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Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 1, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer |
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Iran's military warned US forces not to enter the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump said the United States would start helping to free ships stranded in the Gulf. Follow live.
- Hezbollah has paid a heavy price for going to war with Israel on March 2: Israel has occupied a chunk of southern Lebanon, displaced hundreds of thousands of its Shi'ite Muslim constituents and killed as many as several thousand of its fighters.
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A US flag hangs inside El Arepazo restaurant in Doral, Florida. April 1, 2026. REUTERS/Eva Marie Uzcategui |
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Several US restaurant chains including Wingstop and Domino's reported weaker-than-expected sales growth in the latest quarter, saying that soaring gasoline prices caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran have forced their customers to cut back on other spending.
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When potential providers and financiers for Venezuela's electric industry, including Siemens Energy and GE Vernova, held meetings with officials in Caracas in April, questions of how they might get paid to shore up the country's deteriorated grid were top of mind.
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GameStop proposed to buy eBay for about $56 billion in a cash-and-stock deal, with CEO Ryan Cohen saying he was prepared to take the bid directly to shareholders should eBay's board be unreceptive.
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Chinese robotics startup Linkerbot, the global market leader in highly dexterous robotic hands for humanoids, will seek a $6 billion valuation in its next financing round, double the valuation in a just-closed funding, the company said.
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Spirit Airlines said it had almost completed refunding passengers and returning its crew to their home bases following its decision to cease operations over the weekend.
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Four of South Africa's top law firms are suing the government over new Black employment and ownership targets aimed at undoing decades of racial injustice, calling them "irrational" and saying the timeline is unrealistic given the expertise required.
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Warned off vaccine actions, Kennedy seeks quick health wins ahead of midterms |
Kennedy testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo |
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is aiming for quick wins on new health initiatives to help Republicans in November’s midterm elections, after the White House asked him to pivot from a widely criticized campaign to rewrite US vaccine policy, senior administration officials told Reuters.
New efforts announced in the past few weeks were designed to appeal to Trump’s voter base, from an executive order bolstering research into psychedelics to approving a new gene therapy for children with a rare type of hearing loss, and the administration is looking for more. |
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Shakira performs during an open concert at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 2, 2026. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes |
Some 2 million people packed Copacabana Beach for a free concert by Shakira, Rio de Janeiro city officials said, marking the biggest show of the Colombian pop star's career.
Mega-shows on Rio's famed shoreline have become a draw to the city, and |
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