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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, May 28 (Reuters) – Abelardo De La Espriella, a lawyer and businessman with no political experience, is seeking to become Colombia’s next president on Sunday, challenging both the left and the traditional right with a promise to crack down on illegal armed groups, drug trafficking and crime. De La Espriella, nicknamed “The Tiger” by his supporters, has portrayed himself as a savior capable of restoring […]

May 28 (Reuters) – Guatemala has agreed to carry out joint strikes with the United States military inside its territory to target drug trafficking groups, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the talks.  Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arevalo last week agreed to airstrikes and other military action in a call with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and operations could start as early as next month, […]

The New York Giants have restructured the contract of starting left tackle Andrew Thomas by converting base salary to a roster bonus to clear $6.46 million in cap space, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the move was not being announced. Reworking Thomas’ deal comes in the middle of offseason workouts and with No. 5 pick […]

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the internationally recognized president of Yemen who led a fractured government mostly from exile for eight years as the country descended into civil war and famine before stepping down in 2022, died on Thursday at the age of 80. State-run Yemeni TV said he died at his residence in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, but gave no other details. Rashad al-Alimi, the […]

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats are hoping to hold on to an open U.S. Senate seat as the party fights to win back a majority in Washington. But they first must settle their own arguments. The top three candidates competing for the nomination in the Aug. 4 primary are debating on Thursday at the state party’s annual policy conference. It is one of their first big opportunities to […]

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) – The United States warned Oman on Thursday not to get directly or indirectly involved in any effort to impose a toll in the Strait of Hormuz, saying it will penalize any partners involved in such a system. “The United States Government will not tolerate any effort to impose a tolling system in the Strait of Hormuz,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a post […]

May 28 (Reuters) – Electric vehicle maker Xpeng on Thursday forecast second-quarter revenue below market expectations, underscoring a prolonged slowdown in demand and stiff competition in the Chinese EV market. Domestic car sales in China fell for a seventh straight month in April, with industry estimates showing that EV ​and plug-in hybrid ⁠sales growth were likely to slow in 2026 after years of rapid expansion. Still, Chinese EV makers are […]

May 28 (Reuters) – Groq is raising up to $650 million from existing investors, Axios reported on Thursday, after the AI chip startup signed a $17 billion licensing deal with Nvidia in December.  Groq has been shifting focus away from hardware toward AI inferencing, where it specializes in enabling trained AI models to respond to user requests. • The startup’s investors have already received payouts, with a final cash distribution […]

JERUSALEM, May 28 (Reuters) – Ben-Gurion International Airport, Israel’s main air gateway near Tel Aviv, is operating at about one-third of capacity due to the presence of U.S. refuelling aircraft, threatening heavy flight cancellations this summer, the head of the Israel Airports Authority said on Thursday. Sharon Kedmi, director general of the authority, told Kan’s Reshet Bet radio station that 70% of activity at the airport is limited because of […]