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May 1 (Reuters) – Brown University’s $8 billion endowment cut its stake in a publicly traded private credit fund run by alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital by roughly 53%, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. The Ivy League institute slashed its stake in Blue Owl Capital Corp, the firm’s biggest publicly traded private …
Gerry Conway, a renowned comic book writer who helped create characters and stories for Marvel and DC, including the Punisher character in the Spider-Man comics, has died. He was 73. In a Monday statement announcing his death, Marvel described Conway as a legendary comic book writer with a prolific career. He died of pancreatic cancer …
May 2 (Reuters) – Iran executed two men on Saturday accused of spying for Israel, including one accused of gathering intelligence near the Natanz nuclear site in central Isfahan province, Iranian media reported. They quoted the judiciary as saying Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bakarzadeh were hanged after being found guilty of intelligence cooperation with Israel …
KYIV, May 2 (Reuters) – A Russian drone attack on a bus in Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson killed two people and injured seven more early on Saturday, officials said. Most of the casualties were public utilities workers, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin added on Telegram. He posted images from the site that showed the bus …
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) – The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops from NATO ally Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, as a rift over the Iran war widens between President Donald Trump and Europe. Trump had threatened a drawdown in forces earlier this week after sparring with German …
WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) – Washington has warned European allies including the UK, Poland, Lithuania and Estonia to expect long delivery delays for U.S. weapons as the war against Iran drains stockpiles, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters reported last month that U.S. officials have informed some European …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States is warning shipping companies that they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The alert posted Friday by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control adds another layer of pressure in the standoff between the U.S. and …
MEXICO CITY, May 1 (Reuters) – A holiday Labor Day weekend turned tragic on Friday as at least 11 people died and 31 others were injured when a tourist bus crashed in Mexico’s western state of Nayarit. The bus, traveling from the state of Jalisco, veered off the highway and overturned near the town of …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Evidently, the alarm system at Orlando’s Kia Center did not want to hear any talk about the Magic potentially going to a Game 7 against the Detroit Pistons. The alarms began blaring in the arena during Magic coach Jamahl Mosley’s pregame media availability in advance of Game 6 of the series …
Friday’s unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in person and at clinics, overruling regulations set by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The ruling, which is likely to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, is …