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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 […]

LONDON (AP) — The British government faces weeks of uncertainty as embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares for a leadership challenge from the popular mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, who can’t formally launch his bid until he finds a way back into Parliament. Burnham’s path to Westminster is far from certain. He will first have to overcome a strong challenge from the anti-immigrant Reform UK party in a special […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — A two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the BRICS nations concluded in New Delhi on Friday without a joint statement because of “differing views among some members” on the situation in the Middle East, host India said. The differences highlighted the challenge of maintaining unity within the bloc as it seeks to expand its influence. The Indian statement said members expressed “their respective national positions and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — North America’s largest commuter rail system is facing a potential shutdown as a deadline nears to reach a deal with unionized workers to avert a strike. The Long Island Railroad that serves New York City’s eastern suburbs has been negotiating for months on a new contract with labor officials representing locomotive engineers, machinists, signalmen and other train workers. A strike was temporarily averted in September when […]

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Two people inside a small plane were found dead Thursday after it crashed into a house in Ohio and exploded into flames, the Akron Fire Department said. There were no immediate reports of injuries inside the home after the crash shortly before 4 p.m., the department said in a news release. The home and another house had to be evacuated. The Federal Aviation Administration said in […]

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid May 15 (Reuters) – We also report on findings that help explain why the flu can be particularly dangerous for pregnant women and that open the door to potential future treatments.   ADHD DRUGS MAY EASE CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE Cancer-related fatigue, one of the most common and hard-to-treat side effects […]