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By Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 11 (Reuters) – Haiti’s security is not at a level needed to hold elections this August, Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime said in an interview broadcast on Monday, as the Caribbean’s most populous nation awaits its first presidential vote in a decade. Elections in Haiti have been repeatedly delayed by various governments as powerful armed gangs cement their power over the capital and spread to […]

May 11 (Reuters) – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials said on Monday that 18 passengers from the luxury cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak were flown back to the U.S. and quarantined, with the one passenger who tested positive in a Nebraska biocontainment unit. The passengers are currently being monitored for hantavirus at U.S. medical facilities, with 16 of them at the University of Nebraska Medical […]

May 11 (Reuters) – The White House is inviting Tesla’s Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook to accompany President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week, Bloomberg News reported Monday, citing a White House official. Goldman Sachs Group’s David Solomon, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, BlackRock’s Larry Fink, Citigroup’s Jane Fraser and Meta Platforms’ Dina Powell McCormick are also among those expected to join Trump’s delegation for his summit with […]

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday he wants the 18 cent federal gas tax paused for a period of time but dismissed any possible relief for airlines facing higher jet fuel prices, CBS News reported as U.S. gas prices remained high amid the Iran war. “We’re going to take off the gas tax for a period of time, and when gas goes down, we’ll let […]

By Francois Murphy VIENNA, May 11 (Reuters) – This week’s Eurovision Song Contest, already stung by boycotts over Israeli participation, is also facing a test of new public-voting rules introduced to address complaints about Israel’s ability to mobilise votes in the last competition. The contest, a celebration of pop music and high camp now in its 70th year, is no stranger to tussles over voting records and rivalries between the […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Knicks fans raised their brooms outside the arena and pumped up the volume once inside. They poured in by the thousands and serenaded the may-as-well-be home team in the waning moments of another lopsided playoff victory with chants of “Knicks in four! Knicks in four!” Here’s a more substantial number than four for the Knicks: Try winning in the playoffs by almost 20 points a game. Jalen […]

CHICAGO (AP) — AJ Dybantsa is calling it already: The NBA draft class of 2026, in his mind, is one of the best in the history of the league. And nobody has even been drafted yet. If there is one characteristic that the players expected to be at the very top of next month’s draft share, it is confidence. They know they’re good, and they don’t mind telling you that […]

Brice Turang’s homer in the ninth inning gave Milwaukee a three-game sweep of the New Yankees and was the latest example of an early-season trend. The American League has been taking it on the chin. By the end of the night Sunday, only three AL teams had a winning record, and one of them was the Athletics, who were only two games above .500. The Rays (26-13) and Yankees (26-15) […]

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat in April, another lackluster showing for the housing market during what’s traditionally its busiest time of the year. Existing home sales edged up 0.2% last month from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Monday. Sales were unchanged compared to April last year. The latest sales figure fell short of the […]