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In the biggest jolt to abortion policy in the U.S. since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common ways to end early pregnancies, by blocking the mailing of mifepristone prescriptions. The unanimous ruling Friday from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals marks a substantial victory for abortion opponents seeking to stem the flow of abortion […]

SHANGHAI, May 2 (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday it had issued an injunction to block U.S. sanctions imposed on five Chinese refiners accused of buying Iranian oil, according to state news agency Xinhua. The ministry named the five as Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, and so called ‘teapot’ refineries Shandong Jincheng Petrochemical Group, Hebei Xinhai Chemical Group, Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical and Shandong Shengxing Chemical. In April, the […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people were killed after a Russian drone attacked a minibus in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said Saturday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas, a hallmark of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor. Seven people were also wounded in the attack, regional head Oleksandr Prokudin said. Hours later Russia attacked another minibus in Kherson, wounding the driver, he said. On Ukraine’s […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Participants lie down and take part in the Han River Nap Competition in Seoul, South Korea, organized by the city government to promote the importance of sleep in the bustling city. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday encouraged some of the wealthiest U.S. Catholics to keep on giving to support his charitable works, in an audience that confirmed how the election of the first U.S.-born pope has invigorated American Catholics and their donations. The Chicago-born Leo met with members of The Papal Foundation, a major funder of papal development projects in the developing world, in the Apostolic Palace at […]

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government could ban pro-Palestinian marches in some circumstances because of the “cumulative effect” the demonstrations had on the Jewish community after two Jewish men were stabbed in London on Wednesday. Starmer told the BBC that he would always defend freedom of expression and peaceful protest, but chants like “Globalise the Intifada” during demonstrations were “completely off limits” and […]

KYIV, May 2 (Reuters) – Russian troops are inching towards the city of Kostiantynivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, trying to establish a foothold close to a heavily defended area, Ukraine’s top army official said on Saturday.  Kostiantynivka, along with other cities, forms a so-called fortress belt in the country’s east – an area well fortified by the Ukrainian military. “We are repelling the Russian occupiers’ persistent attempts to gain […]

BERLIN (AP) — A rescue team on Saturday released from a barge in the North Sea a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March, witnesses said. Nicknamed Timmy by German media, the whale was spotted swimming near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3, far from its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean. The mammal’s health deteriorated as it became repeatedly stranded in shallow […]

By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska, May 2 (Reuters) – Greg Abel will preside over his first Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting on Saturday, where shareholders hope to learn how the conglomerate built by Warren Buffett can evolve and grow – and resuscitate its severely underperforming stock. Abel, 63, who became chief executive in January, must earn the trust of investors increasingly focused on technology and artificial intelligence, unlike Berkshire’s collection of […]