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KATHMANDU, April 24 (Reuters) – Hundreds of mountaineers are stranded at the Himalayan base camp for Mount Everest as a crevasse strewn with chunks of ice, one towering block among them, delays the opening of the route to the world’s tallest peak, officials and climbers said on Friday. The annual climbing season for the 8,849‑m …
FRANKFURT, April 24 (Reuters) – Container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd said on Friday that one of its ships has crossed the Strait of Hormuz but did not have any information on the circumstances or timing. Four out of initially six ships remain in the Gulf, after one ship’s charter agreement expired, meaning it no longer belongs …
April 23 (Reuters) – Firefighters have brought under control a blaze that broke out at Russia’s Black Sea Tuapse oil refinery after a Ukrainian drone attack, local officials said on Thursday. Two industry sources earlier this week said the Tuapse oil refinery, which sells most of its products for export, had halted operations following the …
ATLANTA (AP) — A prominent Georgia Republican accused of running a $156 million Ponzi scheme has been charged by federal prosecutors with wire fraud, pleading not guilty on Thursday. The single count of wire fraud against Edwin Brant Frost IV is the first criminal charge to result from an investigation that began after First Liberty …
TOKYO (AP) — A new book by Haruki Murakami will mark the first time a full-length novel by the Japanese author features a female main character and her pursuit of finding a way out of a bizarre world. “The Tale of KAHO,” which is scheduled to be released July 3 in print and digital formats, …
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday. Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture Maduro …
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A massive ice block on the route just above the Mount Everest base camp has forced hundreds of climbers and their local guides to delay their attempt to scale the world’s highest peak, officials said Friday. The serac between base camp and Camp One is unstable and is risky for climbers, …
HONG KONG (AP) — DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup that shook world markets last year, launched preview versions of its latest major update Friday as the AI rivalry between China and the U.S. heats up. DeepSeek’s V4 has been keenly anticipated by users keen to test how it compares to U.S. competitors like OpenAI’s …
BERN, April 24 (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank should sell its $1.1 billion stake in Palantir Technologies, campaigners from Minneapolis said at a meeting of the central bank on Friday, citing the firm’s involvement in U.S. immigration enforcement operations. The SNB held 6.24 million Palantir shares at the end of 2025 as part of …
WARSAW, April 24 (Reuters) – Europe’s “biggest, most important question” is whether the United States is ready to be a loyal NATO partner in case of a Russian attack, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the Financial Times. He also called for the European Union to become a “real alliance” in protecting the continent, reflecting …