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Pliskova gets robbed against Sakkari! Halep dismantles Osaka — WTA Rome
Osaka wasted four break points and a chance to take a 2-0 lead in the first set, then lost 11 straight games. The 26-year-old Halep reached the final in Rome last year and needs to reach the quarter-finals this time to hold her world number one ranking. [Full Article...]
GOP lawmaker who gave up seat to run for governor loses primary
Ahlquist earned 26.4 percent (99 percent of the vote reporting). WASHINGTON ― Progressive Democrat Paulette Jordan won Tuesday night's primary in the Idaho governor's race, setting her up for a tough November election but with a shot at becoming the nation's first Native American governor. [Full Article...]
Kellogg pulls out of Venezuela as economic crisis intensifies ahead of elections
Because Venezuela is having a presidential election on May 20, he explained, "tonight, we thought we'd check in on what's been happening there, to try and understand how Venezuela got into this mess and how, despite making it even worse, their current president, Nicolas Maduro.is nearly certainly going to win, despite having the support of only about a fifth of the population". [Full Article...]
Alabama Senator Doug Jones to Vote Against Gina Haspel for CIA Director
Heidi Heitkamp announced she would support Gina Haspel's bid to lead the CIA Tuesday joining a few fellow Democratic senators who have likely sealed her confirmation. "There is a legal and moral responsibility that comes with operating in secrecy", Sen. Some of Ms. Haspel's past actions and beliefs did not meet that standard. [Full Article...]
Theresa May announces plan to remove cladding at cost of £400m
Her spokesman said it would take two years. The funding pledge comes on the eve of the publication of the Hackitt Review into the Grenfell Tower disaster, which is widely expected to recommend a new regulatory system for tower blocks, but will not call for a sweeping ban of all combustible cladding and insulation materials. [Full Article...]
Chlorine gas likely used in Saraqib attack, chemical weapons watchdog finds
In line with its mandate, the OPCW did not say which party was behind the attack on Saraqeb , which lies in rebel-held territory in the province of Idlib. "Such acts contradict the unequivocal prohibition against chemical weapons enshrined in the Chemical Weapons Convention", he added. The team exhumed bodies as well as gathering over 100 environmental samples which are being analyzed in diff... [Full Article...]
Italy economist Sapelli will not be candidate for PM: 5-Star source
The two pre-election adversaries began negotiating a coalition deal last week, more than two months after an inconclusive March 4 election produced a hung parliament. This would cut 10 percentage points off Italy's debt/GDP ratio. Both parties have a history of Euroscepticism. The League plans to hold an informal referendum in city squares across Italy this weekend on any eventual deal, which ... [Full Article...]
BD to join OIC spl summit on Jerusalem in Istanbul Friday
The two countries along with the worldwide community will seek to increase pressure on Israel and U.S. by using OIC's platform to ensure a peaceful future. Bangladesh also expressed its dismay as the United States' shifted its Embassy to Jerusalem. During a telephonic call, the Turkish leader extended invitation to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for participation in the extraordi... [Full Article...]