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BUDAPEST (AP) — Hungary has summoned the Russian ambassador over a massive drone attack near Hungary’s border with Ukraine, marking a stark shift of tone by new Prime Minister Péter Magyar toward Moscow after years of cozy relations with the Kremlin under former Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán. The ambassador, Evgeny Stanislavov, is expected at arrive at the foreign ministry around noon Thursday to speak with Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán […]

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Dust storms, heavy rain, and lightning damaged homes and other structures and killed at least 96 people in northern India, officials said Thursday. The storms also injured more than 50 people as they swept across several districts late Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state. Officials said some deaths were caused by falling trees, collapsing structures and lightning. Police and disaster response teams used chainsaws […]

By Deena Beasley and Nancy Lapid May 14 (Reuters) – U.S. cancer centers are scrambling to enroll patients in an early access program for a highly promising pancreatic cancer drug from Revolution Medicines while they await what they hope will be a speedy FDA approval. The Food and Drug Administration allowed the expanded access program on May 1, less than three weeks after Revolution said the once-daily pill, ​daraxonrasib, doubled […]

By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday will ask a federal appeals court to reinstate the Republican leader’s executive orders punishing four major U.S. law firms, testing the scope of presidential power after judges in Washington resoundingly rejected the measures as unlawful. The hearing before the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (1330 […]

May 14 (Reuters) – Trump administration officials are scrambling to contain the economic and political fallout of the war with Iran, three people familiar with the White House’s discussions told Reuters, as hopes for a quick resolution fade. U.S. President Donald Trump this week backed suspending the federal gas tax, a step that would knock 18 cents a gallon off motor fuel prices currently averaging more than $4.50 a gallon […]

By Milana Vinn NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) – When Pattern Group co-founders David Wright and Melanie Alder needed $10 million for their startup in 2017, it was barely a rounding error for a bank like JPMorgan, which held $2.5 trillion in assets at the time. Yet the bank still flew a team to Lehi, Utah, to evaluate the e-commerce company in person. “We were literally in a warehouse with […]

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) – Meta and Google enlisted trusted children’s brands such as Sesame Street, Girl Scouts and Highlights magazine to teach kids to use technology in moderation – even as the companies designed apps that made it difficult for those same young users to unplug, public statements and internal documents show. Backed by tens of millions of dollars from the tech giants, these organizations delivered […]

By Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, May 14 (Reuters) – Thousands of Israeli nationalists will march on Thursday through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s walled Old City under heavy security, in an annual event marking Israel’s capture of the city’s east in a war nearly six decades ago. The parade, the main celebration of Jerusalem Day, has become a show of force for Jewish nationalists but is seen by Palestinians as a […]

LONDON (AP) — Efforts to unseat British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are likely to break out into open rebellion Thursday, with one potential rival expected to announce his bid for the job and another clearing the way for her to enter any future leadership contest. Allies of Health Secretary Wes Streeting say he will make an announcement later in the day after garnering enough support from lawmakers of the governing […]