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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cody Bellinger drove in three runs, Paul Goldschmidt had three hits against his former team and the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4 on Sunday for a series sweep. Second baseman Thomas Saggese made two errors in the Yankees’ four-run ninth. He threw wildly to first, and leadoff batter José Caballero took second and then third on a passed ball. Walks to pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge loaded the bases. Saggese let Bellinger’s grounder get by him for two runs. Judge then scored on a fielder’s choice. Goldschmidt, who played for St.…

(Photo credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images)The Cincinnati Reds designated outfielder Jake Fraley for assignment prior to Sunday’s game against the visiting Milwaukee Brewers.Cincinnati recalled outfielder Will Benson from Triple-A Louisville in a corresponding move.Fraley, 30, was batting .232 with six homers and 23 RBIs in 67 games this season.Fraley hyperextended a knee during Saturday’s game against the Brewers but was cleared medically Sunday prior to the transaction.Fraley was in his fourth season with the Reds. He batted .260 with 38 homers and 142 RBIs in 362 games with Cincinnati.’I don’t really think there’s ever an easy one, regardless of how guys…

By Samya Kullab and John Leicester | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — European and NATO leaders announced Sunday they will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington to present a united front in talks with President Donald Trump on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and firming up U.S. security guarantees now on the negotiating table. Leaders from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Finland are rallying around the Ukrainian president after his exclusion from Trump’s summit on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Their pledge to be at Zelenskyy’s side at the White House on Monday is an apparent effort to ensure…

European and NATO leaders are joining Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington on Monday to present a united front in talks with President Donald Trump as US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Sunday said Russia is open to the idea of the US and its European allies offering Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defence mandate.  Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

MUMBAI: Axis Bank, Bandhan Bank, and Sammaan Capital have revised their accounting practices in the first quarter of this fiscal year suggesting a mixed approach to accounting prudence.While Axis and Bandhan have adopted more conservative practices, Sammaan Capital, formerly known as Indiabulls Housing Finance, opted for an aggressive policy in booking income on securitised loans, which boosted its first-quarter profits.The revised accounting policy helped Sammaan Capital’s report ?661.6 crore gains. In contrast, Axis Bank, which tightened its policy, made additional provisioning of ?614 crore, impacting its earnings. Bandhan Bank implemented procedural changes in the collection of dues, which led to…

LONDON: Terence Stamp, who made his name as an actor in 1960s London and went on to play the arch-villain General Zod in the Hollywood hits “Superman” and “Superman II”, has died aged 87, his family said on Sunday (Aug 17). The Oscar-nominated actor starred in films ranging from Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Theorem” in 1968 and “A Season in Hell” in 1971 to “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” in 1994 in which he played a transgender woman. The family said in a statement to Reuters that Stamp died on Sunday morning. “He leaves behind an extraordinary body…

Boston is looking at cooler temperatures and drier weather headed into the next week, according to National Weather Service forecasts. “We’re looking at a quiet week this week with cooler than average temperatures for most of the week,” said NWS meteorologist Bryce Williams. “We’ll see highs, about 20 degrees cooler than (Sunday).” Monday is expected to see a much lower high in the low 70s, with mostly sunny skies, forecasts show. The dry, mostly sunny weather is forecasted to continue through Tuesday, while the high may climb closer to the mid-70s, NWS states. Typical average highs for this time of…

The Hundred has a new hero. Sonny Baker is making the league his own. Sonny Baker scalped a hat-trick in The Hundred. Not just did he get to the milestone, he sealed the victory for the Manchester Originals with two wickets off consecutive deliveries. The Originals registered a thumping win by a margin of 57 runs and have now jumped to the fifth spot on the points table. Having won just two of their five games, they will look to keep their run intact. Baker is one of the most exciting prospects in English cricket at the moment. Baker bagged…

Scottie Scheffler’s shot looked like one that Hollywood would have concocted for a movie.  But the wild 82-foot chip shot for birdie on the 17th hole Sunday during the final round of the BMW Championship was not the result of a scripted moment, and it helped propel Scheffler to his fifth PGA Tour title of the year.  Scheffler had hit a shot that went left of the green and landed in the rough, setting up the impressive moment right after at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. Scottie Scheffler of the United States chips for birdie on the…

WASHINGTON — This time, when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine arrives in the Oval Office, he will come with backup.An array of European prime ministers and presidents are flying in for the meeting Monday to make sure that a viable, defensible Ukraine survives whatever carving up of its territory is about to happen at the negotiating table.But they are also there to make certain that the trans-Atlantic alliance emerges intact. President Donald Trump’s instant reversal on the crucial issue of obtaining a ceasefire before negotiating over land or security guarantees has left many of them shaken, and wondering whether Trump…