WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) – High-profile short seller Andrew Left’s criminal trial will kick off in Los Angeles this week, spotlighting a contentious cohort of investors who have for years goaded public companies in the U.S. and overseas with allegations of fraud and mismanagement. U.S. authorities charged Left in July 2024, alleging he had manipulated the …
9m ago Iranian president says nation will “never bow down to the enemy” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday that the country would “never bow down to the enemy,” vowing that the ruling Islamic Republic regime would “defend national interests with strength.” “If talk of dialogue or negotiation arises, it does not mean surrender or …
KYIV, May 11 (Reuters) – Nearly 20 countries are interested in drone deals with Ukraine and four agreements have already been signed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. Since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, Zelenskiy has managed to leverage Ukraine’s expertise in drone warfare into a series of successful diplomatic …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States reached an impasse again Monday over how to end their war while their ceasefire grew increasingly shaky, with the two sides exchanging fire in recent days, ships and Gulf states being targeted, and fighting flaring between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, May 11, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The reasons driving doctors to quit medicine have shifted in recent years, a new study says. That’s a change from the late 2000s, when doctors were more likely to quit due to personal health problems, rising malpractice insurance premiums, a perception of hassle and …
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Thousands of Louisiana voters have already cast early ballots for congressional candidates in what soon could be the wrong districts. Alabama’s primaries are a week away, but the state could force a do-over for voting on U.S. House races. A new congressional map in Tennessee upended races that had been …
Six people were found dead Sunday in a Union Pacific Railroad boxcar in Laredo, Texas, a city on the Mexican border, police there said. A railroad employee found the bodies, police said, adding that, “This is an on going fluid investigation.” Union Pacific said in a statement that it was “saddened by this incident and …
Sri Lankan authorities arrested a senior Buddhist monk on Saturday for the alleged sexual abuse of an underage girl, police said, marking the highest-profile case involving clergy in the country. Pallegama Hemarathana, 71, was arrested at a private hospital in the capital Colombo where he had sought treatment over the weekend amid an investigation into …
HONG KONG, May 11 (Reuters) – Marriage registrations in China fell 6.2% year on year in the first quarter and are about half 2017 levels, official data show, underscoring the demographic strain in a country where childbearing remains closely tied to marriage. China recorded 1.697 million marriage registrations in the quarter, the Ministry of Civil …
CHICAGO, May 11 (Reuters) – The collapse of Spirit Airlines, one of the industry’s fiercest discounters, has given U.S. budget carriers more room to lift fares, but its exit does little to fix the long-running strain on the cheap-flight model. The Florida-based airline ceased operations on May 2 after creditors failed to agree on a …