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India's Kerala shuts schools, colleges amid sweltering heat
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Kerala state has closed all schools and colleges until Monday due to scorching temperatures, ur...
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Hailstorm ravages Chablis vineyards in French region of Burgundy
PARIS (Reuters) - A violent hailstorm ravaged vineyards on Wednesday in Chablis in the French region of Burgundy, with hailst...
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Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines for defying gag order
By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York prosecutors on Thursday will ask the judge overseei...
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Berkeley takes hands-off approach to Gaza campus protests. Columbia called the police
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - At Columbia University, tensions between the administration and students protesting over Israel's w...
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Biden faces tough balancing act as campus protests over Gaza escalate
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Escalating campus protests are forcing U.S. President Joe Biden...
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National Sports
Boxing-Garcia denies doping before Haney fight
(Reuters) - American super lightweight boxer Ryan Garcia has denied taking a banned performance-enhancing substance before hi...
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MLB roundup: Cubs' Shota Imanaga stellar again in win
Rookie Shota Imanaga had another strong start and Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the fifth inning Wed...
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Comcast pulls Bally Sports channels, imperiling US broadcaster's restructuring
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable provider Comcast stopped broadcasting Bally Sports channels on Wednesday, takin...
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Steven Stamkos covets return to Tampa Bay for 17th season
Steven Stamkos has spent all 16 of his NHL seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning and he's highly interested in continuing the ...
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Doping-USADA slams WADA for 'half-truths' in China doping case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Wednesday for &quo...
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World
Vietnam parliament approves speaker's resignation, state media says
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's legislature on Thursday approved the resignation of National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, st...
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Israeli war cabinet to meet on hostages, Rafah plan on Thursday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Top Israeli ministers will convene on Thursday to discuss a proposed Gaza truce to free some hostages h...
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SNP lawmaker Swinney enters race to become Scotland's new leader
LONDON (Reuters) -Scottish National Party (SNP) lawmaker John Swinney said on Thursday that he would run in the contest to su...
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Taliban plan regional energy trade hub with Russian oil in mind
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban has agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to...
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Soccer star's murder highlights South Africa's crime problem as election nears
By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In the South African township where Luke Fleurs grew up, some friends joined gangs ...
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Business
Qualcomm jumps as AI sparks rebound in Chinese smartphone market
(Reuters) - Qualcomm shares rose 4% in premarket trading on Thursday after the smartphone-focused chipmaker signaled an AI-fu...
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Futures climb as Fed allays rate-hike worries
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures advanced on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and ...
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Insurer Chubb prepares to pay $350 million in Baltimore bridge collapse, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - Chubb, the insurer of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed in March, is preparing to make a $350 m...
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Lloyd's insurers expect moderate Baltimore bridge claims
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London insurers Hiscox and Lancashire do not expect large insurance claims from the collapse of...
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Stanley Black and Decker's profit beats on strong industrial tool demand
(Reuters) - Stanley Black and Decker beat analysts' expectations for first-quarter profit on Thursday, as strong residential ...
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Politics
Biden thinks he can flip North Carolina, polls show a rough road
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Since 1968, North Carolina has backed only two Democrats for president: Jimmy Carter in 1976 a...
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Republican-led US states sue to block expanded gun background checks
By Joseph Ax and Nate Raymond (Reuters) - More than two dozen Republican state attorneys general sued the Biden administratio...
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US senator urges Biden to include safeguards in any nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia
By Timothy Gardner and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic U.S. senator on Wednesday urged President Joe Bide...
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US judge blocks some North Carolina restrictions on abortion pill
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal judge has struck down parts of a North Carolina law restricting patients' access to ...
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Firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene to force vote to oust US House Speaker Johnson
By David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative f...
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Health
Teleflex beats quarterly profit estimates on healthy demand for medical devices
(Reuters) - Teleflex reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Thursday, on the back of strong demand for its m...
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Novartis to buy radiology specialist Mariana Oncology for $1 billion
(Reuters) - Novartis has entered an agreement to acquire US radiopharmaceutical company Mariana Oncology for $1 billion, the ...
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Becton Dickinson lifts profit view on strong surgical equipment demand
(Reuters) - Becton Dickinson raised its annual profit forecast and beat second-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, as the g...
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Moderna quarterly sales beat expectations but plummet from previous year
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - Moderna on Thursday reported quarterly revenue that beat Wall Street estimates but came in dr...
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Regeneron misses profit estimates on weaker Eylea and Dupixent sales
(Reuters) -U.S. drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday due...
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Science
Scientists explore how to improve crop yields - on Mars
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown ...
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Explainer-The Eta Aquariid meteor shower: When is it and what to expect?
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Meteors will be streaking across the sky as Earth passes through dusty debris in space left by Hal...
May 01, 2024
T. rex is at the center of a debate over dinosaur intelligence
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surmising even the physical appearance of a dinosaur - or any extinct animal - based on...
Apr 30, 2024
What did people eat before agriculture? New study offers insight
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The advent of agriculture roughly 11,500 years ago in the Middle East was a milestone f...
Apr 29, 2024
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
Technology
Qualcomm jumps as AI sparks rebound in Chinese smartphone market
(Reuters) - Qualcomm shares rose 4% in premarket trading on Thursday after the smartphone-focused chipmaker signaled an AI-fu...
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Chip parts supplier Siltronic's profit falls on high client inventories
(Reuters) - German chip equipment supplier Siltronic reported a 27.5% drop in first-quarter core profit on Thursday, a week a...
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US official urges China, Russia to declare only humans, not AI, control nuclear weapons
By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official on Thursday urged China and Russia to match declarations by the U...
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Microsoft to invest $2.2 billion in Malaysia's digital transformation
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion over the next four years in Malaysia to support the country's dig...
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Japan's Mitsubishi full-year profit down 18%, misses estimates
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp posted on Thursday a 18.4% fall in net profit for the year ended in ...
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Entertainment
Jewish community anxious ahead of Sweden Eurovision anti-Israel protests
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Planned protests against Israel taking part in this year's Eurovision So...
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Universal Music Group reaches new licensing agreement with TikTok
By Dawn Chmielewski and David Shepardson (Reuters) - Universal Music Group and TikTok said on Thursday that they had reached ...
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Harvey Weinstein expected in New York court after rape conviction overturned
By Brendan Pierson and Jack Queen (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein is due to appear in state court in Manhattan on Wednesday for ...
May 01, 2024
Factbox-All you need to know about Eurovision 2024
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson MALMÖ, Sweden (Reuters) - The world's biggest live music event, Eurovision Song Contest, will ta...
Apr 30, 2024
'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' tie for most 2024 Tony nominations
(Reuters) - Alicia Keys' musical "Hell's Kitchen" and 1970's rock inspired "Stereophonic" led the nominat...
Apr 30, 2024