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Africa’s top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province. A total of 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have already been recorded in the new outbreak, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Friday. Here’s what to know about the health crisis: The suspected Ebola cases have mainly been recorded in Ituri’s Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones. Suspected […]

SEATTLE (AP) — This story has legs. Very long ones. At a Seattle sports bar on a recent Saturday night, hundreds of very tall people got to experience something rare: blending in. Women in their highest heels craned their necks to look at someone taller. Men who usually duck under doorways looked ordinary. For once, nobody had to explain why they don’t play basketball. Welcome to Tall Tour, a traveling […]

KYIV, May 15 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones have struck an oil refinery in Russia’s central city of Ryazan, the commander of the Ukrainian drone forces said on Friday. Ryazan is located about 200 km (120 miles) southeast of Moscow. Robert Brovdi, the drone forces commander, also said that his troops hit overnight 23 military targets and facilities in Russia and also on occupied Ukrainian territory. The General Staff of Ukraine’s […]

May 15 (Reuters) – Gemini Space Station shares surged more than 20% in premarket trading on Friday after the cryptocurrency exchange reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and its founders injected $100 million into the business. Shares of the New York-based company were priced at $28 in their IPO, but have since lost ground, closing at $5.26 on Thursday. The investment, announced late Thursday, was made by Winklevoss Capital Fund at […]

TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday she and U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed an “ironclad” bilateral alliance in a phone call, which Trump joined from aboard Air Force One hours after ending his two-day visit to China. “We exchanged views on issues surrounding China, including the economy and security…and reaffirmed close communication on Indo-Pacific issues,” Takaichi told reporters after the call. Issues related […]

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, May 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he discussed lifting sanctions on Chinese companies that buy Iranian oil during his visit to Beijing and will make a decision soon. The U.S. recently imposed sanctions on several Chinese oil refiners for buying Iranian oil, including Hengli Petrochemical, one of the country’s largest private refiners and a symbol of Beijing’s drive to modernize and […]

By Francesca Halliwell and Miranda Murray CANNES, France, May 15 (Reuters) – If Xavier Gens had waited until now to make his 2024 Netflix hit “Under Paris” about a giant shark in the Seine, he could have cut the visual effects budget by half and finished up to eight months earlier, the French director told Reuters. “I would do it in three months instead of one year,” Gens said on […]

(Adds dropped word ‘as’ in headline) May 15 (Reuters) – China has agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets, with a potential commitment to purchase up to 750 planes, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday, adding that the planes would have General Electric engines.  The orders, if finalized, would mark Boeing’s first major Chinese deal in nearly a decade, after the U.S. planemaker was largely shut out of the […]

By Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, May 15 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he discussed U.S. arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping during talks in Beijing and said he would soon make a decision on the matter, highlighting a flashpoint in U.S.-China relations. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on his return from China, Trump said he and Xi “talked a lot […]