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Asian stocks fall and oil prices climb after attacks imperil the ceasefire with Iran

Asian stocks fall and oil prices climb after attacks imperil the ceasefire with Iran

Asian stocks retreated and oil prices rose on Friday as the fragile ceasefire with Iran was strained by missile and drone attacks that prompted U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iranian military ...

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Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands

Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have ...

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Rubio set to meet Italy’s Meloni as both sides seek to ease frictions over Iran war

Rubio set to meet Italy's Meloni as both sides seek to ease frictions over Iran war

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is opening his second day of fence-mending meetings Friday with talks scheduled with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in a bid to ease tensions over ...

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US stocks fall from their records as oil prices yo-yo

US stocks fall from their records as oil prices yo-yo

U.S. stocks fell from their records Thursday after oil prices yo-yoed as Wall Street waits to see whether its hopes for a deal to end the Iran war are warranted ...

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Man with weapon arrested near former Prince Andrew’s home

Man with weapon arrested near former Prince Andrew's home

(NEW YORK) -- A man has been arrested for possession of an offensive weapon near the U.K. home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, police said Thursday.The suspect, who was not named, "was ...

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Dozens of Ukrainian drones target Moscow, mayor says, amid overnight attack on Russia

Dozens of Ukrainian drones target Moscow, mayor says, amid overnight attack on Russia

A man with extinguisher extinguishes a fire on car in the city center after Russian aerial attack on May 5, 2026 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. (Photo by Oleksandr Magula/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global ...

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Lawsuits allege negligence by UPS, others before fiery, fatal November crash

Lawsuits allege negligence by UPS, others before fiery, fatal November crash

Fire and smoke mark where a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on November 04, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Stephen Cohen/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- ...

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Russia says Ukraine launched a major drone attack after Moscow shunned ceasefire offer

Russia says Ukraine launched a major drone attack after Moscow shunned ceasefire offer

Russian air defenses shot down 347 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, in what appeared to be a major attack after Moscow spurned Kyiv’s ceasefire earlier in the ...

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Polls open in UK local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer’s leadership

Polls open in UK local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer's leadership

British voters cast ballots Thursday in local and regional elections that could shake up the country's politics and deliver a heavy blow to embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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Iran reviewing US proposal as Trump pressures Tehran for agreement on deal to end war

Iran reviewing US proposal as Trump pressures Tehran for agreement on deal to end war

Iran said it was reviewing the latest American proposals on ending the war, as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened the country with a new wave of bombing unless a deal ...

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Asian stocks fall and oil prices climb after attacks imperil the ceasefire with Iran
Asian stocks fall and oil prices climb after attacks imperil the ceasefire with Iran

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands
Rubio set to meet Italy’s Meloni as both sides seek to ease frictions over Iran war
US stocks fall from their records as oil prices yo-yo
Man with weapon arrested near former Prince Andrew’s home
Dozens of Ukrainian drones target Moscow, mayor says, amid overnight attack on Russia
Lawsuits allege negligence by UPS, others before fiery, fatal November crash
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