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The Slovakian was broken twice in the opening set but won nine straight games from 3-2 in the second set.

The group reiterated plans to improve unit costs by 1-1.3 per cent or 250-300 million euros over the year as a whole, based on measures already announced.

The jets pounded targets early on Friday, the prime minister’s office said in a statement, confirming earlier comments from a Turkish official.

Police say two British men in their 20s have died after their auto broke through a guard rail on a high alpine road in Austria and tumbled 300 meters (nearly 1,000 feet) over steep terrain.

Incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza was re-elected for a third term with 69.41 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results released by the country’s official electoral commission on Friday.

Mitsubishi Materials will apologize to forced laborers from China during WWII and compensate them economically, according to a statement released Friday by a Chinese group.

The Thai crackdown had scared traffickers into abandoning up to 4,500 migrants on boats in the Andaman Sea.

It takes three years after the last case for a country to be declared fully polio-free (as opposed to just non-endemic), but at the current rate, we are looking at a polio-free world by 2020-46 years after the WHO first promoted a global immunisation programme.

The U.S. has been seeking permission for months for the U.S.-led coalition to use Incirlik as a launching pad.

Political editor Malcolm Farr explains what issues Opposition Leader Bill Shorten could face at the ALP National Conference.

But just weeks later, embarrassing allegations ensnared Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj along with the chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh where the right-wing BJP rules at the state level. He said the recent controversies have dented the party’s image.

The development came a day after the BJP released a sting video to level corruption charges against Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat.

Oil futures fell on Wednesday, with U.S. prices settling below a barrel for the first time since early April.

ERBIL, Iraq U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived on an unannounced visit on Friday to Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, whose forces have emerged as one of America’s strongest partners in the fight against Islamic State.

There were five breaks of serve in a back-and-forth second set, but again Errani made the crucial break in game nine and took the victory on her second match point.