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TAIPEI, May 3 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Foxconn said on Sunday its second-generation low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites were launched via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California, marking the electronics manufacturer’s latest push into space technology. The company’s PEARL-1A and PEARL-1B satellites entered their intended orbits and will conduct on-orbit missions for five years, it said. Foxconn said the two satellites are primarily designed to verify payload technologies in the fields […]

MOSCOW, May 3 (Reuters) – Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico is among only a handful of global leaders due to attend a scaled-back edition of Russia’s Victory Day parade in Moscow this month, Russian state TV said on Sunday. Following Viktor Orban’s election loss in Hungary last month, Fico is now viewed as the European Union’s most pro-Russian leader.  Both Hungary and Slovakia have maintained Russian gas supplies despite EU […]

VIENNA (AP) — Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe. HiPP, which recalled some of its baby food jars in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic after the case came to light last month, said in a statement Saturday it was “greatly relieved” by the arrest, and would provide […]

By Jan Wolfe May 3 (Reuters) – Clarence Thomas this week will reach a major milestone on the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the second-longest-serving justice in American history. Along the way, the stalwart conservative has played an important role in guiding the court on a rightward course, even if he has not gotten everything he has advocated. Thomas, who is 77, has served since October 1991, having been appointed at […]

By Joseph Ax May 3 (Reuters) – The number of competitive U.S. House of Representatives districts in this fall’s midterm elections was already near historic lows before the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday opened the door to even more aggressive efforts to draw district lines for political gain. The court’s ruling, which arrived amid what was already an unprecedented national fight over congressional redistricting, may usher in a new […]

By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska, May 3 (Reuters) – Greg Abel earns wide praise from shareholders for his leadership and management abilities at Berkshire Hathaway, but the aura created by his predecessor and mentor Warren Buffett has begun to fade. Empty seats and diminished crowds were noticeable throughout Berkshire’s annual shareholder weekend in Omaha, Nebraska, the first since Abel succeeded Buffett as chief executive officer in January, according to Reuters’ […]

PARIS, May 3 (Reuters) – Two women died after a boat carrying about 80 migrants trying to cross to Britain from France capsized near Calais, the local French administration said on Sunday. “We regret to say that we found two people, two women, who had died,” said Christophe Marx, an official for the Pas-de-Calais administration, adding that authorities had rescued the others. The deaths highlight the difficulties faced by Britain […]

By Alan Baldwin MIAMI, May 3 (Reuters) – Formula One will switch from its current V6 hybrid engines to louder and simpler V8s by 2031, and possibly even 2030, according to the head of the sport’s governing body. Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), said at the Miami Grand Prix that the change was sure to happen. “It’s coming. At the end of the day, it’s […]

BEIJING, May 3 (Reuters) – China accused the Philippines of landing personnel on a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Sunday as Manila said it would dispatch ships to drive off Chinese vessels it said were conducting research illegally. • The exchange extends a run of heightened tension between China and the Philippines, a U.S. ally, over Sandy Cay, an unoccupied sandbar in the South China Sea. • […]