World

Train driver dies and dozens injured in crash near Barcelona

MADRID (Reuters) - The driver of a suburban passenger train died and dozens were lightly injured after two trains crashed outside Barcelona on Monday evening, Catalan regional authorities said.

Golf

Golf-Nicklaus turned down offer to be face of Saudi-backed circuit-report

(Reuters) - Golfing great Jack Nicklaus turned down an offer worth more than $100 million to be the face of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series that is hoping to challenge the PGA Tour, according to a report published on Monday.

Tennis

Tennis-British LTA events to go ahead without Russians and Belarusians - ATP

(Reuters) - Tennis tournaments in Britain in the run-up to Wimbledon will go ahead as scheduled with full ranking points on offer despite a ban on Russian and Belarusian players, the men's tennis governing body ATP said on Monday.

World

West will not allow Russia a 'diktat peace' in Ukraine, says Germany's Scholz

BERLIN (Reuters) - Russia will not get away with trying to redraw Ukraine's borders by creating facts on the ground and waiting out Kyiv and its allies, Olaf Scholz said, insisting that the West would not stand for a "diktat," or dictated, peace forced on the country.

Football

Soccer-Reading name Ince as permanent boss after successful interim stint

(Reuters) - Reading confirmed Paul Ince as their permanent manager for the 2022-23 season on Monday, after the former England, Manchester United and Liverpool midfielder helped them avoid relegation from the second-tier Championship.

World

World Bank, Ethiopia sign 300 mln USD financing accord to fund recovery of conflict-affected areas

ADDIS ABABA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian government and the World Bank have signed a financing agreement amounting to 300 million U.S. dollars in support of the reconstruction and recovery of conflict-affected areas of Ethiopia.

World

African campaigners say climate-proofing cities key to hastening green growth

NAIROBI, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Limiting carbon emission in the rapidly growing African cities will be key to averting climate emergencies like floods besides hastening the realization of a just, green and inclusive future for the continent, campaigners said Monday ahead of the 9th Africities summit slated for May 17 to 21 in the western Kenyan city of Kisumu.

World

Erdogan says Swedish, Finnish delegations should not bother coming to Turkey

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Swedish and Finnish delegations should not bother coming to Ankara to convince it to approve their NATO bid.

World

Brazil Senate leaders offer support for courts facing Bolsonaro attacks

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Senate leaders are stepping up support for the judiciary as it comes under fresh attack from President Jair Bolsonaro, who is gearing up for a re-election campaign by questioning the integrity of a voting system run by the courts.

World

African countries report 4,604 new COVID-19 cases: Africa CDC

ADDIS ABABA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The African continent reported 4,604 new COVID-19 cases during the previous 24 hours, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Monday evening.

World

Slovenia's GDP growth slows to 9.8 pct y/y in first quarter of 2022

LJUBLJANA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia's economy expanded by 9.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, compared to growth of 10.4 percent in the previous quarter, the country's Statistical Office said on Monday.

World

13 injured in blast in Pakistan's Karachi

ISLAMABAD, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A bomb went off in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Monday, leaving at least 13 people injured including policemen, police officials said.

World

Greek man gets life sentence for killing British wife

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek man, who confessed to killing his young British wife in front of their 11-month-old child last year, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday in a case which has prompted widespread public outrage.

Football

Soccer-Blackpool forward Jake Daniels announces he is gay

LONDON (Reuters) - Blackpool forward Jake Daniels announced on Monday that he is gay, becoming the first active male British professional soccer player to do so since the late Justin Fashanu in 1990.

World

Biden approves redeployment of under 500 ground troops to Somalia -officials

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has authorized the redeployment of fewer than 500 American troops into Somalia, U.S. officials said on Monday, after Donald Trump ordered their withdrawal during his presidency.

World

Emphysema missed among Black men in U.S. due to race-adjusted lung tests: report

LOS ANGELES, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Black men in the United States who are in their fifties may be more than six times more likely than white men of the same age to have emphysema when lung function tests deem them to have better-than-normal lung function, according to a report of New Scientist magazine.

Technology

Trump's Truth Social posts will have to wait before reposts on other platforms

(Reuters) - Donald Trump will have to wait for six hours before reposting his messages from social media platform Truth Social on other platforms, a regulatory filing revealed on Monday.

Hockey

Islanders name Lane Lambert new head coach

The New York Islanders promoted Lane Lambert to head coach on Monday to replace Barry Trotz behind the bench.

World

U.S. offers all-pain, no-gain economic deal to Southeast Asian leaders: report

NEW YORK, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Joe Biden administration used last week's summit with Southeast Asian leaders to talk up his forthcoming Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), which tries to make up for Washington's new unwillingness to negotiate the kind of market-opening trade deals Asian leaders like, reported Foreign Policy (FP) on Wednesday.

World

Two Boko Haram fighters killed in Cameroon's Far North region

YAOUNDE, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon army said on Monday its troops have killed two fighters of the terror group Boko Haram in the country's Far North region.