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US Senate has agreement on FISA reauthorization, will vote on Friday night, Schumer says
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate has reached an agreement to approve the reauthorization of a controvers...
3h ago
USC scraps outside speakers at commencement after canceling Muslim student's speech
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The University of Southern California announced there will be no outside speakers and honorees ...
5h ago
Climate targets group's CEO seeks to ease concerns over carbon offset plan
(Reuters) - The CEO of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) on Friday sought to reassure critics' concerns over the gl...
7h ago
Five high school students wounded in Maryland shooting
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Gunfire broke out at a park in Greenbelt, Maryland, where hundreds of high school students had g...
7h ago
World Bank wins $11 billion in pledges to boost lending for climate, global crises
By David Lawder and Christian Kraemer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Friday said that 11 countries have pledged to ...
10h ago
National Sports
Motor racing-Hamilton says he had forgotten what it's like to lead
By Joe Cash SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he had forgotten what it feels li...
55m ago
Motor racing-Verstappen wins first sprint race of the F1 season
By Joe Cash SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Red Bull's triple world champion Max Verstappen won the first sprint race of the Formula One ...
1h ago
Reports: FAA investigating cockpit visit by Rockies coach
The Federal Aviation Administration and United Airlines are looking into how a member of the Colorado Rockies traveling party...
10h ago
Olympics-"Brave is Unbeatable" campaign aims to rally Canadians around Olympians
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and national broadcaster CBC unveiled the branding campaign video &q...
12h ago
Tennis-Sabalenka knocked out of Stuttgart Open by Vondrousova, Swiatek into semis
(Reuters) -World number two Aryna Sabalenka's hopes of reaching a fourth consecutive Stuttgart Open final ended after a 3-6 6...
12h ago
World
Fighting flares at Myanmar-Thai border as rebels target stranded junta troops
(Reuters) - Fighting raged at Myanmar's eastern frontier with Thailand on Saturday, witnesses, media and Thailand's governmen...
1h ago
X vows to 'robustly challenge' Australia order to remove stabbing posts
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Social media platform X said on Saturday it would challenge in court an order from an Australian regulator...
1h ago
Solomon Islands leader Sogavare keeps seat, vote count continues
By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has retained his parliamentary seat, results s...
3h ago
Venezuela opposition backs Gonzalez as presidential candidate
By Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's major opposition coalition will back Edmundo Gonzalez as its unity presidenti...
4h ago
Ecuador president declares state of emergency over energy crisis
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa declared a second state of emergency on Friday over an energy crisis that ...
4h ago
Business
Tesla cuts US prices of Models Y, X, S by $2,000
By Nilutpal Timsina (Reuters) - Tesla cut the U.S. prices of its Model Y, Model X and Model S vehicles by $2,000 each on Frid...
1h ago
China's March germanium, gallium exports yet to recover year-ago level
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports of gallium and germanium products in March declined from year-ago levels, customs data sh...
1h ago
UAW clinches watershed union victory at Volkswagen Tennessee factory
By Nora Eckert CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) - Workers at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant have voted to join the United Auto ...
4h ago
Brazil's Embraer delivers 25 jets in Q1; backlog hits 7-year high
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian planemaker Embraer said on Friday it delivered 25 aircraft - seven commercial planes and 18 e...
7h ago
BOJ's Ueda says 'very likely' to hike rates if inflation keeps rising
By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank "very likely&quo...
7h ago
Politics
US Senate has agreement on FISA reauthorization, will vote on Friday night, Schumer says
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate has reached an agreement to approve the reauthorization of a controvers...
3h ago
RFK Jr running mate injects needed cash in independent's campaign
By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - The role Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, will play in his White House b...
12h ago
Trump campaign launches effort to fight voter fraud
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee launched a program on F...
14h ago
US House Speaker Johnson risks fellow Republicans' wrath with Ukraine vote
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson looks set to push forward this weekend on a $95 billio...
20h ago
Lawyers aim to wrap up jury selection in Trump criminal trial
By Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers in Donald Trump's criminal trial are expected on Frid...
20h ago
Health
USDA confirms cow-to-cow transmission a factor in bird flu spread
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that cow-to-cow transmission is a facto...
12h ago
Butler Hall Capital urges Vanda to engage in sales discussions
(Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Butler Hall Capital said on Friday it is urging Vanda Pharmaceuticals to form an independent s...
12h ago
Eating disorders still a "huge problem" in climbing, gold medallist Garnbret says
PARIS (Reuters) - Eating disorders remain a "huge" issue in climbing, Olympic gold medallist Janja Garnbret said, e...
17h ago
WHO says wider alert on contaminated J&J cough syrup 'likely'
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated John...
18h ago
Explainer-How freezing embryos plays a crucial role in IVF
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The practice of freezing embryos as part of in vitro fertilization (IVF) was thrown into chaos in ...
19h ago
Science
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...
22h ago
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
Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to...
Apr 17, 2024
Head of Russian space agency says work under way on modernised Angara rocket
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is working on a modernised Angara-A5M rocket capable of launching manned spacecraft, and plans to l...
Apr 17, 2024
Astronomers detect Milky Way's second-largest known black hole
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that o...
Apr 16, 2024
Technology
Tesla's Elon Musk postpones India trip, aims to visit this year
By Aditi Shah, Aditya Kalra and Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Elon Musk postponed a planned trip to India where ...
1h ago
Skydance expects to more than double its revenue in coming years, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - Skydance Media, which is in exclusive merger talks with Paramount Global, expects to more than double its revenue...
7h ago
Amazon advertising chief steps aside for new role
By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) - Amazon.com's advertising chief Colleen Aubrey, who has held that role for nearly three years, i...
12h ago
Apple's offer to open up tap-and-go tech to be approved by EU next month, sources say
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Apple's offer to open its tap-and-go mobile payments system to rivals is set to be appro...
14h ago
Trump media shares gain as it alerts Nasdaq of 'potential market manipulation'
(Reuters) - Shares of Donald Trump's media and technology company were up more than 3% on Friday after it asked the Nasdaq ex...
14h ago
Entertainment
Taylor Swift surprises with extra tracks on 'Tortured Poets Department' album
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Taylor Swift surprised fans with her new record "The Tortured Poets Department&...
20h ago
Sony, Apollo discuss joint bid for Paramount, says source
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management are discussing making a joint bid fo...
Apr 19, 2024
Netflix handily beats subscriber targets but misses on revenue forecast
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Netflix blew past Wall Street expectations on new customers for ...
Apr 18, 2024
NBA's exclusive TV rights talks with Disney, Warner likely to end without deal, CNBC reports
(Reuters) -The National Basketball Association's exclusive media rights negotiating period with current partners Walt Disney ...
Apr 18, 2024
Alec Baldwin's criminal case hinges on a Wild West revolver
By Andrew Hay TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) - A Colt .45 "Peacemaker" revolver, a symbol of the American Wild West, is...
Apr 18, 2024