(Reuters) – Former world number one Simona Halep has asked to be judged by an independent tribunal after been charged with a further and separate breach of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP), by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on Friday. The 31-year-old former Wimbledon and French Open champion, has been provisionally suspended since October…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Adidas will start selling some of the shoes from its defunct Yeezy partnership with rapper Kanye West at the end of May, the company said on Friday, and plans to donate some of the proceeds to organisations fighting antisemitism and racism. Adidas cut ties with West, who goes by Ye, in October after…
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Montana could become the fourth state to pass a law defining sex as strictly “male” or “female” and unchangeable, raising concern among LGBTQ advocates who see such legislation as the next trend in Republican bills that limit transgender rights. Governor Greg Gianforte, who has already authorized a bill to ban…
(Reuters) -Iran on Friday executed three men it said were implicated in the deaths of three members of its security forces during last year’s anti-government demonstrations, drawing protests at home and abroad. Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were executed in the central city of Isfahan, the judiciary said in a statement on Twitter,…
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – An attorney representing the family of a 55-year-old Marathon Petroleum refinery worker killed in a fire at the Texas facility this week called the plant where he worked “dangerous” on Friday. Scott Higgins died in a fire when a seal on a pump, near where he was performing maintenance…
CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly called mad cow disease, in an older beef cow at a slaughter plant in South Carolina. USDA said the animal never entered slaughter channels and the agency did not expect any trade impacts as a…
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Pilots at American Airlines will get a 21% pay raise this year as part of a new four-year tentative contract, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents American’s pilots, on Thursday said it has agreed in principle on a new contract….
By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Samia Nakhoul JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was given a warm welcome at an Arab summit on Friday, winning a hug from Saudi Arabia’s crown prince at a meeting of leaders who had shunned him for years, in a policy shift opposed by the U.S. and…
By Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -Foot Locker Inc’s shares closed down 27% on Friday as the footwear retailer cut its annual sales and profit forecasts amid a sharp drop in demand and a hit from heavy discounts aimed at clearing excess inventories. The company also missed analysts’ estimates for first-quarter results and named former Kohl’s…
By Nelson Acosta and Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – Russian officials and business leaders have signed multiple deals with Cuban counterparts at a forum in Havana this week, agreeing to work together to boost sugar and rum output, assure wheat and crude oil supply to the communist-run island, and overhaul crumbling tourist facilities. The longtime…
