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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani returned to his full two-way form for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, and the results were formidable. While pitching and hitting in the same game for the first time in four weeks, Ohtani homered on the first pitch of the night and then threw five innings of three-hit ball in Los Angeles’ 4-0 victory over the San Diego Padres. After launching his eighth […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — Roads and markets have emptied during afternoons and some farmers have switched to nighttime work to avoid scorching temperatures as a heat wave grips large parts of India. The India Meteorological Department forecast maximum temperatures Thursday of around 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in the capital, New Delhi, where authorities have opened temporary “cooling zones” to help people cope. The weather department warned conditions will likely […]

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s communications regulator said on Thursday it has issued a statutory demand to social media platform TikTok alleging it had failed to take sufficient and timely action in moderating what it called offensive and defamatory content on the country’s monarchy.  The action arose from the alleged circulation of content associated with an account purporting to be linked to Malaysia’s King Sultan Ibrahim, the Malaysian […]

By Helen Clark ADELAIDE, May 21 (Reuters) – Australian populist party Pauline Hanson’s One Nation said it wanted to create a Norway-style sovereign wealth fund and for the government to take a share of offshore production licences in federal waters as it unveiled its energy policy at the Australian Energy Producers conference in Adelaide on Thursday.  One Nation has surged in popularity this year, winning its first House of Representatives […]

By Anne Kauranen and Vitalii Hnidyi HELSINKI/BALAKLIIA, Ukraine, May 21 (Reuters) – Visiting mayors from Ukrainian cities took pictures inside an enormous cave carved in the bedrock below the Finnish capital, taking in the size and the possibilities of a space that can accommodate 6,000 people. They are among around 800 foreign delegations who have visited Helsinki’s Merihaka civil shelter – the biggest of the country’s dual-use shelters and now […]

BUDAPEST, May 21 (Reuters) – Hungary’s ruling Tisza party submitted a constitutional amendment to parliament late on Wednesday that would allow prime ministers to serve for a maximum of eight years and would effectively bar former premier Viktor Orban from holding the role again. Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who ousted nationalist Orban in an election in April after 16 years, has said he would use his super majority in parliament […]

May 21 (Reuters) – Bayer said on Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had accepted its supplemental New Drug Application for finerenone and granted priority review designation. Finerenone, marketed as Kerendia, is used for the treatment of chronic kidney disease associated with type 1 diabetes. Bayer said the application is supported by a study showing finerenone reduced the primary endpoint — the urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio — by about […]

Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was blunt when breaking down his struggles in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. “I have sucked when I get too long of a break,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “I don’t think it’s anything other than that. I guess I gotta do a better job with my breaks.” Two days later, the reigning two-time Most Valuable Player was much better in Game 2, scoring 30 […]

By Summer Zhen and Jiaxing Li HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) – Hedge fund managers say they are targeting investments this year in companies from AI-linked data centres and printed circuit board (PCB) makers to pet food and instant noodle brands as they try to ride the tech boom and Gen Z spending. AI-related trade drew strong interest at the annual Sohn Investment Conference in Hong Kong this week as […]