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PHOENIX (Reuters) -U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner never lost hope during her near 10-month detention in Russia, the Phoenix Mercury center said on Thursday at her first press conference since returning home. The two-times Olympic gold medallist was released from one of Russia’s most notorious penal colonies in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the United States late last year after she was arrested in February 2022. “I’m no stranger to […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The conflict between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered a rush to extract foreign diplomats and citizens. Several countries have evacuated nationals by air, while some have gone via Port Sudan on the Red Sea, about 800 km (500 miles) by road from Khartoum. This is the status of some countries’ efforts: GERMANY As of Tuesday morning, a German […]

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists on Thursday unveiled the results of a project comparing the genomes of 240 mammal species – from aardvarks and aye-ayes to zebus and zebras, as well as people – to trace evolutionary changes spanning 100 million years, pinpointing genetic traits widely shared and those more uniquely human. The findings in the ambitious Zoonomia Project identified parts of the genome functionally important in people […]

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some market participants are warning that the U.S. market’s biggest tech and growth stocks may be getting too expensive, even as better-than-expected earnings reports stand to further boost their appeal. The Nasdaq 100 has rallied 19% this year, while four stocks that alone have a 40% weight in the index – Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet and Amazon – have posted an average […]

By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is set to vote on Thursday on a measure that could allow the Equal Rights Amendment to be added to the Constitution, though Republican opposition will likely doom the measure to failure. Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer called the amendment, known as the ERA, crucial since the Supreme Court last year ended the national right to abortion, sparking a wave of […]

By Chris Prentice and Hannah Lang NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Coinbase Global has reiterated its view to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it has not broken any securities laws in its formal response to a legal threat received from the regulator, the firm said on Thursday. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal said the crypto exchange would like to list securities in the future […]

(Reuters) – Double world champion Max Verstappen raised doubts on Thursday about his future in Formula One after his Red Bull contract runs out in 2028. The 25-year-old Red Bull driver is leading Mexican team mate Sergio Perez in the championship after winning two of three races in 2023 and could clinch a third title with plenty to spare. This weekend in Azerbaijan sees the first of six sprint races […]

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices steadied on Thursday, paring some losses from the previous session, after Russia said OPEC+ sees no need for further output cuts. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak described oil markets as balanced. Russia is part of the OPEC+ group of oil-producers that announced a combined reduction of around 1.16 million barrels per day earlier this month, a surprise decision the U.S. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee called on U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts to provide details about the top court’s ethics practices, the panel’s chairman said on Thursday after the chief justice declined to attend a hearing on reports that raised questions about potential conflicts of interest. Roberts has declined a request to appear before the May 2 hearing following recent media reports that raised concerns about transactions […]