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Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 107, says civil defense
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in southern Brazil has climbed to 107, local civil defense said on Thur...
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'Dead Poets Society' film director Peter Weir to receive Venice career prize
ROME (Reuters) - Peter Weir, the Australian director of "Dead Poets Society" and "The Truman Show", will ...
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Israel in spotlight at Eurovision semi-final as pro-Palestinian protests loom
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - The second semi-final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest will take p...
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Exclusive: Corporate climate watchdog document deems carbon offsets largely ineffective
By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) - Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to...
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Australia backs long-term gas drilling despite 2050 climate goals
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Labor government on Thursday laid out a strategy to boost natural gas developme...
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World
Nigerian journalist detained over a week under cybercrime law, employer says
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian investigative journalist has spent more than a week in police detention without being brought to...
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Ukraine's popular former army chief Zaluzhnyi appointed ambassador to UK
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday appointed former army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who led Ukraine's defenc...
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Two Russian online film distributors charged under 'LGBT propaganda' law
(Reuters) - Two Russian online film distributors, including a company owned by Nasdaq-listed internet giant Yandex, have been...
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UK system of arms exports to Israel not the same as U.S., Cameron says
LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary David Cameron described Britain's system and scale of arms exports to Israel as complete...
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Putin agrees to withdraw Russian forces from various Armenian regions, says Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has agreed to withdraw Russian forces and border guards from various parts of Arm...
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Business
Nestle's Nescafe to invest $196 million in Brazil by 2026 to tap surging demand
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Nestle plans to invest 1 billion reais ($196.5 million) in Brazil by 2026 to expand p...
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Warner Bros Discovery misses estimates for quarterly revenue
(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, weighed down by a weak a...
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Brembo Q1 operating profit rises on record sales
(Reuters) - Italian premium brake maker Brembo posted on Thursday an 8.5% yearly increase in first-quarter operating profit a...
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Bank of England moves closer to first rate cut since 2020
By William Schomberg, David Milliken and Suban Abdulla LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - The Bank of England took another step toward...
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Coach parent Tapestry lowers annual sales forecast on weak demand
(Reuters) -Coach handbag maker Tapestry cut its annual sales forecast after missing third-quarter revenue estimates on Thursd...
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Entertainment
Warner Bros Discovery misses estimates for quarterly revenue
(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, weighed down by a weak a...
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Spanish court dismisses second tax case against singer Shakira
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish court on Thursday dismissed a tax investigation against Colombian pop star Shakira, after the of...
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Israel in spotlight at Eurovision semi-final as pro-Palestinian protests loom
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - The second semi-final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest will take p...
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'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' cast harnessed their inner apes
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Freya Allan arrived on set for the first day of filming "Kingdom of th...
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Blackstone likely winner for Hipgnosis Songs as Concord maintains lower bid
(Reuters) - Apollo-backed Concord said on Thursday it will stick with its offer of $1.25 apiece for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, day...
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Health
Metaphore Biotechnologies to partner with Novo Nordisk on obesity therapies
(Reuters) - Metaphore Biotechnologies said on Thursday it would collaborate with Novo Nordisk to develop up to two therapies ...
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Merck treatment for a type of uterus cancer fails trial
(Reuters) - Merck said on Thursday its treatment for a type of uterus cancer did not meet the main goal of disease-free survi...
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Takeda profit slumps by half as Japanese drugmaker rebuilds pipeline
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said full-year earnings slumped by more than half as the company focused on r...
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UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty, The Telegraph reports
(Reuters) - Britain is refusing to sign the World Health Organization's pandemic accord because the country says it would hav...
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Ascension warns of suspected cyberattack; clinical operations disrupted
(Reuters) - Hospital operator Ascension reported disruptions to its clinical operations on Wednesday due to a suspected cyber...
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National Sports
Motor racing-McLaren can mount title challenge in 2025, says Norris
LONDON (Reuters) - McLaren can mount a Formula One championship challenge next season after taking the fight to Red Bull in 2...
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Olympics-WADA must repair trust, says U.S. athletes' commission head
By Iain Axon (Reuters) - Some athletes have lost trust in world anti-doping agency WADA after the body's handling of failed d...
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Tennis-Nadal happy to be playing third straight event after injury return
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal said he is encouraged by his steady progress after returning from injury last month, as the 14-times F...
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MLB roundup: Chris Sale, Braves blank Red Sox
Chris Sale threw six shutout innings and Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 5-0 win over the vis...
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Fever add 11 TV markets for Caitlin Clark's rookie season
Former Iowa standout Caitlin Clark is getting the Indiana Fever some more screen time. Twelve television markets will aid in ...
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Politics
US House Speaker Johnson survives ouster attempt, but future uncertain
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson wakes up on Thursday having survive...
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House quickly defeats Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday quickly defeated an eff...
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US Republicans target noncitizen voting, as Trump keeps up false voter fraud claims
By David Morgan and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a bill to ban noncitizen...
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Presidential candidate RFK Jr said he had a brain worm in 2012, New York Times reports
(Reuters) - Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a brain abnormality that he said doctors attrib...
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Legislative roadmap for AI is coming in weeks, Schumer says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday he would provide a roadmap for artificial intel...
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Science
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an a...
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SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, has secured a permit to operate in Indonesia, its com...
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Russia starts developing nuclear power unit for joint lunar station with China, RIA says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has started developing a nuclear power plant for its planned joint lunar station with China, the RI...
May 08, 2024
First crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner capsule targeted for May 17
(Reuters) - The target launch date for the long-awaited first crewed test flight of Boeing Co's new Starliner Space capsule h...
May 08, 2024
Timeline: Boeing's new Starliner set for first crewed flight to space station
(Reuters) - Two years after its initial unmanned journey to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's new Starliner ast...
May 07, 2024
Technology
Roblox cuts annual bookings forecast on muted player spending
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) - Roblox cut its annual bookings forecast on Thursday, in a sign that people were dialing back o...
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Tower Semiconductor Q1 revenue falls on weak demand
(Reuters) - Israel-based contract chipmaker Tower Semiconductor reported a 7% decline in first-quarter revenue on Thursday re...
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Robinhood jumps as retail trading rebound powers record quarter
(Reuters) - Robinhood Markets jumped in premarket trading on Thursday after reporting record first-quarter revenue and profit...
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Explainer-How dependent is China on US artificial intelligence technology?
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to put guardrails on U.S.-developed artificial intelligence (...
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Exclusive-Huawei's new phone uses more China-made parts, memory chip
By David Kirton and Brenda Goh SHENZHEN/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Huawei's latest high-end phone features more Chinese suppliers, ...
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