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Utah restaurant blocks service dogs

A restaurant in Oregon is facing heat after its customers say the owner won't allow service dogs inside. Source: Fox News - National Utah restaurant blocks service dogs

PG&E proactively cuts power to 1,600 due to red flag weather

Pacific Gas & Electric cut power Saturday to about 1,600 customers in Northern California to reduce risk of wildfires amid windy, dry and warming weather conditions that raised the year's first red flag warnings. Source: Fox News - National PG&E proactively...

Jury awards $11 million in lawsuit over Ohio college dispute

A jury has awarded $11 million to a father and son who claimed Ohio's Oberlin College and an administrator hurt their business and libeled them during a dispute that triggered protests and allegations of racism following a shoplifting incident. Source: Fox News -...

Europe

Parliament gives green light to handy EU-wide pension product

The EU Parliament has given its blessing to a deal reached between the EU institutions on the creation of a pension product that would be available in all EU countries and to all consumers, regardless of the country they live in or move to. Source: EU Finance and...

A380 'Flying turtle' ready for takeoff

The Airbus A380 might be on the out, but Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) has just taken delivery of the first of three snazzy new editions of the superjumbo aircraft. Source: CNN Europe A380 'Flying turtle' ready for takeoff

Asia

German minister to meet Iran's Rouhani in bid to save nuclear pact

Germany's foreign minister will meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Monday, a German diplomatic source said, as part of a concerted European effort to preserve Iran's nuclear pact with world powers and defuse rising U.S.-Iranian tensions. Source:...

Teenagers out on bail after attack on lesbian couple on London bus

British police on Saturday released on bail five teenagers arrested following a homophobic attack on a lesbian couple who refused to kiss for a gang of youths on a London night bus. Source: Channel News Asia Teenagers out on bail after attack on lesbian couple on...

Paris bookends remarkable decade for Barty

PARIS: Ashleigh Barty hated her first trip to Paris but 10 years later, after one of the more remarkable tennis journeys, she woke up in the French capital on Sunday as queen of Roland Garros. It was in Paris that a 13-year-old Barty got her first taste of life on the...

IAAF extends ban on Russian athletics federation over doping

Global athletics governing body IAAF on Sunday extended a ban against Russia's athletics federation and said Reuters findings on banned Russian coaches still working with athletes would be investigated. Source: Channel News Asia IAAF extends ban on Russian athletics...

Main French Open courts to be lit in 2020 – organisers

PARIS: The four main courts at the French Open will be lit from next year, meaning the top matches will not be interrupted by bad light, organisers said on Sunday. Court Philippe Chatrier's retractable roof will also be in operation from 2020 and French tennis...

UK foreign minister says EU willing to renegotiate Brexit deal

LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, said on Sunday (Jun 9) that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had indicated the EU was willing to renegotiate the Brexit divorce deal. Hunt, one of nearly a dozen...

French Open trophy gaffe gives Australia another champion

When Ash Barty won the French Open title on Saturday she thought she was the first Australian woman to lift the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen since Margaret Court in 1973. Source: Channel News Asia French Open trophy gaffe gives Australia another champion

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