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Biden administration to drop plan to ban menthol cigarettes, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is reversing course on its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, the Wall Street Journal repor...
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Turkey's Erdogan postpones tentative White House visit, sources say
By Steve Holland and Jonathan Spicer WASHINGTON/ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan postponed a White House me...
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Taylor Swift beats Beatles in race to 12th UK number one album
LONDON (Reuters) - Taylor Swift topped the British music charts on Friday with "The Tortured Poets Department", out...
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Bad blood with China? Blinken buys Taylor Swift album in Beijing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken snapped up a Taylor Swift album along with one by classic Chine...
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Biden appears in live interview with Howard Stern
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Joe Biden appeared on a live radio broadcast with interviewer Howard Stern on Friday, telling ...
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National Sports
Home and 'hungry,' Pacers seeking series lead over Giannis-less Bucks
Pascal Siakam's blistering start to the postseason has enabled the upstart Indiana Pacers to wrest home-court advantage from ...
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Olympics-Paris organisers receive flame in Athens ahead of relay
ATHENS (Reuters) - Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games' flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead ...
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Back in comfort zone, Magic look to even series with Cavs
The Orlando Magic hope for more home-court dominance in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series when they host th...
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Athletics-American Coleman believes Bolt's 100m record could fall soon
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -American sprinter Christian Coleman believes that Usain Bolt's 100-metres record of 9.58 seconds that has...
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Tennis-Nadal wishes he could play long enough for his son to remember him on court
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal said he would love to keep playing long enough for his son to remember him on court, though the 22-tim...
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World
Thousands in Budapest protest to demand child-protection reform
By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands took to the streets in downtown Budapest on Friday to demand child-protecti...
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Polish opposition lawmaker's phone was hacked while party was in power, paper reports
WARSAW (Reuters) - A lawmaker from Poland's former ruling party is among 31 people prosecutors have summoned because they wer...
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Israeli strike kills Lebanese militant in Beqaa area
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli strike in Lebanon's Beqaa region has killed a member of a Lebanese militant group that has f...
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King Charles to resume public duties after cancer diagnosis
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's King Charles will return to public duties next week for the first time since be...
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Timeline: King Charles set to resume duties after cancer treatment
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles will return to public duties on April 30 following nearly three months of treatment...
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Business
Exclusive-General Mills explores sale of $2 billion-plus yogurt business in North America, sources say
By Abigail Summerville NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Mills, the maker of Cocoa Puffs and Cheerios breakfast cereals, is explor...
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Foreign automakers eager for Chinese partners at Beijing auto show
By Daniel Leussink and Sarah Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - Global automakers including Volkswagen and Toyota came to this year's Bei...
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Warren Buffett's real estate brokerage reaches $250 million antitrust settlement
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A real estate brokerage owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said on Friday it reache...
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Earnings for Big Oil backpaddle as natgas prices tumble
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. and European oil companies reported weaker first quarter results on Friday due to a...
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'End of oil not in sight', OPEC Secretary General says in MEES article
LONDON (Reuters) - The end of oil is not in sight, OPEC's top official said, as the pace of energy demand growth means that a...
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Politics
Biden appears in live interview with Howard Stern
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Joe Biden appeared on a live radio broadcast with interviewer Howard Stern on Friday, telling ...
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Biden says he plans to debate Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would participate in a debate with Donald Trump, his Rep...
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Trump allies drafting plans to erode Fed's independence, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are drafting proposals that would attempt to erode th...
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Former tabloid publisher to face more questions in Trump hush-money trial
By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker will answer ...
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Analysis-Trump election subversion case bogs down as allies' legal woes grow
By Andrew Goudsward, Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump got another break when the U.S. Supreme...
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Health
WHO says bird flu risk currently low, asks countries to remain vigilant
(Reuters) -The current overall public health risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus is low, the World Health Organization said...
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Bayer CEO wins first AGM shareholder vote
(Reuters) - Bayer CEO Bill Anderson on Friday won a vote of confidence at his first annual general meeting (AGM) at the helm ...
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PE firm Advent to invest $297 million in India's Apollo Hospitals unit
BENGALURU (Reuters) -PE firm Advent International will invest 24.75 billion rupees (nearly $297 million) in Apollo Hospitals'...
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US FDA says about 1 in 5 commercial milk samples tested positive for bird flu traces
(Reuters) -About one in five samples of commercial milk in the U.S. tested positive for traces of bird flu in a national surv...
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AbbVie raises annual profit forecast on strong Skyrizi sales
By Leroy Leo and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) - AbbVie raised its annual profit forecast on Friday after strong sales of its im...
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Science
Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized her...
Apr 25, 2024
China sends astronauts to Chinese space station for six-month stay
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station for a six-month stay, ...
Apr 25, 2024
Scottish spaceport moves closer to satellite launches
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's SaxaVord Spaceport moved a step closer to being able to send satellites into orbit after regulat...
Apr 25, 2024
Russia, US clash at UN over nuclear weapons in space
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resol...
Apr 25, 2024
Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star detected
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stella...
Apr 24, 2024
Technology
Televisa to merge Sky, cable 'as soon as possible'
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican broadcaster Televisa plans to merge its satellite TV unit Sky with its cable TV and internet ...
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EU's Vestager meets French tech firm Mistral AI amid competition concerns
By Sudip Kar-Gupta BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who has been looking into Big Tech...
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Pope will attend G7 summit to discuss AI, Italy says
ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis will attend this year's Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit to discuss the challenges posed by A...
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Renault talks to China's Li Auto and Xiaomi on tech collaboration
PARIS (Reuters) - Renault held talks this week with China's Li Auto and Xiaomi on electric and intelligent vehicle technologi...
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India's HCLTech misses Q4 revenue estimates on weak services vertical
BENGALURU (Reuters) -HCLTech, India's No.3 IT services player, reported a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue on Fri...
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Entertainment
K-pop giant HYBE shares take another hit as dispute with NewJeans label drags on
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean music executive credited with creating popular K-pop group NewJeans denied all...
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Streaming device maker Roku beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) -Roku beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and forecast second-quarter sales above estimates on Thursda...
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Amazon Prime Video to exclusively stream two NHL seasons in Canada
(Reuters) - National Hockey League (NHL) and its digital broadcast rights owner Rogers Communications on Thursday signed a de...
Apr 25, 2024
K-Pop group ITZY showcases individuality on second world tour
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the K-pop supergroup ITZY are looking to show a new side of themselves as the band takes its ...
Apr 25, 2024
Pet Shop Boys say new album Nonetheless 'one of our most melodic'
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - British electro-pop duo Pet Shop Boys say their new album "Nonetheless"...
Apr 25, 2024