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By Kalea Hall May 8 (Reuters) – Many American car buyers are gravitating to hybrid vehicles to offset the recent surge in gas prices from the Iran war, according to fresh industry sales data and dealers. U.S. hybrid sales rose 37% in the two months since the Middle East conflict began at the end of February, according to data from research firm Motor Intelligence. That outpaced the sales growth of […]

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) – Astronomers have gotten their clearest look yet at the surface of an exoplanet – a planet beyond our solar system – thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb gathered data on a rocky exoplanet with a diameter about 30% larger than Earth that indicates it is a desolate and airless world whose surface may resemble that of Mercury, our solar system’s […]

MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations. The vessel is expected to reach the Spanish island of Tenerife, off the coast of West Africa, on Saturday or Sunday. “They will arrive at a completely isolated, cordoned-off area,” said […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Family members and activists have called for the release of imprisoned Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu due to health concerns. Dong, an editor at a major state-owned newspaper, the Guangming Daily, was taken away while meeting a Japanese diplomat for lunch in 2022 and was sentenced to seven years in prison for espionage in 2024. “Yuyu is now effectively facing a death sentence,” the family said in a […]

ROME (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is opening his second day of fence-mending meetings Friday with talks scheduled with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in a bid to ease tensions over the war with Iran. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, his complaints about Europe’s unwillingness to help the U.S. with the war and his attacks against Pope Leo XIV have fueled weeks of sharp disagreements over trade and defense […]

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, May 8 (Reuters) – A Vatican statement after Pope Leo’s meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which said the two had pledged to improve bilateral relations, was a recognition of unprecedented tensions, insiders and analysts said. Rubio’s meeting on Thursday with Leo, the first U.S. pope, garnered wide public attention as President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked the pontiff over the Iran war. […]

May 8 (Reuters) – U.S. container imports dropped 5.5% in April as importers contend with trade policy uncertainty and geopolitical risks, supply chain technology provider Descartes Systems Group said on Friday. Containerized import volumes have been hit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s shifting trade policies and Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz — a vital shipping corridor for energy supplies — following U.S.-Israeli strikes on the country. Import trends […]

By Helen Reid LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) – Fashion retailer Zara has denied infringing Estee Lauder’s Jo Malone trademark, saying in UK High Court filings that it uses the perfumer’s name on fragrances it sells in collaboration with her in line with principles the cosmetics giant set out in 2020. Estee Lauder bought Malone’s eponymous perfume brand and the rights to use her name in 1999. Malone left the company in […]

By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM, May 8 (Reuters) – A new suspected case of hantavirus was identified in a British national on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha on Friday, as efforts continue to trace passengers of the luxury cruise ship hit by the virus and their immediate contacts. The British health security agency did not disclose further details of the new suspected case on the world’s remotest […]