Disney World plans partial reopening in July

Reuters
G7 powers to boost Ukraine air defences in face of Russian strikes
G7 powers are determined to bolster Ukraine's air defences, their foreign ministers said on Friday after repeated Russian air strikes which have wrecked power infrastructure and killed hundreds. The Group of Seven major powers -- Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Britain, the United States and European Union representatives -- has been fiercely critical of Russia's two-year long invasion of Ukraine.
11m ago
Associated Press
Israel's long-term credit rating is downgraded by S&P, 2nd major US agency to do so, citing conflict
Israel's long-term credit rating is being downgraded by S&P, which cited the risk of military escalation with Iran. It is the second major U.S. credit ratings agency to do so. S&P's downgrade was issued shortly before the strike in Iran, and almost three months after Moody's, another major U.S. credit agency, downgraded Israel's rating due to the “ongoing military conflict with Hamas.”
14m ago
USA TODAY
Donald Trump trial live updates: Latest news on jury selection and what Day 4 will bring
Follow along with live updates from Donald Trump's hush money trial as alternate jurors are chosen for the former president's criminal case.
24m ago
Associated Press
The Latest | Lawyers set to focus on picking alternates as Trump's hush money trial resumes
Jury selection in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump is set to resume Friday following a frenetic day Thursday that eventually saw all 12 jurors and one alternate sworn in after two previously seated jurors were dismissed earlier in the day. The seating of the jurors brings the trial one step closer to opening statements and turns the heat up on this year’s race for the White House, placing Trump’s legal jeopardy at the heart of his campaign against President Joe Biden. The hush money case is the first of Trump’s four indictments to reach trial.
24m ago
NBC News
New exhibit in New York re-creates Israeli music festival attacked on Oct. 7
The objects bear the scars of a massacre.
31m ago
Reuters
WHO says wider alert on contaminated J&J cough syrup 'likely'
The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made children's cough syrup found in Nigeria last week, it said in an email. Nigeria's regulator recalled a batch of Benylin syrup last Wednesday, having found a high level of diethylene glycol in the product during routine testing. The batch of Benylin syrup recalled was made by J&J in South Africa in May 2021, although Kenvue now owns the brand after a spin-off from J&J last year.
31m ago
Associated Press
A Nigerian chess champion is trying to break the world record for the longest chess marathon
A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the global record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children's education across Africa. The current chess marathon record is 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds, achieved in 2018 by Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, both from Norway.
48m ago
Time
What Blocking Emergency Abortions in Idaho Means for Doctors
"As we’ve seen in Idaho, policies guided by anti-abortion extremism make health care worse for everyone."
52m ago
Politico
Education Department boosts legal defenses for transgender students
The Biden administration is touting the rule as the “most comprehensive coverage” students will receive in the nearly half-century of Title IX.
52m ago
AFP
Quarter of UK 5 to 7-year-olds have smart phone: study
Around a quarter of British children aged between five and seven-years-old now have a smart phone, a study by the UK communications regulator said on Friday.The study follows a massive reaction from UK parents this year after one mother's Instagram post when viral.
53m ago
Associated Press
US envoy to UN visits Nagasaki A-bomb museum, pays tribute to victims
The American envoy to the United Nations called Friday for countries armed with atomic weapons to pursue nuclear disarmament as she visited the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, Japan. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who became the first U.S. cabinet member to visit Nagasaki, stressed the importance of dialogue and diplomacy amid a growing nuclear threat in the region.
54m ago
CNN
Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, US official tells CNN, as region braces for further escalation
Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, a move that threatens to push the region deeper into conflict. The target is not nuclear, the official added.
59m ago
AFP
Migrant rescuers vindicated after Italy court drops trafficking charges
An Italian court threw out charges Friday against crew members of migrant rescue ships, ending a controversial case seven years after the government accused them of colluding with traffickers.After the case was split into various separate proceedings last year, eight crew members and two ship captains remained as individual defendants in the case before the court Friday.
1h ago
Associated Press
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania's presidential and state primaries
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will go before voters Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s presidential primaries, a prelude to the November general election, when the commonwealth is expected to once again play a critical role in the race for the White House. Biden clinched the Democratic nomination and Trump clinched the Republican nomination on March 12, and neither faces serious opposition on the primary ballot. Biden just completed a three-day campaign swing that began Tuesday in his hometown of Scranton and concluded Thursday in Philadelphia in an event with members of the Kennedy family.
1h ago
AFP
Oil prices briefly surge, stocks slide on Iran blasts
Oil prices briefly surged and stock markets slid Friday on reports Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran, boosting investments deemed safer such as gold. Iran's state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan on Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes against its arch-rival.
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AFP
Israel, Iran ready to de-escalate -- for now: analysts
The limited nature of Israel's reported strike on Iran and the restrained immediate Iranian reaction shows both sides, in particular Tehran, are looking to de-escalate after weeks of tensions but the situation remains dangerously explosive, analysts say.Some unconfirmed reports say a non-nuclear military installation in Isfahan was the chief target of Israel's reported strike against Iran.
1h ago
CNN
Maryland high school student arrested after authorities discovered a 129-page document detailing school shooting plan, police say
A Maryland high school student was arrested and charged with threat of mass violence after police say they discovered evidence revealing the teen had plans to commit a school shooting, authorities said Thursday.
1h ago
Reuters
Ecuador set to vote to approve raft of security measures in Sunday referendum
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa looks set to win a referendum on Sunday that asks voters to support new security measures to fight rising violence, although recent power cuts could pose a threat to the 'yes' vote. Cocaine-smuggling gangs have expanded into every corner of Latin America over the last decade, turning once-tranquil nations like Ecuador into cartel badlands, security officials and diplomats say. Recent polls from companies like Cedatos and Comunicaliza suggest voters are more likely than not to support Noboa, 36, in this weekend's vote.
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Reuters
Explainer-How freezing embryos plays a crucial role in IVF
The practice of freezing embryos as part of in vitro fertilization (IVF) was thrown into chaos in Alabama this year, when the state supreme court ruled that such embryos should be considered children, exposing clinics to wrongful death claims in the event they are destroyed in the thawing process. In 2021, more than 80% of U.S. IVF procedures involved the transfer of frozen embryos, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Undermining use of frozen embryos in IVF would introduce many uncertainties, delays and possible additional expenses, according to fertility experts.
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Reuters
Factbox-Iran oil sanctions in US aid package for Ukraine
U.S. lawmakers have tucked sanctions on Iran's oil exports in the House of Representatives' aid package for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific after Tehran's missile and drone strike on Israel last weekend. If passed through both the House and Senate and signed by President Joe Biden and then implemented and enforced, the measures could eventually impact Iran's oil exports.
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Disney World plans partial reopening in July

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Latest Stories

G7 powers to boost Ukraine air defences in face of Russian strikes

Israel's long-term credit rating is downgraded by S&P, 2nd major US agency to do so, citing conflict

Donald Trump trial live updates: Latest news on jury selection and what Day 4 will bring

The Latest | Lawyers set to focus on picking alternates as Trump's hush money trial resumes

New exhibit in New York re-creates Israeli music festival attacked on Oct. 7

WHO says wider alert on contaminated J&J cough syrup 'likely'

A Nigerian chess champion is trying to break the world record for the longest chess marathon

What Blocking Emergency Abortions in Idaho Means for Doctors

Education Department boosts legal defenses for transgender students

Quarter of UK 5 to 7-year-olds have smart phone: study

US envoy to UN visits Nagasaki A-bomb museum, pays tribute to victims

Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, US official tells CNN, as region braces for further escalation

Migrant rescuers vindicated after Italy court drops trafficking charges

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania's presidential and state primaries

Oil prices briefly surge, stocks slide on Iran blasts

Israel, Iran ready to de-escalate -- for now: analysts

Maryland high school student arrested after authorities discovered a 129-page document detailing school shooting plan, police say

Ecuador set to vote to approve raft of security measures in Sunday referendum

Explainer-How freezing embryos plays a crucial role in IVF

Factbox-Iran oil sanctions in US aid package for Ukraine