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By Rami Amichai TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests across the country on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bitterly disputed plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court. The planned overhaul, which would give the government control over naming judges to the Supreme Court and let parliament override many rulings, was paused after opponents organised some of the biggest street protests ever seen in […]

(Reuters) – Police are responding to a shooting in a suburban Dallas mall on Saturday that has left multiple people injured, authorities say. There was no word on deaths or number of people injured inside the Allen Premium Outlets mall. The shooting took place at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, located about 25 miles northeast of Dallas. Mass shootings have become commonplace in the United States, with […]

By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Albertans have been forced to evacuate their homes as “unprecedented” wildfires rage on in Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith, head of the ruling United Conservative Party (UCP), said at a press conference on Saturday. As of Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Mountain Time (11:30 a.m. ET), 24,511 Albertans were evacuated from homes with 103 active wildfires across the province, burning 121,909 hectares. […]

(Reuters) – Police are responding to a shooting in a suburban Dallas mall on Saturday that has left multiple people injured, authorities say. There was no word on deaths or number of people injured inside the Allen Premium Outlets mall. The shooting took place at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, located about 25 miles northeast of Dallas. Mass shootings have become commonplace in the United States, with […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Shell shareholders should vote against a climate activist resolution seeking faster emissions cuts, proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) said on Saturday, while acknowledging the merits of the proposal. Shell investors will vote at an annual general meeting on May 23 on a resolution filed by the Follow This activist shareholder group which asks the energy giant to align with the 2015 Paris climate deal. Scientists […]

(Corrects WhiteCap to Whitecap in paragraphs 10 and 11) By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Albertans have been forced to evacuate their homes as “unprecedented” wildfires rage on in Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith, head of the ruling United Conservative Party (UCP), said at a press conference on Saturday. As of Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Mountain Time (11:30 a.m. ET), 24,511 Albertans were evacuated from homes with 103 […]

By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) -Sergio Perez was gifted a dream pole position at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday after Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crashed in the top 10 shootout and Red Bull’s championship leader Max Verstappen qualified ninth after being unable to set a time. Leclerc brought out red flags when he hit the barriers with a minute and 36 seconds remaining and race control announced the session would […]

(Reuters) -Early favourite Forte has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby hours before post time for the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown due to concerns about a bruised front foot, Churchill Downs said on Saturday. The Todd Pletcher-trained dark bay colt had brought a five-race win streak to the 1-1/4-mile Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and was installed as the early 3-1 favourite. The decision to scratch […]

By Jonathan Stempel and Carolina Mandl OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) – Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc is not planning to acquire Occidental Petroleum Corp but remains happy with its large investment in the oil company. Speaking at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting, Buffett rejected speculation that Berkshire would buy Occidental after having accumulated a 23.6% stake. “We will not be making any offer for Occidental,” Buffett said. “We […]