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GENEVA (AP) — A man stabbed and wounded three people at the train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur on Thursday before being arrested, police said. The attack happened shortly after 8:30 a.m., Zurich regional police said in a statement. They said that the motive of the suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, is under investigation. The three victims — all of them Swiss, ages 28, 43 and 52 — […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Chinese political dissident is in South Korean custody after making a perilous escape from his country in a small rubber boat, officials and his friend said. It was his fourth known attempt to escape China, a risk he reportedly took hoping to be reunited with his family. Dong Guangping, 68, was aboard a 3.3-meter (10.8-foot) rubber boat in the waters off a western South […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term was supposed to be an easy lift for Republicans. But progress stalled over concerns about the inclusion of White House ballroom security funding in the package and the creation of a $1.8 billion fund to finance claims of government mistreatment. The stumble has not only delayed action on a top […]

May 28 (Reuters) – Highlights of the fifth day at the French Open on Thursday (times GMT): 1130 COBOLLI THROUGH TO THIRD ROUND Italian 10th seed Flavio Cobolli beat China’s Wu Yibing 6-4 6-4 6-4 to reach the French Open’s third round for the second year straight. 1115 OSAKA BEATS VEKIC Four-time Grand Slam winner and 16th seed Naomi Osaka beat Donna Vekic 7-6(1) 6-4 to set up a third-round […]

MOSCOW, May 28 (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that Europe should show some proof of its allegations that Moscow is jamming GPS signals in Europe.  A Lithuanian official said on Tuesday that Russia can falsify GPS signals deep into Europe at a radius of up to 450 km (280 miles) from its Kaliningrad exclave due to hugely expanded capacity. Since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, European nations […]

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, May 28 (Reuters) – Pope Leo this week repudiated a major teaching used by the Catholic Church since at least the fifth century to evaluate when countries might be justified in waging wars, in a move experts said could have long-reaching impact for global powers. The disavowal of the doctrine came in the pope’s first major document, issued on Monday, which also urged global regulation […]

May 28 (Reuters) – Caesars Entertainment said on Thursday it will be bought out by Tilman Fertitta-owned firm in a $17.6 billion deal, as the hospitality billionaire looks to expand his leisure empire. The deal, which will take one of the Las Vegas Strip’s most prized casino operators private, includes about $11.9 billion in assumed debt, the company said. Shares of the casino operator rose 2.5% in premarket trading and […]

TOKYO, May 28 (Reuters) – Japan and the Philippines said on Thursday they would begin talks on an agreement to share classified information to allow Tokyo to step up transfers of military equipment to Manila, including warships. Tokyo and Manila have been steadily upgrading defence and security ties in response to China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea and around Taiwan. Japan recently scrapped longstanding restrictions on combat equipment […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Sweden on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on bilateral defense cooperation, the Ukrainian leader and the Swedish government said. The two countries are preparing “a major defense package” and working on a deal to provide Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, Zelenskyy said on social media. The Ukrainian leader has sought to deepen defense cooperation with other countries […]