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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democrats may be in a more celebratory mood than usual as they gather Friday in South Carolina, a state led almost entirely by Republicans. The party is holding events days after the GOP-led state Senate shot down an effort backed by President Donald Trump to redraw House district lines to help Republicans this fall. That move was aimed at ousting longtime Rep. Jim Clyburn, the state’s […]

By Daniel Trotta HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, May 29 (Reuters) – Huntington Beach, the right-leaning California city that banned the Pride flag from City Hall and elected a city council of MAGA supporters, is heavily favored to get a new Democratic congressman who is gay, progressive and an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump. It’s a result of redrawing congressional districts. A flurry of redistricting was touched off when Trump pushed […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Rescuers working at a flooded cave in Laos said Friday that they were trying to drain water out to help extricate five villagers who have been trapped for more than a week. An overnight rainstorm has complicated their efforts, they said. Meanwhile, searching continues for two more people who still haven’t been located. The villagers had reportedly entered the cave to look for valuable minerals. Rescue experts […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A court in Kenya on Friday suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare type of Ebola virus spreading in northeastern Congo, following a backlash by medical workers and activists. A U.S. administration official said on Wednesday that the U.S. was planning to send Americans who are exposed to Ebola while abroad to a new facility in Kenya instead […]

SINGAPORE, May 29 (Reuters) – China’s decision to send only academics to Asia’s biggest defence forum is a missed opportunity at a moment when countries need more “strategic reassurance” from Beijing, Australia’s defence minister said on Friday. Speaking ahead of the three-day Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Australia’s Richard Marles said the meeting was an “incredible opportunity” for defence ministers and policymakers from around the world to exchange ideas and develop […]

May 29 (Reuters) – A team of specialist divers were headed to central Laos to help efforts to rescue seven people trapped in a cave after heavy rains triggered a landslide last week, a Thai volunteer group said on Friday.  Seven Lao nationals had entered the cave in Xaisomboun province to prospect for gold, but their exit was blocked. A team of volunteers from neighbouring Thailand joined the rescue efforts […]

SARAJEVO, May 29 (Reuters) – Bulgaria will allow U.S. military aircraft to stay in the NATO member country only until the end of June, after the United States failed to approve a visa-free system for Bulgarian visitors, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Friday. “I fully understand the complexity of the regulatory procedures and the need for time, but we also have our priorities and procedures, and we cannot respond […]

NAIROBI, May 29 (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities have arrested eight students on suspicion of arson over a fire at a girls’ boarding school that killed 16 students, the police’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations said on Friday. (Reporting by George Obulutsa;Editing by Alexander Winning) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

MILAN, May 29 (Reuters) – The Bank of Italy is in touch with global provides of artificial intelligence technology ahead of the release of new AI models to the financial sector, Governor Fabio Panetta said in his annual keynote speech on Friday. * The discussions aim to ensure new AI models are properly implemented once they become publicly accessible. * The Bank of Italy launched in recent days discussions with […]