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War-hardened Kyiv residents return to routine after Russian strikes
Sunbathing on terraces, playing in the streets, sitting at cafes: Despite a weekend of intense Russian bombardment, Kyiv residents returned to their normal routines on Monday, with some saying they had become desensitised after more than four years of war.- 'Life is not stopping' - On one street, children played just metres from the site of a Russian strike.
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US attacks missile sites in Iran, despite ceasefire
US forces attacked missile sites in southern Iran and boats trying to lay mines on Monday, US Central Command said, as top Iranian negotiators arrived in Doha for talks to end the war.It gave no details of the attacks and said only that the targets included missile launch sites and boats trying to "emplace mines."
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IS-linked group set to return to Australia, minister says
A group of seven women and 12 children linked to Islamic State fighters are bound for Australia after years in Syria, the Australian interior minister said on Tuesday.This month, 13 more IS-linked Australians -- four women and their nine children -- flew home from Syria.
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Canada's Carney calls treatment of Gaza flotilla activists 'unacceptable'
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday denounced the "appalling treatment" of activists aboard the Gaza-bound aid flotilla as "unacceptable," in a call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, according to a statement.In the call, Carney called for an independent investigation and "strongly condemned" remarks by Ben Gvir, according to the statement.
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A hunger strike at an ICE facility in New Jersey has spurred protests. Here’s what we know
A chaotic scene erupted outside of a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey, where detainees launched a labor and hunger strike.
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Israel steps up Lebanon strikes as Netanyahu escalates offensive
The Israeli army intensified strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to escalate its offensive in an effort to "crush" Hezbollah.The Israeli military also announced on Monday that a soldier had been killed the previous day in southern Lebanon.
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Threat of catastrophic vapor blast is gone, but other dangers loom near a massive chemical tank in California
The threat of a chemical tank exploding in Southern California has dwindled, but other risks remain, Orange County fire officials said.
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Tracking states’ unprecedented redistricting efforts
So far, Republicans have redrawn maps in seven states targeting 15 seats. New maps in California and Utah could flip six seats for Democrats.
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Atlanta metro downpour leads to massive fish kill on the Chattahoochee River
The executive director an environmental nonprofit found thousands of dead fish along a 20-mile stretch of river on the western border of Fulton County.
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Ferrari bets on generational tech shift with Luce five-seat EV
By Giulio Piovaccari ROME, May 25 (Reuters) - Ferrari presented its first fully electric car on Monday, marking a high-stakes shift by the luxury sports car maker as competitors including Porsche and
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Canada PM compares 'dangerous' Alberta separatist bid to Brexit
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday compared Alberta's plans to consider separating from Canada to Brexit, calling it "dangerous" and suggesting people may not appreciate the consequences of their vote.That is a very dangerous bluff," the prime minister said.
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Russia fires powerful ballistic missile in mass attack on Kyiv
At least two people were killed in one of Russia’s biggest aerial assaults on Kyiv during its more than four-year war with Ukraine, officials said Sunday.
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Spanish citizen evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive
A Spanish national who was evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius and is isolating at a hospital in Madrid has tested positive of hantavirus, Spain’s Ministry of Health said Monday.
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Russia threatens more strikes on Kyiv, urges foreigners to leave city
Russia said Monday it planned to launch more strikes on Kyiv, including on its "decision-making centres", and repeated a call for foreign citizens and diplomats to leave the city.We are warning foreign citizens, including personnel of diplomatic missions and international organisations, to leave the city as soon as possible," it added.
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Inside the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in DRC as the virus spreads
Hélène Akilimali says she’s taking every precaution against contracting Ebola, but the Congolese cocoa seller can’t control how others behave.
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Bolivian leader to slash own salary by 50% in gesture to protesters
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz said Monday he would slash his salary and that of his ministers by 50 percent to try to end weeks of anti-government protests."This president has made the decision, as part of his efforts and commitment to the country, to reduce his salary by 50 percent," Paz announced in the southeastern city of Sucre.
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Leftist icon, millionaire lawyer, conservative senator: Who will be Colombia's next leader?
A leftist figure allied with President Gustavo Petro, a right-wing millionaire lawyer who champions the tough-on-crime approach and a conservative opposition senator are the frontrunners in Colombia's presidential elections on Sunday.The philosopher, lawyer and reformist member of Colombia's main opposition party considers Uribe her "father."
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Trump demands widespread sign-up to Abraham Accords as part of Iran peace deal
US President Donald Trump recast his bid for peace with Iran on Monday as an attempt to strike a grand bargain across the Middle East, urging Muslim-majority countries from the region and beyond to settle their disputes with Israel.While the accords were welcomed in diplomatic circles as a step towards a more peaceful Middle East, they remain unpopular among the public in many parts of the region, not least because they do not address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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California chemical tank explosion threat 'eliminated,' official says
The threat of a toxic chemical tank explosion is off the table but some 50,000 evacuated residents need to remain in place, fire officials in California said Monday."There is still an ongoing threat to public safety," the Orange County Fire Authority said separately, in a post on X. Concerns that problems with the flammable chemical in the tank could lead to an explosion prompted authorities on Friday to order tens of thousands of residents to leave their homes in the Garden Grove area of Orange
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Target pushes deeper AI adoption, reviews usage‑based pricing, India head says
By Haripriya Suresh and Aishwarya Venugopal BENGALURU, May 25 (Reuters) - Target is moving from "using AI to running on AI," but a shift in the pricing of the technology by its providers is prompting
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Pope Leo warns of AI fueling warfare in first major theological document
Pope Leo XIV says control of artificial intelligence must not remain in the hands “of a few” while warning that technology is fueling world conflicts, setting out his proposals in the first major theological document of his pontificate.
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Brazil's Lula starts radiotherapy after removal of skin lesion
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday began a course of preventive radiotherapy after a cancerous skin lesion was removed from his scalp last month, a hospital statement said.After the removal, "a decision was made to proceed with a complementary course of preventive superficial radiotherapy," the Sirio-Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo said in a statement.
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WHO urges DRCongo's neighbours to act immediately on Ebola risk
States neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo are at great danger from Ebola and should act immediately to counter the deadly virus, the head of the World Health Organisation said on Monday.One person is confirmed dead in neighbouring Uganda with a further six confirmed infected after Monday saw the health ministry confirm two new cases.
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What’s in the proposed deal that could end the US-Iran conflict?
Iran and the United States have signaled they are closing in on an agreement to turn the existing ceasefire that ended weeks of conflict into a more long-lasting settlement.
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Migrants step up to support community in war-hit Beirut
At a busy Beirut centre, migrant volunteers stirred pots of okra soup and shaped balls of the African staple fufu, keeping food coming for those caught between the latest Israel-Hezbollah war.Across the city in a suburb of Beirut, kitchen shelves were stacked with sauces and tins crowded the walls as volunteers prepared green beans and fried rice balls.
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Oil drops below $100 on hopes of US-Iran deal to open Hormuz
Oil prices plunged below $100 a barrel on Monday and stock markets rallied as investors raised their expectations of a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz following signs that Washington and Iran were edging closer to a deal.But many investors are betting Trump is eager to declare an accord that would see Gulf tanker traffic resume through the Strait of Hormuz -- and help ease fuel prices ahead of the northern hemisphere's summer tourism season.
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With AI manifesto, Leo joins pantheon of popes who urged world to change
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, May 25 (Reuters) - Catholic popes have been urging global leaders to address social justice issues for 135 years across some two dozen major documents that many of the
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Construction at Chong Pang City to resume on May 26, weeks after bar from site fell on nearby block
SINGAPORE - Construction work at the Chong Pang City integrated development is slated to resume on May 26, more than three weeks after a metal bar fell and damaged the roof of a nearby HDB block.
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Anthropic's Olah says AI must be guided from outside Big Tech
VATICAN CITY, May 25 (Reuters) - The co-founder of AI company Anthropic said on Monday that the development of artificial intelligence cannot be left solely to technology companies, urging greater oversight from religious leaders, governments and civil society. Speaking at the presentation of Pope Leo's first encyclical, addressing the challenges posed by artificial intelligence, Chris Olah said there was "a real possibility" that AI will displace human labour "at very large scale".
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Huawei touts new chipmaking technology to sidestep US restrictions
Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Monday it had developed a new way of making semiconductors that could get around its US-enforced lack of access to the most advanced chipmaking equipment.Huawei has been at the centre of a geopolitical standoff in recent years after Washington warned its equipment could be used by the Chinese government for espionage, an allegation the firm denies.
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Colombia vote tests leftist rule as violence surges
Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential election overshadowed by a surge in violence, facing a stark choice between extending four years of leftist rule or shifting sharply right.Barred from re-election, President Gustavo Petro leaves office after a turbulent term marked by car bombs, explosive drones and the assassination of a presidential candidate.
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S.Africa government holds urgent talks over anti-migrant tensions
South African government ministers held urgent talks Monday to address tensions over illegal migration as protesters again demanded that undocumented foreign nationals be made to leave the country.The government has urged African nations to address the economic and governance crises that cause people to flock to South Africa, the continent's most industrialised country.
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Artefacts from 18th-century shipwreck among items on display at maritime exhibition
SINGAPORE – Artefacts recovered from a trading vessel that sank in Singapore waters more than two centuries ago are part of a new roving exhibition by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).
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Global firms rethink GCC hiring in India as AI shifts skill demand
By Aishwarya Venugopal and Mrinalika Roy BENGALURU, May 25 (Reuters) - Global companies in India are becoming more selective in their hiring as AI reshapes roles, intensifying a crunch for talent with
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Cambodia's Hun Sen pardons detained opposition leader
Cambodia's acting head of state, former prime minister Hun Sen, pardoned opposition leader Kem Sokha on Monday from a sentence of almost three decades for treason.Hun Sen, who ruled Cambodia for nearly four decades, stepped down as prime minister in 2023 and handed power to his eldest son, Hun Manet.
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Pilgrims kick off hajj as Mideast peace deal hangs in the balance
Over 1.5 million Muslims began filling a vast tent city in the holy city of Mecca on Monday for an annual hajj pilgrimage carried out against the backdrop of hopes for an end to the war in the Middle East.Despite the heat and the uncertainty over the war, pilgrims in Mecca were ecstatic.
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Locals at epicentre of DR Congo Ebola outbreak storm hospital
Locals at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo attacked the town hospital overnight, demanding the body of a religious leader who died from the virus, officials said on Monday."They wanted to retrieve the body of a Catholic shepherd who had died of Ebola," the official said on condition of anonymity.
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Pope urges 'disarming' of AI in major manifesto
Pope Leo XIV called Monday for the "disarming" of artificial intelligence in his long-awaited manifesto on the rapidly developing technology, and warned of "new forms of slavery" behind its rise.Leo warned of new forms of slavery fuelling the technological revolution, noting "nothing in the world of AI is immaterial or magical".
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India proposes broad revamp of industrial output index ahead of new series
NEW DELHI, May 25 (Reuters) - India's statistics ministry has proposed changes to the way it calculates the monthly industrial output, including expanding sector coverage and adopting a chain-linked
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First Singapore Prison Service officers among 113 honorary aides-de-camp appointed
SINGAPORE - Deputy Superintendent of Prisons Lin Rouxiu broke new ground in 2017 as one of the first female officers deployed to Institution A3, a male correctional unit at Changi.
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India bars piped natural gas customers from buying LPG cylinders, order shows
NEW DELHI, May 25 (Reuters) - India has barred piped natural gas customers from buying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders with immediate effect, a government order dated Monday showed.
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India's AI ambitions hinge on workforce re-skilling, IBM India head says
By Aditya Soni and Chandini Monnappa BENGALURU, May 25 (Reuters) - India will need a coordinated push across government, companies and academia on skilling and policy if it wants to become an AI
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Taj Mahal, Village People and elephants: Rubio's India excursion
Marco Rubio leads US foreign policy as diplomacy on Iran goes down to the wire, but he is also making time for cultural attractions as divergent as the Taj Mahal and the Village People.He also posed with members of the Village People, the disco group originally associated with the camp New York gay underground but whose cultural meaning has been transformed entirely by Trump after he adopted their song "YMCA".
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India markets regulator proposes changes to smooth options trading during volatility
MUMBAI, May 25 (Reuters) - India's markets regulator has proposed changes in the framework for the pre-agreed price at which options contracts trade, according to a proposal paper published on the
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Possible Iran-US deal: What we know
The United States and Iran have both played down chances of a quick deal to end a war that has engulfed the Middle East and disrupted the global oil market.- A major issue in the talks is traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the vital global conduit for oil shipments that has come under Iranian control since the outbreak of the war.
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Pope, urging AI regulation, warns some weapons now beyond human control
VATICAN CITY, May 25 (Reuters) - Pope Leo urged governments to slow down and closely regulate the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday, warning that they spread misinformation, prioritise conflict and risk leading the world down a path of unending war. pope also expressed concern at a Vatican event launching the text that some autonomous weapons systems have advanced "practically beyond any human reach to govern them".
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Tether says it will launch 'official' stablecoin in Georgia, with government support
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Lucy Papachristou May 25 (Reuters) - Tether, the world's biggest stablecoin issuer, plans to launch a crypto token representing the Georgian lari with the support of
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Why Trump’s possible Iran deal may be almost as divisive as his decision to wage war
The best hope for ending a poorly planned war started with scant consultation with Congress or the American people may be an unsatisfactory peace.
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Indian banks seek hedging cost subsidy from RBI to raise dollar funding, sources say
By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI, May 25 (Reuters) - Indian banks have sought subsidised forex hedging costs from the Reserve Bank of India to raise overseas borrowings, according to three sources, as the
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After 250 years, Revolutionary War-era soldiers finally laid to rest in upstate New York
For more than 40 Revolutionary War-era soldiers, the long journey to their final resting place fittingly ended on Memorial Day weekend in the idyllic southeastern foothills of the Adirondack Mountains.