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Emirates airline posts record net profit despite war impact

Emirates airline on Thursday posted a record full-year net profit despite the impact of the Iran war, as the carrier cited strong travel demand throughout most of the period.The Gulf carrier said in a statement its profit after tax rose to $5.4 billion in the 12 months to the end of March, up from $5.2 billion in the same period a year earlier, as higher passenger yield offset a slight decline in the number of passengers Emirates carried to 53.2 million.The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, which began on Feb. 28, has led to severe disruptions as airspaces in the Middle East closed temporarily an

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

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

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Japan to keep intervening to defend 160-per-dollar level, ex-BOJ official says

Japan likely intervened during the Golden Week holidays and will step back into the market if the yen renews its slide below the psychologically key 160-per-dollar level, Atsushi Takeuchi, a former central bank official who took part in Tokyo's market forays a decade ago, told Reuters.While the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has no intention of defending a certain line-in-the-sand, it likely intervened to forestall a sharp yen selloff that could gain momentum once the currency breaks below the 160 level, he said."The 160 line has become a psychologically important level traders are focusing on. Th

European shares pause as markets watch Mideast peace prospects; earnings on tap

UK voters cast ballots in elections expected to deal blow to Starmer

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Support for Germany's far-right AfD soars in eastern state ahead of vote

Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) is on track to become the strongest party in an eastern state election in September, a poll showed on Thursday, raising the prospect of the far-right party leading a regional government for the first time.The infratest dimap survey showed support for the AfD climbing to 41% in the state of Saxony Anhalt, up 2 points from the last poll, and well ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU at 26%. The Social Democrats, Merz's junior partners in the federal coalition, trailed at 7%.Although support for the AfD has long been strongest in former Co

Thai, Cambodian leaders to meet on ASEAN sidelines amid uneasy truce

Britain's JD Sports says Nike's Hill 'doing a great job'

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Oil prices rise as investors weigh Middle East peace prospects

Oil prices rose over $1 on Thursday, rebounding from the previous day's sharp losses, as investors weighed the prospects of a Middle East peace deal succeeding. Brent crude futures were up 54 cents, or 0.5%, at $101.81 a barrel at 0615 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate gained 45 cents, or 0.5%, to $95.53 a barrel. Both benchmarks slumped more than 7% on Wednesday, hitting two-week lows on optimism over a possible end to the Middle East war. They pared losses, however, after U.S. President Donald Trump said it was "too soon" for face-to-face talks with Tehran and a senior Iranian lawmaker sa

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Judge won’t order DOJ to return seized 2020 ballots to Fulton County

A federal judge said Wednesday he would not order the Justice Department to return ballots from the 2020 presidential election it seized from Fulton County, Georgia, rejecting a request by county officials.Judge JP Boulee said the county had not met the high legal bar that would allow him to intervene, even as he acknowledged that “events leading up to this case are, in a variety of ways, unprecedented.”The seizure of the ballots from the Atlanta-area county, which was a chief target of President Donald Trump’s false claims that his 2020 electoral defeat was rigged, sent shockwaves among

Trump administration can keep 2020 election ballots seized from Georgia, judge rules

FBI searches business, other locations associated with Democratic Virginia state senator

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FBI searches Virginia Senate leader's office as part of corruption probe, AP sources say

The FBI searched the Virginia state Senate leader’s hometown office and her neighboring cannabis shop Wednesday, bringing into public view what two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press was a corruption investigation. One of the people said the investigation into Democratic Sen. L. Louise Lucas was opened during Democratic former President Joe Biden’s administration. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing criminal investigation. While the probe apparently has spanned administrations of different political parties, Democra

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Who is Pete Hegseth calling ‘Pharisees’?

At an April news briefing on the Iran war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth digressed from taking a dig at Iranian leadership to take a dig at American news media.The “relentlessly negative coverage” of the war, Hegseth said, evoked a sermon he’d heard in church about the “Pharisees.” Describing a passage from the book of Mark in the New Testament, he relayed a story about Jesus healing a man on the Sabbath. The “Pharisees,” in the biblical rendition, seemed more concerned that the act of healing had violated the customary day of rest.“You see, the Pharisees, the so-called and se

Veteran accused of shooting wife found dead of apparent self-inflicted gunshot after dayslong manhunt, officials say

Police announce arrest in Oklahoma party shooting that left 1 dead, 22 injured

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CDC says monitoring US travelers on cruise ship after hantavirus outbreak

The United States is closely monitoring the situation with U.S. travelers on board the luxury cruise ship that was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday.Three people - a Dutch couple and a German national - have died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius. Eight people, including a Swiss citizen, are suspected to have contracted the virus, according to the World Health Organization.Hantavirus usually spreads through contact with infected rodents and human-to-human transmission is uncommon."The Department of State is leading a coordinat

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Judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note

A federal judge unsealed a purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday.The unverified and undated document was placed on the court docket in the case of a former cellmate of the late convicted sex offender who said he had found the note.The note — which is not signed — reads, in part:“They investigated me for month – found NOTHING!!!“It is a treat to be able to chose ones time to say goodbye.”“NO FUN – NOT WORTH IT!!The cellmate said the note was from Epstein’s unsuccessful suicide attempt in July 2019, weeks before he was found dead in his cell while awaiting tr

Project Freedom was a bust. Where does that leave the 1,600 ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz?

Huge 2025 tsunami in Alaska fjord was second-highest on record

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What doctors know about how the Andes hantavirus spreads

In 2018, health authorities in southern Argentina were racing, trying to understand what had caused nearly three dozen people in the tiny village of Epuyen to fall gravely ill. By the end of the outbreak, 11 of them had died.Their illness, which caused many to be admitted to intensive care for pneumonia and severe breathing problems, was caused by the Andes virus, a strain of rodent-carried hantavirus capable of being transmitted from person to person. It is the same virus that’s believed to have sickened eight passengers traveling on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which is sailing to a port in

Rubio to meet Pope Leo after weeks of tensions with Trump

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will sit down with Pope Leo XIV on Thursday amid a historic period of tension between Washington and the Vatican.Rubio’s visit follows President Donald Trump’s extraordinary criticisms of the first American pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history, which came after the pontiff expressed his opposition to the US military operation in Iran.Leo has also continued to speak for the interests of refugees and migrants, in sharp contrast to the Trump administration.Rubio’s plane touched down in Rome Thursday morning, also the eve of Leo’s first anniv