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China's railway hit new single-day passenger record on May Day

China's railway network transported 24.8 million passengers on May 1, setting a new single-day record, according to data from the China State Railway Group. A report on Saturday in the official Xinhua news agency said the national railway system is also expected to transport 19.7 million passengers on May 2. Some lines had to add new trains to handle the holiday passengers, Xinhua reported. The Zhengzhou line added 140 passenger trains, and the Chengdu line added 184, Xinhua said. China's tourism market is a bright spot in domestic demand, injecting momentum into a national economy facing pre

NATO: working with US to understand details of troop reduction in Germany

Trump auto tariff hike could cost Germany nearly $18 billion in output, institute says

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Mexican governor Ruben Rocha steps down, NYT reports

Ruben Rocha, governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state, said Friday night that he would temporarily step down from his post, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it had charged Rocha and other officials for their alleged involvement with the Sinaloa Cartel, a significant escalation of U.S. anti-cartel action that is likely to increase tensions between the United States and Mexico. (Reporting by Preetika Parashuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue)

Reclusive Turkmenistan shows signs of cautiously opening up

Ukraine is hitting oil facilities deep inside Russia. Soaring fuel prices could blunt the impact

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US warns shipping firms they could face sanctions over paying Iranian tolls in the Strait of Hormuz

The United States is warning shipping companies that they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The alert posted Friday by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control adds another layer of pressure in the standoff between the U.S. and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz. About a fifth of the world's trade in oil and natural gas typically passes through the strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in peacetime. Iran effectively closed the strait to normal traffic by attacking and threatening t

Iran standoff could leave Trump worse off than before he went to war

Fuel crisis uncertainty looms as Croatia gears up for the summer tourism season

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What Spirit Airlines ticket holders need to know

Thousands of Spirit Airlines passengers are facing a chaotic weekend as the budget carrier announced it’s halting all flights as of early Saturday after days of mounting shutdown concerns.A proposed government bailout of the airline failed. The company was unable to emerge from its second bankruptcy.In a short announcement posted by 2 a.m. ET on its restructuring website, Spirit said it started “an orderly wind-down” of operations, “effective immediately.” All flights have been cancelled, “and customer service is no longer available,” it added.Spirit passengers have become stran

Spirit to halt all flights as of early Saturday

Spirit Airlines is set to announce in the coming hours that that it will halt flying as of 3 am ET Saturday, according to two sources familiar with its plans, making it the first significant US airline to halt operations in nearly 25 years.The shutdown comes as soaring jet fuel prices derailed its plans to emerge from its second bankruptcy. Efforts to reach a deal with the Trump administration on an 11th hour rescue package that was also acceptable to a key group of creditors proved unsuccessful Friday.The decision will leave millions of passengers holding Spirit tickets in coming months scram

Trump rallies seniors in Florida as Republicans face tough elections

Trump says Iran war 'terminated,' as war powers deadline arrives

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Former US congressman convicted of secretly lobbying for Venezuela

Former U.S. Congressman David Rivera was found guilty on Friday of illegally lobbying U.S. officials to ease pressure on ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.• Rivera, a Republican who represented southern Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013, was taken into custody after the verdict, court records show. He is due to be sentenced on July 22.• His conviction came after a six-week trial in federal court in Miami, which featured testimony from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.• Rivera pleaded not guilty. His lawyer did not immediately respon

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Trump says deadline for Congress to approve Iran war doesn't apply: Hostilities have 'terminated'

The White House asserted to Congress in a letter Friday that hostilities with Iran have “terminated” despite the continued presence of U.S. armed forces in the region. The message from President Donald Trump effectively skirts a May 1 legal deadline to gain approval from members of Congress to continue the war with Iran. That deadline was already set to pass without action from Republican lawmakers who are deferring to the president. The letter brings into stark relief the bold but legally questionable assertion of presidential power at the heart of Trump’s

CNN video analysis: Gunman raised shotgun as he stormed security at press dinner

Spirit Airlines shuts down, industry's first Iran war casualty

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US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after chancellor criticized war with Iran

The Pentagon said on Friday the US will be withdrawing roughly 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year.The move, which comes after President Donald Trump lashed out the German chancellor over his criticism of the US war with Iran, would still leave more than 30,000 US troops in the country.“The Secretary of War has ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000 troops from Germany,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement. “This decision follows a thorough review of the Department’s force posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditio

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Appeals court blocks FDA rule that allows women to obtain abortion drugs by mail

A federal appeals court temporarily reinstated a nationwide requirement that abortion pills be obtained in person, undermining access to the method of abortion that has only grown more widespread since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.Friday’s ruling from the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals is a major victory in the anti-abortion movement’s war against medication abortion, which now accounts for roughly two-thirds of all abortions in the United States.The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by Louisiana last year against the US Food and Drug Administration, after President Donald

The Fed subtly signaled that only rate cuts are on the table. Some Fed officials are crying foul

US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, US officials say

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Pentagon reaches agreements with top AI companies, but not Anthropic

The Pentagon said on Friday it had reached agreements with seven AI companies to deploy their advanced capabilities on the Defense Department's classified networks as it seeks to broaden the range of AI providers working across the military.The statement excludes Anthropic, which has been in dispute with the Pentagon over guardrails on the military's use of its artificial intelligence tools.The Pentagon labeled the AI startup, which is widely used across the Defense Department, a supply-chain risk earlier this year, barring its use by the Pentagon and its ⁠contractors. SpaceX, OpenA

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Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with Iran's proposal to end the war

U.S. President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the war between the countries, saying Friday he still was not satisfied while blaming Iran’s “fractured” leadership. Trump turned back the latest proposal almost as soon as it was delivered. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that Iran handed over its plan to mediators in Pakistan on Thursday night. “They want to make a deal, I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House, without elaborating on what he saw as its shor