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BANGKOK, May 21 (Reuters) – The medical condition of Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha has worsened as a result of multiple infections in several organs, with physicians unable to contain her irregular heart rate, the Royal Palace said in a statement on Thursday. The 47-year-old princess and eldest daughter of King Vajiralongkorn was taken to hospital in …
A new version of SpaceX’s mammoth Starship rocket, featuring multiple upgrades, more powerful engines and major safety enhancements is poised for blastoff Thursday in a critical milestone for Elon Musk’s rocket company. It’s also a critical mission for NASA, which is counting on SpaceX to develop and deliver a flight-tested, human-rated version of the Starship …
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered on the first pitch of the game before throwing five sharp innings of three-hit ball in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 4-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. Ohtani began another remarkable two-way performance by driving Randy Vásquez’s high fastball 398 feet to center for his …
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thunder guard Jalen Williams, who missed six games earlier in these playoffs with a strained left hamstring, was ruled out for the second half of Game 2 of Oklahoma City’s matchup against the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference finals on Wednesday night. The reason: Another hamstring problem, which the …
JAKARTA, May 21 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s military said on Thursday that armed separatists in the country’s easternmost province of Highland Papua killed eight civilians in the region of Yahukimo. • In a statement, military official M. Wirya Arthadiguna condemned the killing of eight civilians working in the region as gold miners, adding that the evacuation …
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refuses to end his candidacy for the vice presidency of the U.N. General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters. In a cable dated Wednesday, …
Shares rallied Thursday across Asia, tracking gains on Wall Street after pressure from the bond market eased and oil prices fell back. The advance was also powered by a stronger-than-expected quarterly report from chipmaker Nvidia, whose profit rocketed more than 200% higher in the February-April quarter from a year earlier, while revenue jumped 85%. Nvidia …
The central committee of the Colorado Democratic Party on Wednesday voted 89.8% in favor of a measure to censure Gov. Jared Polis. A censure temporarily bars him from speaking or participating in party-sponsored events. Polis said earlier that the petition by hundreds of Democrats that called for the action is politically motivated. The petition is …
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge fined X Corp. 650,000 Australian dollars ($465,000) on Thursday for failing to provide information to an online safety watchdog in 2023 about how it tackled child sexual exploitation content. Federal Court Justice Michael Wheelahan also ordered the Texas-based social media giant to pay AU$100,000 ($71,000) of eSafety Commissioner …
MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) – Mexican authorities arrested the municipal president of Atlatlahucan and five other political figures in an investigation into corruption and organized crime in central Morelos state, special prosecutor Ulises Lara said in a video message late on Wednesday. The former municipal president of Yecapixtla was among those arrested in the …