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Thousands of Israelis protest to demand hostage return

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accept a ceasefire agreement with the Islamist movement Hamas that would see the remaining

Hamas negotiators begin Gaza truce talks; CIA chief also present in Cairo

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel of some hostages, a

Dead bodies in Mexico most probably are missing U.S., Australian surfers

By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The three dead bodies found in Mexico's Baja California state are highly likely to be the American and two Australian tourists who went missing last week, a

Ping An votes against reappointment of HSBC CEO as director, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc's biggest Asian investor, China's Ping An Insurance Group Co, voted against the reappointment of departing chief executive Noel Quinn as a director at the bank's

Germany denounces spate of attacks on politicians recalling 'darkest era' of its history

By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Union leaders denounced on Saturday a recent spate of attacks on politicians in Germany, including one

Buffett says Berkshire is in good hands, lauds Apple despite trimming stake

By Jonathan Stempel and Koh Gui Qing OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) -Warren Buffett assured shareholders on Saturday that the executives expected to succeed him at Berkshire Hathaway were ready for the job

Pro-Palestinian protests briefly disrupt University of Michigan graduation

(Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted a commencement ceremony at the University of Michigan on Saturday while demonstrators faced off with police at the University of Virginia as

Analysis-Trump vows to fight 'anti-white feeling' in US. His allies have a plan

By Gram Slattery and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's pledge to fight what he calls "anti-white feeling" in the U.S. will likely embolden allies who seek to dismantle government and

How an injury-hit Real Madrid rode Bellingham boom to Spanish league success

It wasn't supposed to be this comfortable for Real Madrid to win the Spanish league after Karim Benzema left for Saudi Arabia and its defense was badly hit by injuries

Swiatek saves 3 match points to beat Sabalenka in Madrid Open final

Iga Swiatek avenged her loss in last year’s final to Aryna Sabalenka and won the Madrid Open after a third-set tiebreaker

Angel Reese, Cardoso debuts watched widely on fan's livestream after WNBA is unable to broadcast

The WNBA debuts of Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso were widely watched on a social media livestream from a fan who stepped in when the league’s app couldn’t broadcast the game

Escaped zebra captured near Seattle after gallivanting around Cascade mountain foothills for days

A zebra that has been hoofing through the foothills of western Washington for days was recaptured Friday evening nearly a week after she escaped with three other zebras from a trailer near Seattle

Real Madrid wins the Spanish league after Barcelona loses at Girona

Real Madrid has won its record-extending 36th Spanish league title after increasing its lead over second-place Girona to an insurmountable 13 points with four games remaining

Investigators say student killed by police outside Wisconsin school had pointed pellet rifle

Authorities say a student who was killed by police outside a Wisconsin school pointed a pellet rifle at officers and had refused to drop the weapon

Small anti-war protest ruffles University of Michigan graduation ceremony

Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies

Russia puts Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on its wanted list

Russian state media say Moscow has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, citing the interior ministry's database

Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens

The student protest movement over the war in Gaza is roiling Senate contests in an election year when control of the chamber is at stake in November

Mitchell scores 50 points in an attempt to end series, but Cavaliers fall to the Magic in Game 6

Donovan Mitchell went for 50 points on Orlando Magic, but it wasn't enough to help the Cleveland Cavaliers close out the first-round NBA playoff series between the teams

Ipswich back in the Premier League for first time since 2002. Tom Brady's Birmingham relegated

Ipswich will play in the Premier League for the first time since 2002 after securing the second automatic promotion spot from the second-tier Championship

Arsenal keeps up Premier League title push with 3-0 win over Bournemouth

Arsenal has maintained its pursuit of the Premier League title with a 3-0 win over Bournemouth that lifted Mikel Arteta’s team four points clear of second-place Manchester City

After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground'

A makeshift national network of abortion doulas, navigators at clinics and individual volunteers are helping people who live in restrictive states and need or want an abortion

IOC imposes 15-year ban on former Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait

The IOC has suspended former Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait for 15 years after his conviction for forgery was upheld on appeal this year at a Swiss criminal appeals court

Flood and landslide hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing 14

Officials say 14 people are dead after a flood and landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island

Hamas in Cairo as Egyptian media report progress in cease-fire talks. Israel downplays the report

Egyptian state media say a delegation of the Hamas militant group arrived in Cairo and that there has been “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks with Israel, though an Israeli official downplayed the prospects for a truce

London takes center stage as vote count begins in mayoral contest that could be closer than thought

London takes center stage as the counting of votes is underway in the capital city’s mayoral contest, a day after Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered a drubbing in local election results

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