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May 31 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Lebanon and has proposed a plan to allow for “gradual de-escalation,” a U.S. official said on Sunday. The U.S. has proposed that as a first step, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group would stop all attacks on Israel and in return […]

BEIJING, June 1 (Reuters) – China issued sweeping new rules on Monday, widening regulators’ powers to scrutinise overseas deals involving Chinese investors, technology, data and national security, a month after Beijing ordered the unwinding of Meta’s acquisition of AI startup Manus. The rules, published by the State Council, or cabinet, will take effect from July 1. One of the most significant requires authorisation for exports of restricted Chinese goods, technologies, […]

MANILA, June 1 (Reuters) – The Philippines and Vietnam are elevating their ties to an enhanced strategic partnership, President Ferdinand Marcos said on Monday during a state visit by Vietnam’s top leader To Lam to Manila.  Marcos said there is no doubt the Philippines and Vietnam share a common interest in maintaining peace, stability and a rules-based order in their region, and that the partnership has become increasingly important as […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia blasted his potential general election rivals on Sunday, casting Rep. Mike Collins and former football coach Derek Dooley as unqualified lackeys for President Donald Trump. “It doesn’t matter which one wins,” Ossoff told an exuberant crowd at The Tabernacle, a downtown Atlanta concert venue. “They’re both Trump puppets.” Ossoff campaigned with Democratic candidate for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta […]

Ben Rice drove in four runs, and Trent Grisham and Max Schuemann each had two RBIs as the New York Yankees rode a 13-run third inning to a 13-8 victory over the Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif., on Sunday. The Yankees sent 18 hitters to the plate and took a 13-3 lead in the third on 11 hits and four walks. The inning opened with 12 straight batters reaching base, […]

Just one WNBA coach has totaled 150 career wins faster than Las Vegas’ Becky Hammon, who reached the milestone Sunday thanks to the Aces’ 91-81 win over the Golden State Valkyries. Hammon hit 150 wins – regular season and playoffs — in 205 games as a coach, all with the Aces. Currently coaching in her fifth year, Hammon’s victory pace trails only Van Chancellor, the former Houston Comets top charge […]

NAIROBI, June 1 (Reuters) – Ethiopia will hold parliamentary and regional elections on Monday that analysts expect Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party to win in a landslide, despite significant unrest in much of the country.  More than 50 million of Ethiopia’s people are registered for the elections, but voting will not take place in the northern Tigray region, where the electoral board has cited “unfavourable conditions” following a 2020 to […]

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, June 1 (Reuters) – Asian share markets firmed on Monday as the boom in all things AI continued to drive demand, offsetting a lack of progress in Gulf peace talks that challenged optimism on a re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz and lifted oil prices. While negotiators from Washington and Tehran are apparently working to hammer out a deal, President Donald Trump has been notably silent […]

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL, June 1 (Reuters) – South Korea’s exports grew more than expected in May at the strongest annual rate in more than four decades, as chip sales hit a record on a global boom in AI investment, bolstering optimism about the trade-reliant economy and its world-beating stock market rally. Exports from Asia’s fourth-largest economy, a bellwether for global trade, rose 53.2% from a year earlier to a […]