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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Pope Francis arrived in Hungary on Friday at the start of a three-day trip where the war in Ukraine, migration and Europe’s Christian roots are expected to top the agenda in his public addresses and talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The visit is his first trip since he was admitted to hospital for bronchitis in March. Francis will preside on Sunday at an open-air Mass in […]

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A record number of mountaineers expected on Mount Everest during the current spring climbing season has sparked fears of a traffic jam when teams make their final ascent through the “death zone” to the summit of the world’s tallest peak. Overcrowding and high numbers of relatively inexperienced climbers were cited as key factors when nine people died high up on the 8,849 metres (29,032 […]

By Sergiy Karazy UMAN, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia hurled missiles at cities across Ukraine as people slept early on Friday, killing at least 12 people in the first large-scale air strikes in nearly two months. The early-morning attacks were carried out as Kyiv prepares to launch a counteroffensive to try to retake Russian-occupied territory. In the central city of Uman, firefighters battled a raging blaze at a residential apartment building that […]

TOKYO (Reuters) -Sony Group Corp on Friday said PlayStation 5 sales will jump by six million units this business year, but forecast its profit will slip from a record high as weaker financial services sales offsets gains from gaming, music and movies. The Japanese company said it expects operating profit in the year to March 31 to fall 3.2% to 1.17 trillion yen ($8.65 billion), lower than an analysts’ average […]

By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) -Mercedes-Benz struck a slightly more optimistic tone alongside its first quarter results on Friday, saying demand in China and the United States was showing signs of picking up as markets recover from inflationary and supply chain shocks. Demand in Europe was still sluggish, but the German automaker expects that to improve too in the coming months as consumer confidence rebuilds. The company warned in February […]

(Reuters) – Meetings at the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and Australia’s central bank top the agenda, while megacap Apple brings the U.S. earnings season to an end, as markets work through fresh banking tremors. Here’s a look at the week ahead in markets from Ira Iosebashvili and Lewis Krauskopf in New York, Dhara Ranasinghe and Amanda Cooper in London, and Kevin Buckland in Tokyo. 1/ONE AND DONE? […]

By Sergiy Karazy UMAN, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia hurled missiles at cities across Ukraine as people slept early on Friday, killing at least nine people in the first large-scale air strikes in nearly two months. The early-morning attacks were carried out as Kyiv prepares to launch a counteroffensive to try to retake Russian-occupied territory. In the central city of Uman, firefighters battled a raging blaze at a residential apartment building that […]

By Field Level Media Zac Gallen recorded a season-high 12 strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings to fuel the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday in Phoenix. Gallen (4-1), who struck out the side in the fourth and fifth innings, scattered four hits en route to extending his scoreless innings streak to 28. The 27-year-old owns the franchise-record streak of 44 1/3 consecutive scoreless […]

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – The states of Vermont and Washington took steps on Thursday to protect the availability of medication abortions in the event that a lawsuit challenging federal approval for a commonly used abortion drug prevails in court.  A series of bills were either passed or signed in the two states days after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily paused implementation of lower court rulings that would have either […]