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US targets Cuban political, military leaders with new sanctions

The designations are part of a broader push by the Trump administration to increase pressure on Cuba’s communist government, including efforts to curb the...

EU selects EQT to run its nearly $6 billion Scaleup Europe Fund

The fund would provide capital into deep-tech sectors, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, clean energy and space technology among others, statements said International News via...

Greenland says US talks make progress but island is not for sale

U.S. special envoy Jeff Landry, appointed by Trump last year to push for American control ​of Greenland, arrived in Nuuk on Sunday and met...

Four killed in protests over Kenya fuel price hikes as strike strands commuters

The Transport Sector Alliance said on Sunday that vehicles affiliated with its member associations would stop operating from midnight in protest, while police said...

Bank of England’s Greene says central banks can’t assume Iran war impact will be temporary

Greene voted with the majority of her colleagues on the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee to keep rates on hold in April but said at...

Health workers race to contain Congo’s fast-spreading Ebola outbreak

The World Health Organization on Sunday declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern because of the high risk the disease could...

Pope Leo to issue first major work, addressing AI, on May 25

The text, known as an encyclical, is also likely to decry the wars roiling the world International News via Reuters: Pope Leo will release his first...

Hantavirus-hit liner reaches Rotterdam, crew quarantined and ship to be disinfected

It had been ​carrying around 150 passengers and crew from ⁠23 countries when a cluster of severe respiratory illnesses was first reported to the...

US states reject anti-vaccine bills as public health groups fight MAHA

The failures show a limit to the political power of the MAHA coalition groups that had set out this year to pass laws against...

Global stocks retreat and bonds wilt as oil climbs

A drone strike caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, while Saudi Arabia reported intercepting three drones, as...

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda an emergency of international concern

The WHO said the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, did not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency but there was a high...

Earthquake hits southwest China; thousands evacuate, buildings collapse

There were two confirmed deaths with one still missing, and four people were sent to the hospital, although none of them had life-threatening injuries,...
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