Suffering worst drought in decades, Costa Rica orders electricity rationing ( www.reuters.com )
OpenAI plans to announce Google search competitor on Monday, sources say ( www.reuters.com )
Jared Kushner pitching donors on father-in-law Trump, sources say ( www.reuters.com )
Ukraine peace summit pushes neutral Swiss toward Western embrace ( www.reuters.com )
An upcoming Ukraine peace summit, ostensibly the most ambitious bid in years by neutral Switzerland to mediate a major conflict, is instead showing how Swiss economic and security interests increasingly align with Western Europe over Russia....
Why German politicians are facing growing violence ( www.reuters.com )
The black-clad attackers beat up Matthias Ecke so badly as he put up posters in Dresden that he needed surgery. In Nordhorn, a man threw eggs at a lawmaker then punched him in the face. In Berlin, a pensioner hit a senator on the head with a bag....
US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei, sources say | Reuters ( www.reuters.com )
US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei, sources say | Reuters ( www.reuters.com )
Huawei's new phone uses more China-made parts, memory chip ( www.reuters.com )
Virginia school board considers restoring Confederate names to schools ( www.reuters.com )
Poland says Russian cyberspies targeted government networks ( www.reuters.com )
Ascension warns of suspected cyberattack; clinical operations disrupted ( www.reuters.com )
Ukraine to double power imports on Thursday after Russian attacks, ministry says ( www.reuters.com )
Huawei's new phone uses more China-made parts, memory chip ( www.reuters.com )
Republican clerk charged in Michigan voting-system breach ( www.reuters.com )
A Michigan township clerk was charged with multiple felonies on Wednesday, the latest turn in a state inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump supporters to tamper with voting machines to prove his false claim that he lost the 2020 election due to fraud....
Philippine military chief accuses China of 'malign influence effort' to distract from 'the China coast guard's ongoing aggressive behaviour' ( www.reuters.com )
The Philippines' military chief accused China of a "malign influence effort" on Wednesday, after a local newspaper reported a Filipino vice admiral had made a deal with Beijing to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea....
Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah ( www.reuters.com )
May 8 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday publicly warned Israel for the first time that the U.S. would stop supplying it weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a refugee-packed city in southern Gaza....
Reaction to US decision to pause weapons shipment to Israel ( www.reuters.com )
Philippine military chief accuses China of 'malign influence effort' to distract from 'the China coast guard's ongoing aggressive behaviour' ( www.reuters.com )
The Philippines' military chief accused China of a "malign influence effort" on Wednesday, after a local newspaper reported a Filipino vice admiral had made a deal with Beijing to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea....
Clashes break out in pro-Palestinian rally in Greece ( www.reuters.com )
Police fired teargas to disperse a small group of protesters who climbed up the gate of the Egyptian embassy opposite parliament. The clashes were brief.
US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei, sources say ( www.reuters.com )
China's exports and imports return to growth, signalling demand recovery ( www.reuters.com )
Germany sends two warships to Indo-Pacific amid China and Taiwan tensions ( www.reuters.com )
Germany sent two warships to the Indo-Pacific region on Tuesday in a bid to strengthen its military presence in the region amid rising tensions between China and Taiwan and over the disputed South China Sea....
Chinese election meddling could undermine Canada democracy, says spy agency ( www.reuters.com )
Persistent Chinese election meddling has the potential to undermine Canadian democracy, Canada's main spy agency said on Tuesday in the latest official warning about clandestine activity by Beijing....
China's BYD to launch first pick up truck at event in Mexico ( www.reuters.com )
Bankrupt Steward Health puts its hospitals up for sale, discloses $9 bln in debt ( www.reuters.com )
Bankrupt Steward Health Care has put all of its 31 U.S. hospitals up for sale, hoping to finalize transactions by the end of the summer to address its $9 billion in total liabilities, its attorneys said at a Tuesday court hearing in Houston....
