Elena Rybakina needed two hours on court plus two one-hour rain interruptions to defeat Magdalena Frech 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) on Monday and reach the fourth round at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.
US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to bomb Oman, as a 60-day deadline to end the war with Iran expired.
The two largest reservoirs in the United States have fallen to record lows as a severe drought grips the country's West, according to data released over the weekend.
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Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly and director Mark Walter are considering selling their stakes in the Premier League side to the club's majority owner Clearlake Capital, according to reports on Monday.
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Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot dead in an act of gang revenge ordered by a mobster who later boasted of it, jurors heard Monday, as one of America's most anticipated trials got under way, 30 years after the murder.
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New Zealand head coach Dave Rennie said on Monday that playing a four-Test series against South Africa "will be a lot tougher than a Rugby World Cup".
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner agreed on Monday that an American general would verify Hamas's disarmament, an Israeli official said, as the premier insisted there would be no pullout from Gaza until then.
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Coventry signed Nigeria striker Taiwo Awoniyi from Nottingham Forest in a deal worth a reported £9 million ($12 million) on Monday.
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The Palestinian-American owner of a house besieged by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank said on Monday he feared for his safety as he headed back to his property and called for US protection.
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TripleDart Crosses $7M ARR at 50% EBIT Margin, Making the Case for Bootstrapped "Services-as-Software"
Amboss Technologies today launched the Amboss Affiliate Program, an open invitation to anyone who can introduce businesses to lower-cost, chargeback-free payments while expanding the Bitcoin payments network.
Senior US senators from both parties on Monday criticized President Donald Trump's decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea, warning the move would benefit North Korea and unsettle one of Washington's closest Asian allies.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner discussed putting an American general in charge of verifying Hamas's disarmament on Monday, an Israeli official said, as the premier insisted there would be no pullout from Gaza until then.
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German pensioner Petra Mertens did not hesitate when ordered to evacuate her home in the sleepy western border town of Monschau as an enormous fire advanced from neighbouring Belgium.
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The Scottish Football Association has withdrawn its support for embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino after his failed attempt to sell off stakes in the World Cup.
Ipswich boss Gary O'Neil made a double raid on his former club Strasbourg to sign Julio Enciso and Abdoul Ouattara on Monday.
Firefighters and farmers backed by water-dropping aircraft battled through a fourth day Monday to tame Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, still burning through pristine parkland though it was halted short of the German border.
Defending champion Shi Yuqi suffered a shock first-round defeat to rising Indian star Ayush Shetty at the world badminton championships in New Delhi on Monday.
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