It’s Tony Award nomination time, and entry into the top crown category — best new musical — is up for grabs in a year with 30 shows eligible but no strong consensus on best new musicals or plays. Even though there are no such things as locks, it’s very likely that John Lithgow and Joshua …
Spain has agreed to “welcome” the cruise ship at the center of a rare hantavirus outbreakwith three people now dead after catching the illness onboard, according to the World Health Organization. The ship, with nearly 150 people aboard, had been awaiting help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean after the African …
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania is suing Character AI to stop the artificial intelligence platform’s chatbots from representing themselves as licensed medical professionals and providing medical advice. According to a lawsuit, a Character AI chatbot falsely claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist in Pennsylvania and provided an invalid license number. The state accused the company of …
GAZA, May 5 (Reuters) – As Israeli restrictions continue to curb the entry of goods into Gaza, local carpenters are turning to scrap wood and shipping pallets to make much-needed basic beds and tables in a strip battered by two years of war between Hamas and Israel. In a workshop in southern Gaza, carpenters dismantle …
BUCHAREST, May 5 (Reuters) – Romania’s parliament is likely to oust Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan’s minority government on Tuesday after it debates a no-confidence motion put forward by the two largest parties, potentially leading to a policy deadlock that endangers the country’s sovereign debt ratings, access to EU funds and its leu currency. Bolojan has …
ANKARA, May 5 (Reuters) – Turkish nationalist party leader Devlet Bahceli said on Tuesday the jailed head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should be given an official role to help advance a peace process aimed at ending a decades-long conflict. Bahceli, a close ally of President Tayyip Erdogan who was instrumental in initiating …
HONG KONG, May 5 (Reuters) – China urged Washington on Tuesday to immediately end its embargo and sanctions on Cuba, saying the expanded measures were “illegal” and “seriously violated” the norms of international relations. U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking to put more pressure on Havana after ousting Venezuela’s leader, signed an executive order on Friday …
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has pleaded for U.S. court authorities to transfer him back to his country of birth, court filings showed Monday, as he serves out a life sentence he deemed “cruel.” Extradited in 2017 after escaping twice from Mexican prisons, Guzman is serving a life sentence at a maximum security …
0m ago Saudi Arabia calls for “de-escalation, restraint” and diplomacy amid “military escalation in the region” After Iran launched its first attack on a Persian Gulf neighbor in almost a month on Monday, lashing out as the U.S. started an operation to guide tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia’s government issued a call …
By Arathy Somasekhar and Amanda Stephenson HOUSTON, May 5 (Reuters) – A proposed pipeline for carrying Canadian crude oil to the United States is close to securing the minimum commitments from oil companies that the project needs to go ahead, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Alberta-to-Wyoming pipeline, proposed by Canadian pipeline …