(The Sports Xchange) – Jonathon Niese allowed three hits over six innings and combined with three relievers on a shutout as the Mets edged closer to the National League East title by beating the Atlanta Braves, 4-0 on Monday. The victory increased the Mets (85-65) division lead over the Washington Nationals to 6-1/2 games. The Nationals’ game against the Baltimore Orioles was rained out.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo won’t need surgery to repair a fractured left collarbone, the team said Monday, but he could still miss half the National Football League season. Romo is expected to miss eight weeks after taking a hard hit in the third quarter of the Cowboys’ 20-10 victory over Philadelphia on Sunday. Romo said he felt a pop in his shoulder when he was sacked by linebacker Jordan
By Francesco Guarascio and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union approved a plan on Tuesday to share out 120,000 refugees across its 28 states, overriding vehement opposition from four ex-communist eastern nations. Diplomats said interior ministers meeting in Brussels had voted to launch the scheme, backed by Germany and other big powers, in order to tackle the continent’s worst refugee crisis since World War Two. The Czech minister
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New satellite photos appear to show Russian forces developing two additional military bases in Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The newspaper, which said it viewed the satellite imagery from defense intelligence provider IHS Jane’s, said the previously undisclosed expansion was located near Syria’s Mediterranean coast. Reuters has not confirmed the content of this story. (Reporting by Washington newsroom; Editing by Eric Walsh)
By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi landed in Yemen’s Aden on Tuesday, airport sources said, returning to the southern port city for the first time since he escaped to Saudi Arabia as Houthi fighters closed in six months ago. A government source said Hadi would spend the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday in the city then fly to New York to deliver a speech at
By William Maclean DUBAI (Reuters) – Russia’s military intervention in support of President Bashar al-Assad has dismayed Gulf Arab enemies of the Syrian leader who say it will prolong the war and keep Syria firmly in the orbit of their arch regional rival Iran. Russia says it is providing arms to the Syrian leader, a longtime ally, and has sent servicemen to advise on their use in the fight against
By Renee Maltezou and Michele Kambas ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will reappoint Euclid Tsakalotos as finance minister, a senior source in his leftist Syriza party said on Tuesday, to offer continuity in bailout talks with international lenders. Tsakalotos, a low-key Oxford-trained Marxist economist, helped steer bailout discussions with Greece’s creditors that produced an 86 billion euro loan accord with Athens in August. George Chouliarakis, who was
By Philip Pullella and Jaime Hamre SANTIAGO, Cuba (Reuters) – Pope Francis ended his Cuba trip on Tuesday and headed to the United States with a message of reconciliation for the former Cold War foes while avoiding controversy on the U.S. trade embargo or human rights on the Communist-run island. Cuba would have welcomed a papal condemnation of the embargo and Washington would have appreciated any reference to rights on
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia will refuse to implement a European Union plan to redistribute asylum seekers to all EU countries under a quota system approved by the bloc’s interior ministers on Tuesday, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said. “As long as I am prime minister, mandatory quotas will not be implemented on Slovak territory,” Fico told the parliament’s EU affairs committee. (Reporting by Tatiana Jancarikova; Writing by Jan Lopatka)
EVERETT, Washington (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington state to begin first official US visit.
