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Olympics-Giant reservoir ready for service as Paris 2024 Games loom
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on Thursday inaugurated a colossal storage basin that will help r...
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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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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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National Sports
Olympics-Largest ever refugee team to compete at Paris Olympics-IOC
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday unveiled its largest refugee Olympic ...
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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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World
India deports Myanmar refugees who fled 2021 coup
By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - India on Thursday deported the first group of Myanmar refugees who had sought sh...
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Residents fear for safety as Indonesia's Mount Ruang volcano erupts
TAGULANDANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Antelmus Paulus, 67, is in despair after the eruption on Tuesday of Indonesia's Ruang volc...
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Paris' Sciences Po school rejects protesters' demand to review ties with Israel
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris' Sciences Po university has rejected demands by protesters to set up a working group to review its re...
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Awaiting US aid, Ukraine's gunners fire sparingly at advancing Russians
By Dan Peleschuk DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - The soldiers manning a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer close to the front in...
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EU official calls Georgia's 'foreign agents' bill unacceptable
TBILISI (Reuters) - A senior European Union official warned the Georgian government on Thursday that its proposed legislation...
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Business
Quanta Services lifts annual forecasts on strong power demand
(Reuters) - Quanta Services raised its annual revenue and profit forecasts on Thursday, encouraged by strong demand for its c...
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NYSE-parent ICE's profit rises on record surge in energy market volatility
(Reuters) -Intercontinental Exchange reported a rise in adjusted profit for the first quarter on Thursday as volumes hit a re...
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WestRock beats quarterly profit estimates on rising prices
(Reuters) - WestRock beat quarterly profit expectations on Thursday, helped by higher prices, easing input costs and a recove...
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OxiClean maker Church & Dwight boosts profit forecast on resilient demand
(Reuters) - Church & Dwight raised the lower end of its annual profit forecast and beat expectations for first-quarter re...
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Kimco raises annual FFO forecast on strong leasing demand
(Reuters) - Real estate investment trust Kimco Realty raised its forecast for 2024 funds from operations on Thursday, banking...
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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 ...
19h ago
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
Zimmer Biomet beats Q1 profit estimates on robust demand for knee, hip devices
(Reuters) - Medtech firm Zimmer Biomet Holdings beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday, on the back ...
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Zoetis beats profit estimates on strong demand for pet products
(Reuters) - Animal healthcare company Zoetis surpassed analysts' expectations for first-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by...
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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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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 ...
19h ago
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
Freshworks plunges after cutting annual revenue forecast, CEO transition
(Reuters) - Freshworks' shares plunged nearly 30% in premarket trading on Thursday after the CRM software maker cut its full-...
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Ametek beats profit estimates on strong demand from aerospace, defense sectors
(Reuters) - Industrial technology solutions provider Ametek beat estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday, as it benefi...
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Nigeria court adjourns Binance and execs trial to May 17
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Thursday adjourned a money laundering trial against cryptocurrency exc...
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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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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