STOCKHOLM, May 3 (Reuters) – The Swedish Coast Guard said on Sunday it had seized a tanker in the Baltic Sea believed to be part of Russia’s shadow fleet, the latest in a string of similar actions carried out in recent months by the country’s authorities. The Swedish Coast Guard said in a statement that …
May 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said stress in private credit could spark “psychological contagion” leading to a broader credit crunch, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. While direct links between banks and private credit do not yet appear “super worrisome,” there were other areas of concern such as the insurance sector’s …
NAIROBI, May 3 (Reuters) – The death toll from flooding and landslides following heavy rains in Kenya has risen to 18 people, the national police service said on Sunday. Landslides were reported in Tharaka Nithi, Elgeyo-Marakwe and Kiambu counties in central and eastern Kenya following sustained heavy rainfall, Kenyan police said in a statement. “The …
The Braves owned the best record in baseball at 24-10 entering Sunday’s game against the Colorado Rockies. But they’ll have to get by for now without one of their top players. Acuña left Saturday night’s game in the second inning. He was attempting to run out a ground ball before he pulled up about halfway …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities have determined that buckshot from the gun of the man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in an attempt to kill President Donald Trump struck a Secret Service agent, according to the federal prosecutor overseeing the investigation. Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of …
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Finally finished with Boston, a trip to New York came quickly for the Philadelphia 76ers. So did the memories. The Eastern Conference semifinals are a rematch of a tight series between Atlantic Division rivals from nearby Northeast cities, a Knicks victory in six games in 2024. Knicks fans were deafening inside …
BERLIN, May 3 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he must accept that President Donald Trump does not share his opinions in order to work with the United States within NATO, but stressed there was no link between their rift and a planned troop drawdown. Merz dismissed suggestions that his criticism of U.S. war …
May 3 (Reuters) – Jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was in critical condition in a cardiac care unit in northwestern Iran on Sunday, two days after she was brought to hospital from prison, a foundation run by her family said. Mohammadi’s blood pressure has continued to fluctuate dangerously, and treatment has been limited …
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United great Alex Ferguson was taken to the hospital after feeling unwell ahead of his former team’s Premier League game against Liverpool on Sunday. The iconic former United manager was at Old Trafford for the match, but left before kickoff. A person with knowledge of the situation said the 84-year-old …
May 3 (Reuters) – The prosecutor who dropped the criminal investigation launched by President Donald Trump’s administration into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Sunday if a Fed internal watchdog probe into cost overruns in the central bank’s headquarters renovations finds no wrongdoing that would end the matter. Jeanine Pirro, the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney …