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National
Understanding of Earth's flowering plants blossoms in genome study
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flowering plants - from corn, wheat, rice and potatoes to maple, oak, apple and cherry ...
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US Senate committee investigates pricing of Novo's Ozempic and Wegovy
(Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into the prices of Novo Nordisk's diab...
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Pre-roman necropolis unearthed in Italy during excavations
ROME (Reuters) - A pre-Roman necropolis characterised by rich grave artefacts was discovered in southern Italy during excavat...
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Alberta warns of critical time for wildfire risk as evacuations start
By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Alberta introduced more fire restrictions on Wednesday, as officials said the 2024 wildfire seaso...
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Arizona Democrats say they will try again to repeal 1864 abortion ban
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Democrats in Arizona's House of Representatives said on Wednesday they would try once more to repe...
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National Sports
Cardinals send struggling outfielder Jordan Walker to minors
The St. Louis Cardinals sent struggling outfielder Jordan Walker back to the minors on Wednesday. Walker, 21, was optioned to...
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Steelers rework linebacker Alex Highsmith's deal, clear $7M
The Pittsburgh Steelers restructured linebacker Alex Highsmith's contract to clear more than $7 million in salary cap space, ...
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Report: Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown gets $120M extension
The Detroit Lions have agreed to a four-year, $120 million extension with All-Pro wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, NFL Networ...
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Report: Trophy Trust to return 2005 Heisman to Reggie Bush
Due to an evolving landscape in college football, the Heisman Trust is set to return the 2005 Heisman Trophy to Reggie Bush, ...
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Cycling-Chile replace Argentina as 2025 Track World Championships hosts
(Reuters) - The 2025 Track Cycling World Championships will be held in Santiago, Chile and not San Juan, Argentina as previou...
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World
Saudi Arabia's King Salman leaves hospital following routine check up - TV
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz has left King Faisal Specialist hospital in Jeddah after completing...
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Chinese student gets US prison term for threatening pro-democracy activist
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A Chinese music student was sentenced on Wednesday to nine months in a U.S. prison for har...
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Kyiv says passports for military-age men to be issued only in Ukraine
(Reuters) - The Ukrainian government, further tightening regulations on mobilisation, approved rules under which passports fo...
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Hamas issues video showing Israeli-American hostage Goldberg-Polin
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Islamist movement Hamas published a video on Wednesday apparently showing Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an I...
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Saudi King Salman leaves hospital after medical checks - state television
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz left King Faisal Specialist Hospital after completing a routine ch...
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Business
U.S. bank regulators extend comment period on Capital One-Discover deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators announced Wednesday they were extending the comment period on Capital One's bid t...
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Blackstone to buy Tropical Smoothie Cafe in $2 billion deal, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -Blackstone is buying restaurant chain Tropical Smoothie Cafe for nearly $2 billion, including debt, the Wall Stree...
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Starbucks loses appeal over union election at Seattle store
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected Starbucks' claims that an election won by a union a...
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Caterpillar, Deere inventories in focus as machinery demand plateaus
By Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) - Equipment inventories will be in focus when Caterpillar, Deere and CNH Industrial report q...
5h ago
Buttigieg says Boeing must meet FAA quality plan before raising 737 MAX output
By David Shepardson ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Wednesday that Boein...
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Politics
US House Democrat Donald Payne Jr. dead at 65
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives who represented a northern New Jerse...
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Biden's re-election campaign won't stop using TikTok
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden's reelection campaign plans to continue using TikTok, a campaign official sa...
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TikTok CEO expects to defeat US restrictions: 'We aren't going anywhere'
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok's chief executive said on Wednesday that the company expects to win a legal ...
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Biden notches another union endorsement as building trades back reelection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden secured the backing of another union on Wednesday as the organization representing...
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Biden administration toughens school nutrition standards
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new rules limiting the sugar and sodium content of meals served t...
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Health
US requires bird flu tests for any cattle moving for interstate commerce
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday said it would require dairy cattle moving for interstate ...
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Saudi Arabian healthcare group Fakeeh Care Group announces IPO
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Fakeeh Care Group, one of the largest private hospital groups in the kingdom, said on Wednes...
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India inspects spice makers MDH, Everest over alleged contamination
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India is inspecting facilities of spice makers MDH and Everest for compliance with quality standards af...
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Boston Scientific raises annual profit forecast on strong demand for heart devices
(Reuters) -Medical device maker Boston Scientific raised its annual profit forecast on Wednesday as the company banks on resi...
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Biogen beats quarterly profit estimates, Alzheimer's drug sales jump
(Reuters) - Biogen beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by a series of cost-cutting measu...
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Science
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...
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Factbox-Shenzhou-18 caps over two decades of Chinese human spaceflight
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will send three astronauts into low-Earth orbit on Thursday in the country's 13th crewed mission to...
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US, Russia set for a showdown at UN over nuclear weapons in space
By Michelle Nichols and Joey Roulette UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia are set to face off ...
Apr 23, 2024
Three Russians parachute from stratosphere to North Pole
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three Russians set a world record for parachuting from the Earth's stratosphere to the North Pole last wee...
Apr 19, 2024
Fossils of colossal snake Vasuki unearthed in India mine
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a lignite mine are the remains of one of the largest snak...
Apr 18, 2024
Technology
TSMC says 'A16' chipmaking technology will start production in late 2026
SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said on Wednesday that a new chip manufacturing tec...
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TikTok CEO expects to defeat US restrictions: 'We aren't going anywhere'
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok's chief executive said on Wednesday that the company expects to win a legal ...
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TikTok artists and advertisers to stay with app until 'door slams shut'
By Sheila Dang, Dawn Chmielewski and Danielle Broadway (Reuters) - Ban or no ban, TikTok's partners in the music and advertis...
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ASML CEO says US restricts servicing some China equipment, won't hurt earnings
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The outgoing chief executive of top semiconductor equipment supplier ASML said on Wedn...
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Interpublic faces muted ad spending amid Middle East conflict
(Reuters) - Interpublic reported sharp revenue drops in some of its international markets on Wednesday, including the Middle ...
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Entertainment
Young Russians dance to K-pop and watch anime amid Asian culture boom
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A few years ago, Karina Marakshina had to explain what K-pop was when asked to describe the musical style ...
9h ago
Eurovision euphoria boosts travel to Sweden's Malmo, eDreams says
(Reuters) - Eurovision fever boosted travel searches for the Swedish coastal city of Malmo by 176% between September 2023 and...
10h ago
Record giant HYBE audits 'NewJeans' label as infighting returns to K-pop
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's largest music company is auditing the management of one of its labels as it susp...
12h ago
John Lennon's lost 1960s acoustic guitar to go up for auction
By Lisa Keddie and Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) - A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John...
Apr 23, 2024
Germany's RTL acquires Nickelodeon rights for children's TV network
BERLIN (Reuters) - Super RTL, a children's television network belonging to Bertelsmann's RTL Group, has struck a deal to acqu...
Apr 23, 2024