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National
Ex-correctional official sent to US prison for payments from Galleon's Rajaratnam
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former correctional counselor at a federal prison in Massachusetts was sentenced on Wedn...
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Analysis-Indiana vote shows Trump still struggling with Republican holdouts
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Donald Trump stewed in a Manhattan courtroom during his hush money trial, voters ...
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Biden set to tighten asylum access at U.S.-Mexico border - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regula...
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US Federal Election Commission gives Trump 45 more days to file personal financial disclosures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Election Commission on Wednesday granted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trum...
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Bidding opens for Messi napkin that defined soccer great's career
LONDON (Reuters) - Bidding began on Wednesday for a napkin on which soccer club Barcelona penned a promise to sign a 13-year-...
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National Sports
Golf-Korda keeping it simple ahead of LPGA record attempt
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Nelly Korda is keeping it simple as she vies for a record sixth consecutive LPGA win this week ...
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Motor racing-Moss hailed as true racer at memorial service
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Stirling Moss was hailed as a true racer and all-time Formula One great at a memorial serv...
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NHLPA announces Ted Lindsay Award finalists
Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov were named finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award on Wednesday. Voted on b...
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Motor racing-FIA's first CEO Robyn to leave after 18 months
(Reuters) - Natalie Robyn is leaving Formula One's governing body after serving just 18 months as its first chief executive, ...
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Golf-McIlroy says he is not rejoining PGA Tour policy board
(Reuters) - Rory McIlroy will not be rejoining the PGA Tour's policy board as some board members were 'uncomfortable' with hi...
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World
Ghana's top court postpones hearing on challenge to anti-LGBTQ bill
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's Supreme Court said on Wednesday that lawyers battling over the legality of one of Africa's most res...
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US paused Israel weapons shipment due to Rafah: US defense secretary
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's decision to hold up delivery of high payload muni...
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Prince Harry appears, alone, for UK Invictus Games service
LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry made a rare public appearance in Britain on Wednesday when he attended a service of thanksgiv...
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Reaction to US decision to pause weapons shipment to Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers reacted to President Joe Biden's decision to suspend delivery of certain munitions to I...
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Biden set to tighten asylum access at U.S.-Mexico border - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regula...
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Business
Argentina industrial output sinks 21% amid Milei austerity, worst since pandemic
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's industrial output plunged 21.2% in March from a year ago, the INDEC statistics agency sa...
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PIMCO adds bond exposure outside the US on inflation risks
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. bond giant PIMCO said on Wednesday it is increasing its bond exposure in develo...
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Fed's Cook says households, banks, firms largely in solid financial shape
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. households, banks and firms are largely in solid financial shape, with the me...
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GM to end production of Chevy Malibu as it shifts to EVs
(Reuters) - General Motors said Wednesday it will end production of its gasoline-powered Chevrolet Malibu car later this year...
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China approves first gene-edited wheat in step to open up GM tech to food crops
By Mei Mei Chu BEIJING (Reuters) - China has approved the safety of gene-edited wheat for the first time as Beijing cautiousl...
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Politics
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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Civil rights leader Daisy Bates to be honored with statue at US Capitol
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was instrumental in...
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Health
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...
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Teva Pharm Q1 profit misses estimates, revenue risea
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries reported a smaller than expected rise in first-quarter ...
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Pfizer agrees to settle over 10,000 Zantac lawsuits, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Pfizer has agreed to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits about cancer risks related to the now discontinued heartburn...
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Vitamin Shoppe's telehealth service to provide access to weight-loss drugs
(Reuters) - Health and wellness products retailer Vitamin Shoppe said on Wednesday that subscribers to its telehealth service...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
Microsoft to shut Africa development centre in Nigeria
LAGOS (Reuters) - Microsoft is closing down its Africa Development Centre in the continent's most populous nation Nigeria, wh...
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Nigeria rejects Binance CEO's bribery claim as 'diversionary tactic'
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities on Wednesday denied allegations from Binance's CEO of soliciting brib...
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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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US official says Chinese seizure of TSMC in Taiwan would be 'absolutely devastating'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and seizure of chips...
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Reddit shares soar as earnings show advertising, AI licensing revenue potential
(Reuters) - Reddit shares soared 14% on Wednesday after the social media firm floored investors with strong revenue growth an...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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