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Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic became the first player to advance to the gold-medal match of the Olympics women’s singles Thursday, outlasting Kazakh Elena Rybakina 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 in a topsy-turvy semifinal.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that nuclear talks with Iran “cannot go on indefinitely” but that Washington was “fully prepared” to continue negotiations.
More than four billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered around the world, eight months after the vaccination drive started, according to an AFP count Thursday.
Gunmen on Thursday killed eight Syrian regime fighters and captured 15 others during the fiercest clashes in the southern province of Daraa since it came under government control, a war … Read More
Speaker Nabih Berri said Thursday Parliament was ready to lift the immunity of its members in order allow for questioning over last year’s port blast in Beirut.
Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati’s first and utmost priority if he succeeds in forming a Cabinet is to resume negotiations with the International Monetary Fund to release up to $4 billion … Read More
Ibrahim Hoteit lost his younger brother, Tharwat, in the huge explosion that ripped through the port of Beirut last August.
Lebanon’s Ray Bassil ended her Olympic campaign in 21st place in the women’s trap event Thursday, finishing with 114 bowls from 125.
Piano teacher and grandmother of seven Kimberly Ghedi used to think 60 was a death sentence.
(Adds links and details) By Simon Evans and Mitch Phillips TOKYO, July 29 (Reuters) – The rivalry of economic powerhouses China, Japan and the United States played out in an … Read More