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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine used interceptor systems to shoot down more than 33,000 Russian drones of various types in March, a record monthly figure since Moscow launched its all-out invasion more than four years ago, Ukraine’s defense minister claimed. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s domestically developed long-range attack drones struck a Russian oil refinery and terminal on the Black Sea for the third time in less than two weeks, prompting the evacuation […]

An Associated Press investigation finds that a business known for tough-love boarding schools for rebellious, rich teenagers set its sights on a different demographic: adopted kids. Adoptees are vastly overrepresented in what some call the “troubled teen industry,” a sprawling network of loosely regulated, for-profit residential treatment centers, wilderness programs and boarding schools. Experts say that adoptees, only 2% of American children, account for an estimated 25-40% of those in […]

She was 13 years old and scared of the dark when she arrived at a residential treatment center that had promised her adoptive parents it would help her heal — from the pain of not knowing who her mother was or why she’d given her away. Kate plugged in a night light in the dorm room. She had needed one since she was sexually assaulted at another facility, she said. […]

April 28 (Reuters) – Financial information company S&P Global reported a rise in first-quarter profit on Tuesday on strong demand for its data and analytics offerings amid geopolitical uncertainty, sending its shares up about 1.3% in premarket trading. Rising market volatility, private credit concerns and geopolitical uncertainty pushed investors to rely more on market analytics and risk assessment tools, helping firms such as S&P Global. The New York-based company provides […]

April 28 (Reuters) – United Parcel Service on Tuesday beat estimates for quarterly profit, backed its full-year revenue target and projected a return to growth in the second quarter, as it moves away from high-volume shipments to focus on higher-margin business-to-business deliveries. The parcel giant has been trying to cut its exposure to top client Amazon and instead cater more to lucrative industries such as data centers and healthcare that […]

By Michel Rose PARIS, April 28 (Reuters) – A French fact‑finding inquiry — normally a dull parliamentary ritual — has turned into a polarising political spectacle, giving France’s far right an unexpected platform to wage a culture-war campaign against public broadcasters. Leading the probe is 32-year-old Charles Alloncle, an ally of National Rally leader Jordan Bardella, who has transformed it into a gripping confrontation between far-right forces in parliament and […]

April 28 (Reuters) – Oracle and CoreWeave shares fell in premarket trading on Tuesday after the Wall Street Journal reported OpenAI has missed its goals for new users and revenue in recent months, raising concerns over the ChatGPT creator’s growth prospects. OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar expressed concerns over the company’s ability to pay for future computing contracts if its revenue did not grow fast enough, the report said, citing people […]

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a social security office and at a courthouse in central Athens on Tuesday, wounding several people, Greek authorities said. A police operation was underway to locate the gunman, who Greek media reported was an 89-year-old man. Police said a suspect armed with a shotgun initially opened fire at a social security office in the center of the Greek capital, wounding an […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An appeals court has raised to four years the sentence for the wife of South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol for corruption, about two months after her husband was sentenced to life in prison for rebellion. In January, ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee was sentenced to 20 months in prison in a district court for receiving gifts including a Graff diamond necklace and a […]