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By Fergal Smith TORONTO, May 14 (Reuters) – Canadian home sales posted a modest increase in April from March after a slow start to the month, and prices edged lower, data from the Canadian Real Estate Association showed on Thursday. • Home sales increased 0.7% month-over-month in April. • Sales were down 4% on an annual basis, without seasonal adjustment. • The industry group’s Home Price Index edged 0.1% lower […]

TAIPEI, May 14 (Reuters) – So far, nothing surprising has come out of a summit between Chinese and U.S. leaders in Beijing, but Beijing should stop its military pressure on Taipei as that is the real threat to peace, a senior Taiwanese government spokesperson said on Thursday. China’s Xi Jinping warned U.S. President Donald Trump earlier in the day that disagreement over Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory, […]

MOSCOW, May 14 (Reuters) – Russia is establishing a “full-fledged partnership” with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban and is encouraging other countries in the region to expand cooperation with Kabul, a senior Russian security official was quoted on Thursday as saying. Russia last year became the first country to formally recognise the Islamist Taliban government that seized power in August 2021 as U.S.-led forces staged a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 […]

May 14 (Reuters) – Madonna and Shakira will line up with K-pop supergroup BTS to headline the first-ever World Cup final halftime show at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, FIFA said on Thursday. Coldplay singer Chris Martin will curate the extravaganza scheduled for July 19, the tournament’s organiser added. “The FIFA World Cup 2026 Final halftime show will be a truly special moment, bringing together music, football and a […]

TOKYO (AP) — Honda racked up a 423.9 billion yen ($2.7 billion) loss Thursday, the first-ever full year loss for the Japanese automaker, acknowledging heavy costs for its electric-vehicle plans, stemming from President Donald Trump’s pro-U.S. policies. The Japanese automaker said losses related to its EV operations are estimated to total 2.5 trillion yen ($16 billion), incurred mostly in the fiscal year just ended and the current fiscal year. Analysts […]

By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, May 14 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics on Thursday proposed that its South Korean labour union resume pay talks after government-mediated negotiations fell apart, a union leader said, citing a letter from the company. South Korea’s Labour Commission also called on the two sides to hold another round of government-mediated talks on Saturday in a bid to avert a threatened lengthy strike. “There is no reason to […]

By Janis Laizans May 14 (Reuters) – Latvia’s centre-right Prime Minister Evika Silina said she would resign on Thursday, triggering the collapse of her coalition government just months before an election is due in October. “I am resigning, but I am not giving up,” she said in a televised statement. Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics, who is tasked by the constitution to select a leader of the government, will meet all […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Danny Jansen chuckled after saying he didn’t really want to have to catch another inning in what had already been an active game behind the plate. Jansen didn’t have to after he delivered the walk-off hit that gave the Texas Rangers a 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night, when the closers for both teams gave up three runs in a frantic ninth inning. […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — Foreign ministers from the BRICS nations began a two-day meeting in New Delhi on Thursday as the expanding bloc faces divisions over the war in Iran, rising energy prices and growing global economic uncertainty. The meeting brings together diplomats from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa along with newer member countries. It comes as the war in Iran has disrupted global energy supplies and driven […]