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National
Australia backs long-term gas drilling despite 2050 climate goals
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Labor government on Thursday laid out a strategy to boost natural gas developme...
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Meet the British wrestling collective with 'queer joy' at its core
LONDON (Reuters) - Think fishnet tights, silver hot pants and long false eyelashes, then add in bodies bouncing off ropes and...
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Japan to start hunting fin whales after five years of commercial whaling
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimas...
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44-foot whale carcass on bow of cruise ship baffles NY authorities
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Marine conservationists and government scientists are seeking clues to the mystery of how a 44-fo...
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More Chinese jump through hoops, crawl under nets to foster ties with pets
By Nicoco Chan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Dog trail races that allow people and their dogs to navigate off-road obstacle courses in...
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National Sports
Tennis-Nadal happy to be playing third straight event after injury return
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal said he is encouraged by his steady progress after returning from injury last month, as the 14-times F...
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MLB roundup: Chris Sale, Braves blank Red Sox
Chris Sale threw six shutout innings and Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 5-0 win over the vis...
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Fever add 11 TV markets for Caitlin Clark's rookie season
Former Iowa standout Caitlin Clark is getting the Indiana Fever some more screen time. Twelve television markets will aid in ...
7h ago
Confidence boosted, Rory McIlroy targets fourth win at Wells Fargo
Three-time tournament champion Rory McIlroy headlines a field of just 69 players at this week's Wells Fargo Championship at Q...
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Baseball star Ohtani's ex-interpreter agrees to plead guilty to federal charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to federal charg...
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World
Gunmen in Pakistan kill seven labourers near Gwadar port, say police
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and killed seven labourers near southwestern Pakistan's Gwadar port early on Thursda...
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Myanmar junta reiterates election plan after ex-Cambodia PM seeks Suu Kyi access
(Reuters) - Myanmar's military chief discussed plans to hold an election in the country with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen ...
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Yemen's Houthis say they targeted ships in Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted two ships, the MSC DEGO and the MSC GINA, in the Gulf of Aden using a...
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Air Vanuatu cancels flights as government considers voluntary administration
(Reuters) - Air Vanuatu said on Thursday it had cancelled international flights for the rest of the week, as the Pacific Isla...
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Iran to change nuclear doctrine if existence threatened, adviser to Supreme Leader says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will have to change its nuclear doctrine if its existence is threatened by Israel, an adviser to Iran'...
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Business
European shares pause after recent rally, BoE decision in focus
(Reuters) - European stocks were muted on Thursday, as investors took a breather after recent gains and awaited the Bank of E...
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Blackstone likely winner for Hipgnosis Songs as Concord maintains lower bid
(Reuters) - Apollo-backed Concord said on Thursday it will stick with its offer of $1.25 apiece for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, day...
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Japan's Nippon Steel full-year profit down 21%, beats estimates
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nippon Steel, Japan's biggest steelmaker, posted on Thursday a 20.8% fall in net profit for the year ended ...
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Panasonic expects battery unit's annual profit to rise 23%
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Holdings forecast on Thursday a 23% rise in operating profit for its battery-making energ...
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ITV forecasts 12% jump in Q2 ad revenue on Euros demand
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ITV said its advertising revenue would jump by around 12% in the second quarter, four times the ...
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Politics
House quickly defeats Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday quickly defeated an eff...
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US Republicans target noncitizen voting, as Trump keeps up false voter fraud claims
By David Morgan and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a bill to ban noncitizen...
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Presidential candidate RFK Jr said he had a brain worm in 2012, New York Times reports
(Reuters) - Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a brain abnormality that he said doctors attrib...
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Legislative roadmap for AI is coming in weeks, Schumer says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday he would provide a roadmap for artificial intel...
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Five takeaways from Stormy Daniels' testimony at Donald Trump's trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stormy Daniels took the witness stand on Tuesday at Donald Trump's criminal trial and descr...
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Health
Takeda profit slumps by half as Japanese drugmaker rebuilds pipeline
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said full-year earnings slumped by more than half as the company focused on r...
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UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty, The Telegraph reports
(Reuters) - Britain is refusing to sign the World Health Organization's pandemic accord because the country says it would hav...
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Ascension warns of suspected cyberattack; clinical operations disrupted
(Reuters) - Hospital operator Ascension reported disruptions to its clinical operations on Wednesday due to a suspected cyber...
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US FDA recommends healthcare providers switch from Getinge's heart devices
(Reuters) - The U.S Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday recommended healthcare facilities transition away from using Ge...
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Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Google Deepmind has unveiled the third major version of its "AlphaFold" artifi...
16h ago
Science
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an a...
16h ago
SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, has secured a permit to operate in Indonesia, its com...
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Russia starts developing nuclear power unit for joint lunar station with China, RIA says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has started developing a nuclear power plant for its planned joint lunar station with China, the RI...
May 08, 2024
First crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner capsule targeted for May 17
(Reuters) - The target launch date for the long-awaited first crewed test flight of Boeing Co's new Starliner Space capsule h...
May 08, 2024
Timeline: Boeing's new Starliner set for first crewed flight to space station
(Reuters) - Two years after its initial unmanned journey to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's new Starliner ast...
May 07, 2024
Technology
Exclusive-Huawei's new phone uses more China-made parts, memory chip
By David Kirton and Brenda Goh SHENZHEN/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Huawei's latest high-end phone features more Chinese suppliers, ...
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Factbox: What is in Huawei's new Pura 70 smartphones
(Reuters) - Huawei's new high-end Pura 70 smartphone series quickly sold out after it was launched last month with analysts t...
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Disney, Warner Bros to offer streaming bundle of Disney+, Hulu and Max
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney and Warner Bros Discovery will offer a bundle of the Disney+, Hulu and Max streaming servi...
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Bumble beats first-quarter revenue estimates, shares surge
(Reuters) -Bumble beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, a sign that its push for attracting paye...
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US confronts China over Volt Typhoon cyber espionage
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. officials confronted the Chinese government in Beijing last month about a swe...
10h ago
Entertainment
Olympics-French rapper Jul lights Paris 2024 cauldron in Marseille
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Marseille-born French rapper Jul lit the Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron as the flame reached Frenc...
14h ago
Warner Bros Discovery plans new cost cuts, hike in Max price, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery is looking at additional opportunities for cost-cutting and raising prices for its Max strea...
15h ago
Russia's last Eurovision singer, now 'cancelled', still seeks to spread hope
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - The last singer to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest before it was...
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Isabelle Huppert to head Venice Film Festival jury
ROME (Reuters) - Isabelle Hubbert will head the main competition jury at this year's Venice Film Festival, organisers said on...
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SXSW festival to launch European edition in London next year
LONDON (Reuters) - South by Southwest, the music, technology and film festival (SXSW) held annually in Austin, Texas is comin...
May 08, 2024