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May 6 (Reuters) – Wall Street futures climbed on Wednesday, buoyed by hopes of a U.S.-Iran peace agreement and unrelenting optimism around artificial intelligence. The rally, which took the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite indexes to record highs on Tuesday, showed few signs of easing after Advanced Micro Devices forecast second-quarter revenue above expectations, helped by robust demand for its data-center chips. “Wall Street continues to double down on […]

By Dimitri Rhodes and Jerome Terroy May 6 (Reuters) – Supermarket group Ahold Delhaize on Wednesday reported first-quarter core profit above market expectations, citing resilience of its U.S. business, but news of an upcoming CEO change weighed on the shares. The Dutch group, which runs the Albert Heijn and Delhaize chains in the Netherlands and Belgium, said after the results publication that it had chosen Kingfisher CEO Thierry Garnier to […]

(Refiles to correct to adviser in second bullet) By Heejin Kim SEOUL, May 6 (Reuters) – South Korea’s presidential office said on Wednesday it had suspended a review of whether to participate in a U.S. operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump put the mission on hold. A Blue House official also said it was still unclear if a South Korean-operated vessel that suffered […]

(Refiles to correct spelling of name in byline) By Feras Dalatey LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) – Syrian forces have arrested Uzbek fighters during a security sweep in the northwest, after a dispute involving one of them escalated into protests outside a government security facility, two Syrian security officials said. The tensions began after authorities sought to detain an Uzbek fighter accused of opening fire in Idlib city, prompting demonstrations by […]

By Jihoon Lee, Hyunjoo Jin and Heejin Kim SEOUL, May 6 (Reuters) – South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index vaulted past 7,000 for the first time on Wednesday, as an AI-powered rally in semiconductor stocks drove Samsung Electronics past the $1 trillion market-cap barrier. The gains underscore how global demand for artificial intelligence hardware has become the dominant force reshaping equity markets, turning South Korea’s chip-heavy benchmark into one of the […]

May 6 (Reuters) – Bayer said on Wednesday new analyses showed its experimental blood thinner asundexian reduced the incidence and severity of ischaemic strokes. Data from a phase III trial showed fewer ischaemic strokes occurred with the drug (6.2%) compared with placebo (8.4%) in patients who have suffered a non-cardioembolic ischaemic stroke or a high-risk transient ischaemic attack. (Reporting by Patricia Weiss, writing by Linda Pasquini, editing by Kirsti Knolle) […]

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s authorities secretly held and abused a prominent investigative journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift detention facility in the capital, an international advocacy group said Wednesday, in the latest crackdown on political dissent in the West African nation. Reporters Without Borders said Atiana Serge Oulon, editor of the newspaper L’Evenement, was taken from his home in June 2024 by several armed men in […]

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The players struck their crutches against each other as they chased a soccer ball, as well as a larger dream of competing at the global level. Children shrieked in joy as they watched a goalie dive to block an attempt with her remaining hand. Amputee football, a seven-a-side version of the game in which players roam the field on crutches and goalkeepers have one arm, has […]

May 6 (Reuters) – Continental expects a blow in the “mid to high double-digit million euro” range should higher U.S. import tariffs recently announced by President Donald Trump apply to tyres, its finance chief said on Wednesday. Car parts makers in Europe are facing renewed pressure as Trump last week announced a tariff increase on cars and trucks from the European Union to 25% from the previously agreed 15%, saying […]