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Pedestrians walk past campaign billboards for the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Tetovo, North Macedonia May 7, 2024.

North Macedonia votes in elections crucial for EU accession

Aleksandar Vasovic |Updated 2 minutes ago |2 min read

By Aleksandar Vasovic SKOPJE (Reuters) - North Macedonia will head to the polls on Wednesday in parliamentary and presidential elections in which the rightist opposition is expected to gain ground against a ruling party that has failed to ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy inspects new fortifications for Ukrainian servicemen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Russian border in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 9, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Cape Verde first African state to agree to attend peace summit

Reuters |Updated 3 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the island state of Cape Verde had become the first African country to agree to attend a world "peace summit" aimed at finding a solution to Ukraine's more than two-year-old ...

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Tunisia detains a prominent activist for migrants' rights

Reuters |Updated 13 minutes ago |2 min read

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's public prosecutor on Tuesday detained Saadia Mosbah, a prominent activist and head of a nongovernmental group that defends the rights of migrants, human rights groups said, hours after President Kais Saied accused some ...

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McKesson misses quarterly estimates as US pharmaceuticals segment weighs

Reuters |Updated 13 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - McKesson Corp reported weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit on Tuesday due to slump in demand for the company's branded and specialty drugs that dragged sales in its U.S. pharmaceutical segment. The drug distributor's ...

People walk past a building displaying the logo of Spanish telecom company Telefonica, in Bilbao, Spain, September 6, 2023.

Brazil's Telefonica quarterly profit rises 7%, but misses forecasts

Reuters |Updated 53 minutes ago |1 min read

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian telecommunications operator Telefonica Brasil posted on Tuesday a net profit below analysts' expectations, even though it increased by 7.3% in the first quarter from a year earlier. The firm, which is controlled ...

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Bio-Rad Laboratories reiterates 2024 revenue growth outlook; shares slip

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Diagnostics firm Bio Rad Laboratories reiterated its 2024 sales growth forecast on Tuesday, weighed by persistently weak spending by biotech companies and sluggish demand in China. The supplier of laboratory apparatus and instruments ...

A commercial airliner takes off into an evening sky as it departs San Diego, California, U.S. May 25, 2021.   Mike Blake/REUTERS/ File Photo

US lawmakers seek to strengthen bill to ensure quick airline refunds

David Shepardson |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House and Senate negotiators have agreed to revise language in an aviation reform bill to ensure quick refunds for airline passengers whose flights are canceled and who are not seeking alternative ...

People walk at Columbia University in New York City in New York, U.S., March 9, 2020.

Columbia Law voices confidence in grads in face of conservative judges' boycott

Karen Sloan, Nate Raymond |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Nate Raymond and Karen Sloan (Reuters) - The head of Columbia Law School backed its graduates on Tuesday, saying they were "consistently sought out" as it responded to an announcement by 13 conservative federal judges that they would not hire ...

Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh, the three individuals charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in relation to the murder in Canada of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023, are seen in a combination of undated photographs released by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT).   IHIT/Handout via

Three men accused in Canadian Sikh leader's death appear in court

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

TORONTO (Reuters) - The three men accused of murdering Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year in a killing that triggered a diplomatic crisis between Canada and India appeared briefly in a British Columbia courtroom on Tuesday.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S., April 2, 2024.

Trump documents trial start delayed indefinitely, judge orders

Andrew Goudsward |Updated 1 hour ago |4 min read

By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) - Donald Trump's trial in Florida on charges of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office has been indefinitely postponed, a judge decided on Tuesday, greatly reducing the odds he will face a jury ...

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