyclist Rien Schuurhuis will carry an enormous sense of duty when he races for the Vatican in Sunday’s road race
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN It’s a hard-fought paleontological debate. Did the massive asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago wipe out a thriving and diverse population of dinosaurs, or were they already struggling to survive when that cataclysmic day dawned? Most information on dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous era comes from what
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By Teele Rebane and Hannah Ritchie, CNN The last time Farnaz heard her brother’s voice was over the phone, on an unknown number. “He called me and said only one sentence: ‘I was caught’ … I immediately understood what my dear brother meant and went to the morality police department (to look for him),” the
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is warning his colleagues against “writing too rigidly” in their opinions, saying that such decisions could “bite you in the back” in a world that is constantly changing. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN’s Chris Wallace on “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace,” which debuted Friday
Continue Reading By David Goldman, CNN Business US stocks fell sharply in Friday trading as investors continued to worry about even more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve that could land the US economy in a recession. The Dow closed 483 points, or 1.6%, lower in Friday trading, marking its lowest level since November 2020. The S&P
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — More than half of the Spain women’s team has told their federation they no longer want to play because being on the team has “significantly” affected their “emotional state” and health. They insist they don’t want coach Jorge Vilda removed. The federation has interpreted the players’
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