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Pink Floyd drummer open to reunion but says no appetite for one
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) - Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason would be open to the idea of a reunion gig but he does...
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Rap-battling street violinist breaks boundaries in Brazil
By Leonardo Benassatto SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Maria Luiza Kaluzny thought that to become a successful violinist she would need...
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'Back to Black' brings Amy Winehouse story to big screen
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Sam Taylor-Johnson didn't want her 2024 biographical dra...
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'Bridgerton' Season 3 dives into friends-to-lovers romance
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton were preparing to film Season 3 of the rege...
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Japan starts energy talks to balance supply risks with net zero goal
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industry ministry kicked off talks on Wednesday to craft the next basic energy plan, a key long-ter...
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National Sports
MLB roundup: Phillies' Aaron Nola blanks Mets
Aaron Nola retired the first 15 batters he faced on his way to a dominant four-hitter, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a...
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Basketball-Clark ready to shake off disappointing debut defeat
By Amy Tennery UNCASVILLE, Connecticut (Reuters) - Caitlin Clark is ready to put her WNBA debut in the rear view mirror, afte...
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Boxing-Ring announcer quits after backlash to wrong winner call
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The American ring announcer who called out the wrong winner after a women's WBA title fight in Australia l...
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Basketball-Sun cool Fever in Clark's WNBA debut
By Amy Tennery UNCASVILLE, Conn. (Reuters) - The Connecticut Sun dimmed the spotlight on Caitlin Clark in her Women's Nationa...
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Thunder set to push Mavericks to brink of elimination
Top-seeded and playing like it again, the Oklahoma City Thunder have stacked the odds in their favor as they head into Game 5...
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World
Politicians and election officials offered cyber protection ahead of UK election
LONDON (Reuters) - Politicians, election officials and other high risk individuals in Britain are to be offered support to he...
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Israeli PM presses bill on drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews into military
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to present a highly contested bill that seeks to ...
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Blinken says U.S. will give Ukraine another $2 billion in military financing
KYIV (Reuters) - The United States will provide Ukraine an additional $2 billion in foreign military financing, Secretary of ...
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Russian forces take control of three settlements in Ukraine, says defence ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian forces have taken control of two more settlements in Ukraine's north-east Kharkiv region and one i...
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EU's Borrell urges Israel to end Rafah operation
(Reuters) - The European Union urges Israel to end its operation in Rafah immediately as the operation disrupts the distribut...
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Business
ECB says stress in home loans manageable despite high rates, lax checks
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Stress in the euro zone market for home loans is "manageable" despite hig...
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Pakistan shares hit record high over 75,000 as foreign buyers pile in
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan's main share index continued its rally to breach the 75,000 mark for th...
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Nigeria inflation rises further to 33.69% y/y in April
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria's headline consumer inflation rose to 33.69% year on year in April, up from 33.20% in March, its bur...
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South African retail sales rise 2.3% year on year in March
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African retail sales rose 2.3% year on year in March after decreasing by a revised 0.7% in Feb...
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Analysis-'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger,' China trolls new US tariffs
By Joe Cash and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China's measured response to the U.S. move to hike tariffs on $18 billion of Chi...
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Politics
US Capitol riot's shadow looms over Maryland, West Virginia primaries
By Makini Brice and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than three years have passed since former President Donald Trum...
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US House Republican Carol Miller defeats primary challenger, Edison projects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republican Carol Miller in a Tuesday primary defeated a challenger who had pleaded guilty t...
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US State Dept moves $1 billion weapons aid for Israel to congressional review, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has moved a $1 billion package of weapons aid for Israel into the congressio...
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US lawmaker seeks information from oil companies on report of Trump's 'quid pro quo' offer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democratic lawmaker on a U.S. House oversight panel has sought information from nine oil compa...
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US House Speaker Johnson to join Republican parade at Trump hush money trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson will join former President Donald Trump ...
May 14, 2024
Health
Imperial Brands CEO: U.S. menthol cigarette ban likely years away
LONDON (Reuters) - The outcome of moves to ban menthol cigarettes in the United States remains uncertain but implementation w...
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Getinge limits sale of heart devices in the US after FDA warning
(Reuters) - Sweden's Getinge will limit sales of some of its heart products in the U.S., the medical equipment maker said lat...
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Roche says FDA approves HPV self-test in US
BERLIN (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche on Wednesday said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its human p...
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Taiwan says WHO should let it attend all its meetings
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu called on the World Health Organization on Wednesday to allow the island...
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Eisai starts rolling submission for injectable version of Alzheimer's drug with US FDA
(Reuters) - Eisai and partner Biogen said on Tuesday that the Japanese drugmaker has begun submitting data on a rolling basis...
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Science
Blue Origin to resume space tourist flights after near 2-year pause
(Reuters) - Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin will resume flights to space on Sunday, ending a near two-year pause of crewed oper...
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Boeing Starliner's crew debut delayed again over spacecraft issue
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing's first Starliner mission carrying humans to space was delayed to May 21 over ...
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For elephants, like people, greetings are a complicated affair
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - People greet each other in a variety of ways. They might say "hello," "guten tag,&q...
May 13, 2024
New breast cancer genes found in women of African ancestry, may improve risk assessment
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Twelve breast cancer genes identified in women of African ancestry in a large study published on M...
May 13, 2024
Musk sees fourth flight of SpaceX's Starship in 3-5 weeks
(Reuters) -SpaceX's Starship rocket, a futuristic vehicle designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, wil...
May 11, 2024
Technology
Wallet recovery firms buzz as locked-out crypto investors panic in bitcoin boom
By Ankika Biswas and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) - The recent surge in bitcoin prices has the phones at crypto wallet recovery...
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SK Innovation considering sale of battery materials unit SKIET, paper reports
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Innovation is considering selling its subsidiary SK IE Technology (SKIET) to restructure i...
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Frank McCourt's Project Liberty forms consortium to bid for TikTok's US operations
(Reuters) - Entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said on Wednesday his non profit Project Liberty ...
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UK refers AlphaTheta-Serato DJ tech deal to deeper probe
(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator referred Japan-based DJ equipment maker AlphaTheta's proposed deal to acquire New...
2h ago
US House committee to vote on bill to restrict BGI, WuXi AppTec
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - U.S. legislation that would restrict business with China's BGI, WuXi AppTec and certain other b...
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Entertainment
Gayle King, Kate Upton model for 60th Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Gayle King, plus-sized model Hunter McGrady and returning stars Chrissy Teigen and Kate Up...
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Sony rethinking its bid for Paramount, CNBC reports
(Reuters) - Sony Pictures is rethinking its bid for Paramount Global, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources, sending the s...
18h ago
Factbox-Cannes 2024: Who are the jury members presided by Greta Gerwig?
CANNES (Reuters) - Almost as prestigious as winning the Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, is being on the jur...
May 14, 2024
Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere
CANNES (Reuters) - Mohammad Rasoulof, a celebrated Iranian director whose latest film is competing in the Cannes Film Festiva...
May 13, 2024
Cannes festival director laments focus on controversies rather than cinema
CANNES (Reuters) - Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux lamented on Monday an increased focus in recent years on pol...
May 13, 2024