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Japan finally screens 'Oppenheimer', with trigger warnings, unease in Hiroshima
By Irene Wang HIROSHIMA (Reuters) - Best picture winner "Oppenheimer" finally premiered in Japan on Friday, eight m...
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Factbox-Major cases before the US Supreme Court this term
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's current term features major cases involving former President Donald Trump's ballot disqu...
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Kamala Harris pushes the envelope as Biden struggles with some Democrats
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Hosting rapper Fat Joe at the White House to talk about reforming marijuana laws. Visiting an...
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'Adopt a penguin egg' Easter campaign helps endangered African birds
By shafiek tassiem and Tim Cocks CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Bored of buying eggs made of chocolate and wrapped in foil with predic...
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Madagascar cyclone Gamane kills at least 11, displaces thousands, government says
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - A tropical cyclone that swept across the island of Madagascar this week killed at least 11 people an...
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National Sports
France to boost Olympics security with foreign military, police support
By John Irish and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) - France has asked about 45 foreign countries to contribute several thous...
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Tennis-Murray pulls out of Monte Carlo, Munich due to ankle injury
(Reuters) - Andy Murray will miss the Monte Carlo Masters and Munich Open next month as he recovers from a severe ankle injur...
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NHL roundup: Stars, Hurricanes win, seal playoff bids
Jamie Benn's power-play goal broke a tie late in the third period and helped give the visiting Dallas Stars a 3-1 victory ove...
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MLB roundup: Corbin Burnes, O's crush Angels in opener
Corbin Burnes pitched six innings of one-hit baseball in his Baltimore debut and the Orioles rolled past the visiting Los Ang...
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Tennis-Alcaraz says Dimitrov made him feel like a 13-year-old in Miami masterclass
(Reuters) - World number two Carlos Alcaraz said he felt like a frustrated 13-year-old searching for answers after his crushi...
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World
Pugacheva, queen of Soviet pop, likely to be labelled a 'foreign agent' in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to label Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music,...
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Factbox-Ultra-Orthodox Israelis resist push for military service
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties are resisting pressure to lift exemptions of religious students from mili...
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Israeli military says it killed deputy commander of Hezbollah rocket and missiles unit
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Friday it had killed Ali Abed Akhsan Naim, deputy commander of Hezbollah's...
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After veto, Russia says big powers need to stop 'strangling' North Korea
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that major powers needed a new approach to North Korea, accusin...
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North Korea rules out any meetings with Japan
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has no interest in dialogue with Japan, state media KCNA reported on Friday, citi...
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Business
With China EV launch, Xiaomi's 'Thor' takes on Elon Musk
By Sarah Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - He was called China's answer to Steve Jobs for taking Xiaomi from scrappy startup to an elect...
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Greece to raise monthly minimum wage by 6.4% to 830 euros
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will raise its monthly minimum gross wage by 6.4% to 830 euros, the conservative government said on...
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Musk's Grok-1.5 AI chatbot to be available next week
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI's latest Grok-1.5 chatbot will be available on his social media p...
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US probes Stellantis 2022 RAM truck models over K1 snap ring transmission failures
(Reuters) -The U.S. Office of Defect Investigations (ODI) has opened a preliminary evaluation of a failure of the K1 snap rin...
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Fed's balancing act could see June rate cut in play even with sticky inflation
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the central bank is not growing more tole...
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Politics
Trump can't match Biden's 2024 fundraising, Republican's campaign says
By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Donald Trump will be unable to match President Joe Biden's fundraising totals in thi...
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US House to deliver Mayorkas impeachment to Senate April 10
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will deliver two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security S...
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Obama, Bill Clinton to join Biden to raise $25 million at event with Queen Latifah and Lizzo
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will get a boost from Democratic predecessors Barack Obama and Bill ...
Mar 28, 2024
Pennsylvania can discard undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to a Pennsylvania rule that allowed the st...
Mar 28, 2024
Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should be disbarred, California judge rules
By David Thomas (Reuters) - A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law li...
Mar 27, 2024
Health
Births fall in Italy for 15th year running to record low
ROME (Reuters) - Births in Italy dropped to a record low in 2023, the 15th consecutive annual decline, national statistics bu...
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Brazil's Hapvida posts 105% increase in fourth-quarter adjusted profit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian healthcare operator Hapvida posted on Thursday a 104.8% increase in its adjusted net profit f...
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Rite Aid moves ahead on restructuring as sale efforts continue
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rite Aid, one of the largest U.S. pharmacy chains, received permission from a U.S. ju...
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US FDA extends review of Applied Therapeutics' genetic disease drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its review of Applied Therapeutics' experimental drug to treat...
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Bristol Myers' bowel disease drug fails to meet main goal in late-stage study
(Reuters) - Bristol Myers Squibb said on Thursday its experimental drug to treat Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowe...
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Science
Dogs can associate words with objects, study finds
By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Dogs are able to understand that some words refer to objects in a way that is similar...
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Secret planting operation boosts critically endangered Welsh shrub
By Helena Williams LONDON (Reuters) - At a secret location in the Welsh countryside, naturalists have planted 30 young specim...
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A million solar eclipse enthusiasts expected at Niagara Falls
By Wa Lone and Nivedita Balu NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) - From vintage train rides costing almost $4,000 per person to ...
Mar 28, 2024
Scientists chronicle the earliest stages of a supernova
By Ari Rabinovitch REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) - About 20 million years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a large star exploded...
Mar 27, 2024
Twisted magnetic field observed around Milky Way's central black hole
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have detected a strong and organized magne...
Mar 27, 2024
Technology
Renault to invest $320 million, hire 550 workers to make electric vans in Northern France
SANDOUVILLE, France (Reuters) - French car maker Renault plans to invest 300 million euros ($323.25 million) in its assembly ...
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Musk's Grok-1.5 AI chatbot to be available next week
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI's latest Grok-1.5 chatbot will be available on his social media p...
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China's Huawei continues rebound with strongest earnings growth since 2019
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies saw its fastest growth in four years in 2023, with a ...
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Musk's xAI to launch improved version of chatbot
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI said on Thursday it will launch an improved version of its chatbo...
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Automotive computer chip maker NXP rolls out new platform
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - NXP Semiconductors NV, the biggest maker of computer chips for cars, on Thursday said it had introduced...
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Entertainment
'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan to be given knighthood
LONDON (Reuters) - British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan, fresh from his Oscar victory for historical drama "Oppe...
16h ago
Blackwells sues Disney in Delaware over disclosure in relationship with ValueAct
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackwells Capital is ratcheting up the pressure on Walt Disney in a bruising boardroom battle by suing ...
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'The Batman,' a 2022 blockbuster, wasn't plagiarized, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warner Bros Entertainment didn't steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster "The B...
Mar 27, 2024
Spice Girl Mel B shares more in expanded memoir, aims to help abuse survivors
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spice Girl Mel B is releasing an expanded version of her 2018 memoir, sharing more deta...
Mar 27, 2024
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer says rapper subject to 'witch hunt'
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs said Tuesday the rapper was be...
Mar 27, 2024