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DJERBA, Tunisia (AP) — The annual Jewish pilgrimage to the 26-century-old El-Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia drew a modest but notable return of international visitors this year, worshipping together under tight security after a deadly 2023 attack disrupted the festival. Visitors came from France, China, Ivory Coast and Italy, including France’s ambassador to Tunisia, a symbolic gesture after two French citizens were among those killed in the 2023 attack. A national […]

SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AP) — Yudelaimys Barrero Muñoz used to spend up to three hours on the side of a highway under the blazing sun waving money at drivers as she attempted to hitch a ride from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Santa Clara, where she buys supplies to resell and support her husband and two children. The 43-mile (70-kilometer) trip was impossible to make on her husband’s bicycle — at one […]

By Ted Hesson, Jana Winter and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security identified the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran as a potential motive for the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration at a White House reporters’ gala last month, according to an intelligence report sent to state and local law enforcement nationwide and other federal […]

May 6 (Reuters) – The California Supreme Court will on Wednesday consider whether manufacturers of drugs that are considered safe are legally obligated to continue developing drugs that are allegedly safer. Gilead Sciences is appealing lower court rulings that said patients using its HIV drug can pursue negligence claims over its decision to stop developing an alternative drug that had fewer side effects. A decision could change product liability law […]

By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS, May 6 (Reuters) – Group of Seven trade ministers meeting in Paris on Wednesday sought common ground on securing critical mineral supplies that are dominated by China, but fresh U.S. tariff threats against European Union-made cars risked straining unity. France wants critical minerals supplies to be among the most concrete deliverables during its G7 presidency as ministers prepare for a leaders’ summit in mid-June, Foreign Trade […]

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) – A humming U.S. corporate profit engine is at the heart of the U.S. stock market’s rally to record highs – an encouraging sign for investors as long as the fuel driving profits keeps flowing. More than two-thirds through the first-quarter reporting season, S&P 500 companies are on track for their highest quarterly earnings growth in more than four years. Future projections […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv that began at midnight. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Ukraine hadn’t abided by its own ceasefire, saying that air defenses shot down 53 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula and the Black Sea between Tuesday evening and dawn Wednesday. There […]

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that China was “deeply distressed” over the war that has lasted more than two months and said a “comprehensive ceasefire” was needed. China’s top diplomat met with Araghchi in Beijing, the first time the Iranian foreign minister traveled to China since the war with the U.S. and Israel started Feb. 28. “We believe that […]

By Chris Prentice NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) – Even for the “Make America Healthy Again” voters who helped usher President Donald Trump back to the White House for a second term, affordability will be top of mind when they vote in November’s midterm elections, a new poll found. Lowering costs is the top health priority for voters across parties who identified as MAHA supporters, with at least half saying […]