MANILA, June 9 (Reuters) – The Philippines’ foreign ministry has undertaken appropriate diplomatic action against China in connection with the “illegal presence” of a floating structure in a disputed atoll, the country’s South China Sea task force said on Tuesday. The task force confirmed the presence of a floating structure measuring 6 by 6 metres and …
By Parisa Hafezi, Nayera Abdallah and Steven Scheer DUBAI/JERUSALEM, June 9 (Reuters) – Two U.S. pilots whose helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz “are fine”, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday after the New York Times reported the crew of an Apache gunship had been rescued after the aircraft went down near the Iran-controlled waterway. …
June 9 (Reuters) – British drugmaker GSK on Tuesday agreed to acquire U.S.-listed cancer drug developer Nuvalent for $10.6 billion to boost its lung cancer portfolio. The all-cash deal values Nuvalent at approximately $124 per share, a 40% premium to its last closing price. (Reporting by DhanushVignesh Babu and Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — He wrote a memoir called “The Guy You Loved to Hate.” He’s dabbled in rap, releasing a song called “I’m a Celebrity.” He started a company selling crystals claimed to have healing properties. But Spencer Pratt was not able to pull off his latest venture — an improbable bid to become …
Donald Trump was booed loudly by fans inside Madison Square Garden when he was shown on video screens during the national anthem as he became the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game. Chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” echoed through the arena as Avery Wilson sang “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but they they gave way …
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Graham Platner has attracted a following of enthusiastic supporters and been confronted with a string of controversies as he has transformed from a political unknown into the leading Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in one of the year’s most critical races. Platner is running in Tuesday’s primary for the chance to …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump saying the two crew members on board were “fine” after the incident involving the strategic waterway, which remains under a chokehold by Iran. What caused the crash remained unclear Tuesday morning in the …
OTTAWA, June 9 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has captured global attention by championing the idea of an alliance of mid-level economic powers that would operate beyond President Donald Trump’s increasingly protectionist United States. Yet Carney’s push to lessen dependence on the U.S. is colliding with a stubborn reality: access to American markets …
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will bridge 1,000 years of church history Wednesday, visiting a medieval monastery on a mountaintop that local Catholics consider sacred and then celebrating Mass at Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia Basilica. Montserrat, a healthy drive from the city followed by a steep ascent, is dear to many of the …
BENI, Congo (AP) — The memories come flooding back whenever Vianney Kambale Kombi hears the word Ebola. He remembers the pain and fear in his community in the eastern Congo city of Beni during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak, history’s second-biggest with more than 3,400 reported cases and over 2,200 deaths. It was stopped with the …