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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States is warning shipping companies that they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The alert posted Friday by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control adds another layer of pressure in the standoff between the U.S. and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz. About a fifth of the world’s trade […]

SHANGHAI, May 2 (Reuters) – China’s railway network transported 24.8 million passengers on May 1, setting a new single-day record, according to data from the China State Railway Group. A report on Saturday in the official Xinhua news agency said the national railway system is also expected to transport 19.7 million passengers on May 2. Some lines had to add new trains to handle the holiday passengers, Xinhua reported. The […]

BERLIN, May 2 (Reuters) – Europeans must take greater responsibility for their own security, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday in response to the announcement of U.S. plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany. “Germany is on the right track” in this regard, Pistorius said, pointing to the expansion of its Bundeswehr armed forces, greater and faster procurement of equipment and the construction of infrastructure. The Pentagon announced […]

KYIV, May 2 (Reuters) – A Russian drone attack on a bus in Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson killed two people and injured seven more early on Saturday, officials said. Most of the casualties were public utilities workers, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin added on Telegram. He posted images from the site that showed the bus with blown-out windows and a body with traces of blood lying on its floor. “Such […]

May 2 (Reuters) – Iran executed two men on Saturday accused of spying for Israel, including one accused of gathering intelligence near the Natanz nuclear site in central Isfahan province, Iranian media reported. They quoted the judiciary as saying Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bakarzadeh were hanged after being found guilty of intelligence cooperation with Israel and its spy agency, Mossad.  They said Karimpour passed sensitive information to a Mossad officer, […]

(Corrects paragraph 7 to add dropped words about Iran war) May 2 (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was in an Iranian hospital after a “catastrophic deterioration of her health,” including a “cardiac crisis”, a foundation run by her family said. The secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awarded Mohammadi the 2023 prize, expressed concern on Thursday that the condition of the Iranian human rights activist was […]

Pinch hitter Lane Thomas’ run-scoring single with one out in the eighth inning broke a tie as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 7-6 on Friday, overcoming a pair of two-run homers by Julio Rodriguez. Vinnie Pasquantino and Jac Caglianone went deep for the Royals, who won for just the fourth time in 16 road games this season. By taking the opener of a three-game series, Kansas […]

Gage Goncalves scored the overtime game-winning goal to give the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning a 1-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday and force Game 7 of their Stanley Cup playoff series. The deciding game of their Eastern Conference first-round set will be Sunday in Tampa. That clash has quite the affair to top in entertainment value. A thrilling Game 6 finally came to a close when Goncalves buried […]

The visiting Buffalo Sabres scored two first-period goals and never trailed en route to a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Friday, clinching their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series in Game 6. Alex Tuch and Mattias Samuelsson built a 2-0 lead in the opening frame before Zach Benson and Josh Norris added insurance tallies in the third as Buffalo advanced to the conference semifinals for the first time since […]