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MADRID (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz expects Rafa Nadal to perform at a “spectacular level” at the French Open if the 14-times champion can overcome his injury issues ahead of the year’s second Grand Slam. Nadal skipped the ongoing Madrid Open after a setback in his recovery from a hip injury sustained at the Australian Open in January. The 22-times major champion also missed tournaments at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo […]

BELGRADE (Reuters) – A schoolboy opened fire on students and security guards in a Belgrade school on Wednesday, Serbian police said, adding that they had arrested a suspect. Several shots were fired and several people were wounded, police said in a statement, without specifying how many. The suspect is a seventh grade student. Casualties are being treated and an investigation into the motives behind shooting is under way, police said, […]

By Stephen Nellis, Josh Ye and Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) – U.S. microchip export controls imposed last year to freeze China’s development of supercomputers used to develop nuclear weapons and artificial-intelligence systems like ChatGPT are having only minimal effects on China’s tech sector. The rules restricted shipments of Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc chips that have become the global technology industry’s standard for developing chatbots and other AI […]

REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) – Forget your hook, line and sinker. An Israeli foodtech company says it has 3D printed the first ever ready-to-cook fish fillet using animal cells cultivated and grown in a laboratory. Lab-grown beef and chicken have drawn attention as a way to sidestep the environmental toll of farming and tackle concerns over animal welfare, but few companies have forayed into seafood. Israel’s Steakholder Foods has now partnered […]

FRANKFURT/ROME (Reuters) – German and Italian police have arrested more than 100 people on Wednesday in a crackdown on the Italian ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group, German public prosecutors and police in the two countries said. The suspects are accused of money laundering, criminal tax evasion, fraud and the smuggling of drugs, mafia-type criminal association, and the possession and trafficking of weapons. The arrests were part of a coordinated investigation by […]

FRANKFURT/ROME (Reuters) -German and Italian police arrested more than 100 people on Wednesday in a crackdown on the Italian ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group, German public prosecutors and police authorities in the two countries said. The ‘Ndrangheta has its roots in the southern region of Calabria, the toe of Italy’s boot, and has surpassed Cosa Nostra to become the most powerful mafia group in the country – and one of the […]

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden-based Volvo Cars said on Wednesday that sales increased by 10% year-on-year in April to 51,976 cars, boosted by strong gains in China. Volvo Cars, which is majority-owned by China’s Geely Holding, said in a statement that sales in China were up 46%. In Europe, its biggest market, sales were up 5%, while in the U.S. they were down 4%. The carmaker’s shares were down 1% in […]

By Giulio Piovaccari and Gilles Guillaume MILAN (Reuters) -Stellantis, the world’s third-largest carmaker by sales, said on Wednesday its revenue rose 14% in the first quarter on higher shipments, lifted by an improvement in semiconductor supply, and stronger pricing power. However, inventories at Stellantis rose in the January-March period as logistic problems, which hit Europe in particular last year, were still being resolved by the owner of brands including Fiat, […]

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi landed in Damascus on Wednesday for talks with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, Syrian state media reported, in the first visit by an Iranian head of state since war broke out in Syria in 2011. With military and economic support from both Iran and Russia, Assad regained control of most of Syria from rebels that were backed by regional countries now seeking dialogue with […]