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LONDON (AP) – King Charles III delivered the government’s legislative program for the coming year at the ceremonial opening of Britain’s Parliament. But the question remains whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be around to implement it and, even if he survives the latest government crisis.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump claims that America has increasingly profited from trade with China, largely playing down the tensions over rare earth minerals, tariffs and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence that could rupture relations between the world’s two largest economies.
BEIRUT (AP) – Israeli airstrikes Wednesday struck seven vehicles in Lebanon – three of them on the main highway just south of Beirut – killing 12 people including a woman and her two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas in southern Lebanon, hours after telling residents of six southern villages to evacuate.
WASHINGTON (AP) – US consumer prices climbed a sharp 3.8% last month as the 10-week war with Iran continues to push gasoline prices higher. The Labor Department's consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, the biggest jump in three years, and up from a 3.3% year-over-year gain in March.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – OpenAI CEO Sam Altman began testifying Tuesday in his feud with Elon Musk, taking the stand to defend himself at a trial that has featured disparaging commentary about his leadership at a pivotal time for the ChatGPT maker.
Online seller eBay is rejecting an unsolicited $56 billion takeover offer from GameStop, calling the proposal “neither credible or attractive.” Ryan Cohen’s GameStop disclosed earlier this month that it was pursuing a takeover of eBay, seeing it as a vehicle to compete with online retail giant Amazon.
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III delivered the government’s legislative program for the coming year at the ceremonial opening of Britain’s Parliament. But the question remains whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be around to implement it and, even if he survives the latest government crisis.
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia on Tuesday test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of efforts to modernize the country’s nuclear forces, a launch hailed by President Vladimir Putin just days after his claim that the fighting in Ukraine is nearing an end.
President Donald Trump departed Tuesday afternoon for Beijing to meet with China’s President Xi Jinping. The high-stakes visit comes after Trump spent weeks trying, and failing, to persuade China to influence Iran to meet U.S. terms to end the war – or at the very least, reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his job after devastating local election results for his Labour Party spurred dozens of lawmakers to call for his resignation. Starmer plans to use a speech on Monday to argue that he can change tack and revive his government’s fortunes. But his position is fragile as rivals weigh their options.
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