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By Graham Keeley MADRID, May 18 (Reuters) – The conservative People’s Party won the election in Spain’s southern Andalusia region but lost its absolute majority, results showed on Monday, forcing it to forge an alliance with far-right party Vox to remain in power.  Sunday’s vote in the most populous Spanish region was a test of political strength ahead of a national election expected to be held next year. The same […]

PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) – United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that he would call on G7 finance ministers to follow a sanctions regime in order to keep financing away from what Bessent described as Iran’s “war machine”. Bessent added that last week’s trip by a U.S. delegation to China, led by President Donald Trump, was “very successful.” (Reporting by David Lawder;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta) Brought to […]

By Laurie Chen and Lewis Jackson BEIJING, May 18 (Reuters) – China will address U.S. concerns about rare earth shortages, the White House said on Sunday in a recap of agreements struck at last week’s leaders summit that fell short of calling for the removal of restrictions that have disrupted U.S. aerospace and semiconductor manufacturing. Introduced in April 2025 in retaliation for U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day tariffs, […]

NEW DELHI, May 18 (Reuters) – An Indian court has told Apple to “fully cooperate” with investigators in an antitrust case related to the iPhone ​apps market, not agreeing with the U.S. company’s request to put the case on hold while it challenges the law governing antitrust penalties. • The Delhi High Court said in an order posted on its website on Saturday that Apple “shall fully cooperate”, but it […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers went on the road and played Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Sunday night like they’d been there before. That’s because they had. And the experience paid off. Donovan Mitchell led all scorers with 26 points, Jarrett Allen enjoyed his second consecutive dominant series finale and the Cavaliers earned a spot in the Eastern Conference finals with a 125-94 shellacking of the host Detroit Pistons in […]

May 18 (Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Monday he had a “constructive and substantive” call with his Hungarian counterpart Anita Orban over the weekend. The two agreed to hold a round of Hungarian–Ukrainian expert-level consultations this week “to find practical and robust solutions for the Hungarian minority in the Zakarpattia region”, Sybiha said. “We are prepared to work with the new Hungarian government on all issues […]

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court was hearing the final arguments Monday in the national security trial for two organizers of the large vigils remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Hong Kong for decades was the only place in China where a large-scale public commemoration of the crackdown was held. The vigils were banned in 2020 and the two former organizers were charged in 2021 with inciting subversion […]

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks mostly retreated and oil prices jumped on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that the “clock is ticking” as U.S.-Iran negotiations over a permanent end to the war stall. U.S. futures fell more than 0.6%. Markets in Japan and South Korea pulled further back from their records. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.9% to 60,843.09, a decline led by technology-related stocks, after it […]

By Bhanvi Satija LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) – Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Monday its hypertension pill baxdrostat had been approved in the United States, offering a new treatment option for millions of patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure despite existing medicines. The decision allows use of the drug, branded as Baxfendy, in combination with other antihypertensive medicines. AstraZeneca has said it expects Baxfendy to generate more than $5 billion in […]