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Lilly in advanced talks to acquire Kelonia Therapeutics for over $2 billion, WSJ says

U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly is in advanced talks to acquire biotech firm Kelonia Therapeutics for more than $2 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. A deal could be reached as soon as Monday and could include additional payments tied to Kelonia meeting certain milestones, the Journal added, citing people. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Eli Lilly and Kelonia Therapeutics did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment outside regular business hours. Boston-based Kelonia Therapeutics is a clinical‑stage biotechnology company working on a pipeline

Oil prices rebound 7% as Strait of Hormuz is closed again

Oil jumps and stock futures slip as Iran tensions unsettle markets

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Dollar rebounds as Middle East tensions reignite, Hormuz closed

The dollar headed for its highest level in a week at the start of Asian trading on Monday as renewed tensions in the Middle East sent investors scurrying for safe havens.The dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, climbed as much as 0.3% to reach 98.485, its highest level since April 13. This reversed a selloff that saw the currency fall to its lowest levels since the start of the war on Friday as hopes for a peace deal grew."Weekend developments may temper this optimism," analysts from Westpac wrote in a research note.On Sunday, U.S. Presiden

Oil prices rise anew after a US-Iran standoff in the Strait of Hormuz strands tankers

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw ballistic missile tests, state media says

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Poll shows falling support for New Zealand National Party and Prime Minister Luxon

A newly released poll showed support has fallen further for New Zealand's ruling National Party and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, as he continues to face questions over whether he can retain his party's backing to stay in the top job.Luxon has been facing questions in recent days about whether he has the support of his party to remain as prime minister. The New Zealand Herald reported on Friday that members of his National Party will move against ⁠him this week, although it is unlikely to be a formal challenge or confidence vote initially. Luxon told Radio New Zealand on Monday

Germany's Merz, Brazil's Lula stress close European-Brazilian cooperation

Ukraine pushes for Europe to build defense system against ballistic weapons

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Louisiana father fatally shoots 7 of his children plus another child in attack at house, police say

A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two other people Sunday in an early morning attack of domestic violence carried out across two houses, authorities said, shaking a Shreveport neighborhood in one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings in more than two years. The victims ranged in age from 1 to about 12 years old and one of the adults wounded was the mother of the suspect's children, said Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Chris Bordelon. Investigators did not say what may have set off the violence. The sus

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Police officer shares details about Louisiana mass shooting

A man killed eight children, seven of them his own, across three Shreveport, Louisiana, homes early Sunday, according to police. It marks the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since January 2024.The children who died ranged in age from 1 to 12, Shreveport Police Cpl. Chris Bordelon told the Associated Press. Police said earlier the ages ranged from 1 to 14.“We are still working to determine a complete motive and understanding as to why this happened, but it is domestic in nature,” Bordelon told CNN affiliate KSLA.Bordelon identified the gunman as Shamar Elkins.The gunman was fatally shot

Louisiana gunman was father of 7 of the 8 children he killed, police say

3 students, 2 others shot along nightlife district near the University of Iowa, authorities say

Trump to read Bible verse from Oval Office after feud with Pope and deleted AI image

President Donald Trump will participate in a public Bible reading this week as the administration continues to integrate religion, particularly Christianity, into official business.“On April 21, President Trump is scheduled to read Scripture via video message from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. EST hour,” a press release from organizers reads. The event is called “America Reads The Bible.”Trump’s participation in the weeklong reading is particularly notable given his recent feud with Pope Leo over the Iran conflict and the backlash he received earlier this week for posting – and

Hundreds trying to storm Wisconsin beagle research facility met with rubber bullets, pepper spray

About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group's leader. It was the second attempt in as many months by protesters to take beagles from the Ridglan Farms facility in Blue Mounds, a small town about 25 miles (about 40 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Madison. Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett, said in a video statement that 300 to 400 protesters were “violently trying to bre

Mamdani and Obama meet face-to-face in New York City

Justice Department adds former Trump lawyer to investigation of Trump critic John Brennan

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Kennard scores 27, LeBron leads Lakers to surprising 107-98 win over Rockets in playoff opener

Luke Kennard scored a career playoff-high 27 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 13 assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers capitalized on Kevin Durant's injury absence for a 107-98 victory over the Houston Rockets in the opener of their first-round playoff series on Saturday night. Deandre Ayton had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the fourth-seeded Lakers, who pulled off an impressive win without their top two scorers. Both teams played the opener without their most important player. Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves have been out indefinitely with injuries

Trump wants a sculpture garden for America’s 250th birthday. Sources say it’s unlikely even one statue will be ready.

It was envisioned as an expansive sculpture garden to honor America’s 250th birthday, with 250 statues of figures like Kobe Bryant, Elvis Presley and Rosa Parks.But with July 4th rapidly approaching, it’s unlikely that even one statue for President Donald Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes will be erected in time, sources familiar with the planning tell CNN.Foundries and artists from across the country who applied to work on the massive, classical-style, sculptures – which would take months to build – haven’t heard from the Trump administration.And plans for the garden have

A mass shooting in Ukraine's capital leaves 6 dead before police shot and killed the gunman

Los Angeles woman arrested on Iranian arms trafficking charge

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The center-left coalition of former President Radev will win Bulgaria's election, exit poll suggests

A center-left coalition led by Bulgaria ’s former President Rumen Radev will win the parliamentary election, an exit poll suggested hours after polls closed on Sunday. The list is unlikely to garner enough votes to rule alone, which could prolong a yearslong political deadlock in the European Union country. The election on Sunday was the country's eighth in five years, illustrating a crippling political impasse that has gripped this Balkan nation. Preliminary results are expected on Monday. The poll conducted by Trend research group showed Radev's Progressive B

Pope urges Angola to heal divisions at events drawing 130,000

Pope Leo urged Angolans on Sunday to overcome divisions after decades of war, first at a Mass in a field outside Luanda and then in a prayer at a site that was once a hub for transatlantic slavery, events that jointly drew roughly 130,000 people.The first U.S.-born pope, who has become outspoken on war and inequality and angered President Donald Trump, celebrated Mass outside in Kilamba, a sprawling housing development, before travelling by helicopter to the Catholic shrine in Muxima.During the Mass, he called Angola, which experienced a 27-year civil conflict from 1975 to 2002, a "beautiful