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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials are pressing China to use its influence with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz just days before President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping’shighly anticipated summit in Beijing. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Chinese officials to use Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to China to urge Tehran to release its chokehold on the critical waterway. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang […]

SEOUL, May 6 (Reuters) – South Korean shipper HMM said on Wednesday it had secured a vessel to tow a bulk carrier it operates to a port in Dubai after an explosion and fire damaged the ship, which had been stranded in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. President Donald Trump blamed the incident on an Iranian attack, while South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the cause of the fire would only […]

May 5 (Reuters) – Data center company Stack Infrastructure, owned by Blue Owl Capital, is considering options, including a sale of its Asia operations in a deal valued at over $30 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Denver-based firm provides digital infrastructure solutions to companies and has a network of data centres across key locations in the Asia pacific including Tokyo, according to […]

GUATEMALA CITY, May 5 (Reuters) – Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arevalo has named Gabriel Estuardo Garcia Luna, a former judge and university professor, as the Central American nation’s new attorney general, Arevalo said in an address to the nation on Tuesday. Last month, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court froze the process and ordered a review of the finalists after a shortlist drew attention when it left off current Attorney General Consuelo Porras. A […]

The NFL and its officials are moving closer toward a new agreement that avoids a work stoppage. After a lengthy stalemate, negotiations have reached a point where the NFL Referees Association is planning to have a ratification vote this week, a person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversations are private. ESPN first reported the development. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men. The attack came a day after U.S. forces struck an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and killed at least 191 people […]

By Melanie Burton SYDNEY, May 6 (Reuters) – BHP’s Chief Financial Officer Vandita Pant said on Wednesday that new generalist investors were buying into the company as AI demand makes its exposure to copper more valuable.  Shares in BHP, the world’s biggest listed miner and top copper producer, rose to a record on March 2 and then fell amid a broad sector selloff as the war in Iran began, though […]

The Houston Astros pulled shortstop Carlos Correa from the lineup about an hour before their home game Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers because of a left ankle injury. The injury reportedly occurred during batting practice, making it the second consecutive day that the Astros lost a starter during that session. Catcher Yainer Diaz sustained an oblique strain while swinging a bat on Monday and was placed on the 10-day […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown $50,000 for public criticism of game officials following Boston’s first-round exit from the playoffs. The fine was announced by NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations James Jones on Tuesday night, two days after Brown said in a livestream he hosts that game officials “clearly had an agenda” to call fouls against him for “pushing off” […]