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Iga Świątek overcomes rust to advance in Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iga Świątek knows she has plenty to work on in her bid for a first Australian Open title and a career Grand Slam.

The No. 2-ranked Świątek never got comfortable in a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over No. 130-ranked Chinese qualifier Yuan Yue in the first-round on Monday night.

After winning Wimbledon last year to go with her four French Open titles and her victory at the 2022 U.S. Open, the Australian Open is the only major missing from her collection. She has twice reached the semifinals.

Yuan was swinging freely and rifling winners as... Read More

Rescuers recover more bodies from Karachi shopping plaza fire as death toll rises to 15

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers recovered more bodies from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, pushing the death toll to at least 15 with about 65 reported missing,

Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the multistory Gul Plaza late Sunday nearly 24 hours after it erupted, allowing rescue teams to enter the building. Authorities feared that the death toll could further rise.

Sindh provincial Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah told a news conference in Karachi that rescue teams were searching for survivors and the dead. He said those... Read More

Death toll in Spanish train collision rises to 39 and authorities fear more bodies could be found

ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) — Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed train collision the previous night in the south of the country.

Efforts to recover the bodies are continuing and the death toll is likely to rise. Some bodies were found hundreds of meters from the crash site, Andalusia regional president Juanma Moreno said.

The crash occurred Sunday at 7:45 p.m. when the tail end of a train carrying 289 passengers on the route from Malaga to the capital, Madrid, went off the rails at 7:45 p.m. It slammed into an incoming train... Read More

Starmer says a trade war is in no oneâs interest after Trumpâs Greenland tariff threat

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs against allies over Greenland is “completely wrong” and a trade war is in no one’s interest.

Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations, including the U.K., because of their opposition to American control of Greenland, setting up a potentially dangerous test of U.S. partnerships in Europe. Greenland is a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark.

The president indicated... Read More

Prince Harry's court battle against British tabloids reaches final chapter

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has arrived in a London court for the third and final chapter in his legal quest to tame the British tabloids.

Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, is the lead litigant in a case full of high-profile plaintiffs who accuse the publisher of the Daily Mail of invading their privacy by using unlawful information-gathering tactics to snoop on them for sensational headlines.

The seven plaintiffs, including Elton John and actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost, allege that Associated Newspapers Ltd. hired private investigators to bug their... Read More

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Iga Świątek overcomes rust to advance in Australian Open

Rescuers recover more bodies from Karachi shopping plaza fire as death toll rises to 15

Death toll in Spanish train collision rises to 39 and authorities fear more bodies could be found

Starmer says a trade war is in no oneâs interest after Trumpâs Greenland tariff threat

Prince Harry's court battle against British tabloids reaches final chapter

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Death toll in Spanish train collision rises to 39 and authorities fear more bodies could be found

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