KATHMANDU, May 22 (Reuters) – A British climber improved his own Everest record on Friday and notched his 20th ascent of the world’s highest mountain, hiking officials said. Kenton Cool, 52, climbed the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak before dawn and was descending to lower camps, said Ishwori Poudel of the expedition organising company Himalayan Guides. Cool …
Some Republican senators openly expressed their concerns about the Justice Department’s new “anti-weaponization fund” in a tense meeting Thursday with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “You could call it a curveball right at the end, and nobody could hit it,” Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville told reporters after the meeting, in reference to the compensation fund. …
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR driver Kyle Busch died Thursday at 41, three days before he was set to run the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. At this point, the cause of death has not been released and details remain limited. What is known is that Busch was testing in the Chevrolet racing simulator …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elim Chan was hired as first female music director of the San Francisco Symphony on Thursday, two years after Esa-Pekka Salonen announced he was leaving because he did not share the same goals as the orchestra’s board. Chan, 39, will start with the 2027–28 season and was given a six-year term. …
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta will hold a referendum in October on leaving Canada, but the province’s premier said Thursday it won’t actually be a vote on whether to separate. Danielle Smith said voters instead would be deciding whether it’s time to hold a referendum on quitting Canada. “I want to be …
HANOI, May 22 (Reuters) – The State of North Carolina has sued Vietnam’s EV maker Vinfast for its alleged failure to meet its commitments to build an electric vehicle and battery factory in the state, Attorney General Jeff Jackson said in a statement. • Vinfast has abandoned work on the site for over a year, …
SYDNEY, May 22 (Reuters) – A second group of Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group have departed a refugee camp in northeast Syria and may be returning to Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday. The broadcaster said a bus carrying the group left the Al-Roj camp on …
TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) – Russian defence systems were working to repel drone attacks over Moscow and the nearby Yaroslavl region in the early hours of the morning on Friday, local authorities said on the Telegram messaging app. Four drones headed for Moscow were downed and emergency services were deployed to the area, Mayor Sergei …
May 21 (Reuters) – The U.S State Department said on Thursday that it has approved the potential sale to Ukraine of equipment to sustain the Hawk Missile System for an estimated $108.1 million. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – April 2026
BRASILIA, May 21 (Reuters) – Brazil’s government is expected to announce on Friday an increase of spending blocks across ministries to stay within this year’s spending cap, Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Thursday. The block currently stands at 1.6 billion reais ($320 million). The government has scheduled the presentation of its bimonthly revenue and …