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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The five people shot dead in a shooting on Monday in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, were all colleagues of the suspect who gunned them down, and two of them were close friends of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Police identified the dead as Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliot, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; James Tutt, 64; and Deana Eckert, 57. “I have a very good friend who didn’t make […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Shares of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company SenseTime surged as much as 11% on Tuesday, a day after it unveiled a series of new AI-powered products as it joins a global race to dominate the sector. China’s Alibaba Group Holdings and Japan’s Softbank Group Corp are both invested in the Chinese AI company. SenseTime’s shares rose to as high HK$3.70, up 11.1% from its previous close but […]

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The five people shot dead in a shooting on Monday in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, were all colleagues of the suspect who gunned them down, and two of them were close friends of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Police identified the dead as Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliot, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; James Tutt, 64; and Deana Eckert, 57. “I have a very good friend who didn’t make […]

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar paused for breath on Tuesday following its best rally this month against major peers as a resilient U.S. labour market bolstered the case for a Federal Reserve rate hike next month. The yen, which is highly sensitive to long-term U.S. bond yields, managed to claw back some of Monday’s more than 1% slide, as the 10-year Treasury yield also slowed down […]

By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese airlines undertaking the biggest hiring drives in more than three years as travel rebounds are facing a deluge of applicants for cabin crew roles as fresh university graduates turn to the relatively high-paying career in a bleak job market. In contrast to Western countries, where cabin crew roles are relatively low-paid and mostly do not require a university degree, becoming […]

(Reuters) – Russian forces pressed attacks on frontline cities in eastern Ukraine on Monday, while Ukrainian officials played down a report that Kyiv is amending some plans for a counter-offensive because of a leak of classified U.S. documents. BATTLEFIELD * The Russian-installed head of Donetsk said Russian forces controlled more than 75% of the besieged city of Bakhmut. * Russia said it has destroyed a depot containing 70,000 tonnes of […]

By Sandra Stojanovic and Omar Younis NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -Tennessee state Representative Justin Jones returned to the state House on Monday, pumping his fist and declaring “power to the people” as a Nashville-area council restored him to office following his expulsion over a gun protest. Republican lawmakers ousted Jones and another young, Black legislator last week over their gun control protest on the House floor, capturing national attention with Democrats’ […]

TAIPEI (Reuters) -China’s military exercises have caused instability in Taiwan and the region and are irresponsible acts for a major country, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen wrote on Facebook after Beijing ended three days of drills around the island. China began the war games on Saturday after Tsai returned to Taipei following a meeting in Los Angeles with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy. China, which warned the U.S. not […]

(Reuters) -The Shiveluch volcano in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted early on Tuesday and sent up an ash plume 10 kilometers (six miles) high, posing an increased threat to air traffic, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) said. The team issued a code red Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation, noting that ash explosions 15 kilometers (9.32 miles)high could occur at any time. “Ongoing activity could affect international and […]