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Yashaswini Singh Deswal won a gold at the women's 10m air pistol event to help India consolidate their second position in the medals tally in the ISSF Junior World Championship rifle/pistol.

South Africa made a winning start to their Women's World Cup campaign with a three-wicket victory over Pakistan in Leicester on Sunday.

By Mehmet Caliskan | ISTANBUL ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday dismissed calls for Turkey to close a military base in Qatar and said a wider list of demands issued by four Arab states was an unlawful intervention against the Gulf state's sovereignty.In his strongest statement of support for Qatar in the nearly three-week-old crisis centred on the Gulf state, Erdogan said the call to withdraw Turkish forces was disrespectful and that Doha - which described the demands as unreasonable - was taking the right approach. Читать дальше...

Timo Werner netted twice as Germany set up a Confederations Cup semi-final against Mexico with a 3-1 win on Sunday against 10-man Cameroon.

British lender Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to cut 443 jobs dealing with business loans and many of them will move to India, the bank said. The Edinburgh-based bank said the cuts were part of a restructuring aimed at becoming a smaller bank."We realise this will be difficult news for staff and we will do everything we can to support those affected," the bank said in a statement. "All roles which require customer contact will remain in the UK."RBS, which is more than 70 percent state-owned... Читать дальше...

By Silvia Aloisi and Steve Scherer | MILAN/ROME MILAN/ROME Italy began winding up two stricken Veneto-based banks on Sunday in a deal that will see their good assets transferred to Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI) and could cost the state up to 17 billion euros ($19 billion).The government will pay 5.2 billion euros to Intesa, Italy's top retail bank, to take on Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca's best parts.

By Lawrence Hurley | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is set to issue the final rulings of its current term on Monday, including one on religious rights, amid talk that swing voter Justice Anthony Kennedy is considering retirement.The court in the coming days is also expected to act on President Donald Trump's emergency request seeking to revive his travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority countries, which was blocked by lower courts.Although there are no firm indications that Kennedy... Читать дальше...

Martin Rodriguez rescued a 1-1 draw for Chile against Australia on Sunday to send the South American champions through to a Confederations Cup semi-final against Portugal.

Feliciano Lopez won the Queen's Club title in dramatic fashion as the Spaniard saved a match point before defeating Marin Cilic 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (10/8) on Sunday.

Catch all the live scores and updates of the Hockey World League Semi-Final in London.

By Holger Hansen and Madeline Chambers | DORTMUND/BERLIN, Germany DORTMUND/BERLIN, Germany Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) rallied behind their leader on Sunday, agreeing policies on investment, social justice and Europe that they hope will reverse a slump in opinion polls and end Angela Merkel's 12-year hold on power in a September vote.At a 'feel-good' party conference, leader Martin Schulz accused Merkel of silencing debate on issues like pensions and failing to stand up to the United States.The... Читать дальше...

By Holger Hansen and Madeline Chambers | DORTMUND/BERLIN, Germany DORTMUND/BERLIN, Germany Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) rallied behind their leader on Sunday, agreeing policies on investment, social justice and Europe that they hope will reverse a slump in opinion polls and end Angela Merkel's 12-year hold on power in a September vote.At a 'feel-good' party conference, leader Martin Schulz accused Merkel of silencing debate on issues like pensions and failing to stand up to the United States.The... Читать дальше...

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday met farmers of Puntambe village in Ahmednagar district, who had first given the call for a strike, and credited them for the loan waiver announced by the Maharashtra government.

The takeaway from a meeting of European Union leaders last week, in which Macron and Angela Merkel stood side by side at an end-of-summit news conference, was that of unity

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DUBAI Iranian authorities have rounded up at least 50 people suspected of links to militant groups in a Western province, a prosecutor said on Sunday, the latest in a wave of arrests following twin bomb and gun attacks in Tehran in early June.The arrests have been made days after Iranian Revolutionary Guards fired missiles from western Iran into eastern Syria, aimed at bases of the Islamic State which had claimed responsibility for the June 7 attacks in the capital Tehran that killed 18 people. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday that Qatar and the four Arab states that imposed a boycott on their tiny but wealthy neighbor should sit down together in order to try to reach a resolution. "A productive next step would be for each of the countries to sit together and continue this conversation," Tillerson said in a statement

WASHINGTON The top Democrat on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Sunday criticized the administration of former President Barack Obama for not taking earlier and tougher action against Russia for its alleged hacks aimed at swaying the Nov.

LONDON Britain said it will maintain duty-free access to its markets once it has left the European Union for goods from nearly 50 developing countries including Bangladesh, Sierra Leone and Haiti. The government said around 48 countries would continue to benefit from tariff-free exports on all goods other than arms and ammunition to the UK and that once it had left the EU in 2019 it would explore options to expand trade relations further. "Our departure from the EU is an opportunity to step up to our commitments to the rest of the world... Читать дальше...

After becoming the President, this is Xi's first visit to the island which is governed by China under the principle of "one country, two systems".

Washington: The US Supreme Court is set to rule on Monday in a closely watched religious rights case involving limits on public funding for churches and other religious entities as the justices issue the final rulings of their current term. The nine justices are due to rule in six cases, not including their decision expected […]

Five tourists were killed in Gulmarg after a cable car was hit by a tree and many tourists were stranded due to the accident.

Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson are back -- for the third time around in Pitch Perfect 3.

An English teacher in the United Kingdom asked over 60 teenage students to draft a suicide note for homework as part of a module on Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, sparking outrage and prompting the school to apologise.

Sushma Swaraj took to Twitter to convey her disapproval of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, sharing a video from a 2013 parliamentary session